Opinion of Libertas' banning

[RosettaStoned]

Very negative.

[Alcon]

Seriously?

The dude promised to stop breaking a bunch of rules, expressed remorse, and then started breaking them again almost immediately.  On the rare occasions he started conversations about his objections to the rules, he didn't complete them.  It wasn't a matter of agreeing to disagree; he gave up on the exchanges.  He was just interested in breaking rules, not explaining why they were bad rules.

This just isn't UseNET; we're a moderated message board.  For a moderated message board, we give posters a lot of leeway to justify themselves.  AFAIK, no one who has ever bothered to formally justify their behaviors has ever ended up being punished with more than a warning.  Libertas did not communicate this way.  He consistently broke rules that he was aware of, even agreed to obey, and he provided no real justification for this.  If that wasn't punished, what possibly would be?  For those of you who pine for unmoderated debate, I'm serious, UseNET still exists.  Go see what it's like these days.

[Boris]

You guys need to take like three hits of acid and play outside in the snow for like six hours and then come back and realize how hilarious it is that you guys waste all your time over this stupidity

[Eraserhead]

You guys need to take like three hits of acid and play outside in the snow for like six hours and then come back and realize how hilarious it is that you guys waste all your time over this stupidity

Boris ftw!

Anyway, my opinion of it is negative because I don't really support the existence of bans. I'd only support them in the most extreme circumstances imaginable (death threats, etc.).

But yeah, at this point my opinion doesn't really matter and I'm not sure that anything any of us are doing here really matters in general.

[Phony Moderate]

Looks kinda similar to Clinton's approval rating when he left office.

[SvenssonRS]

Alright, I'm done with the hyperbole schtick. It was fun while it lasted, if only for everyone's reactions. Let it be said that I never actually believed the mods are Nazis, by the by, terrible as they are. I just found it hilarious.

I just need to point something out, btw, moderators: you have better things to do than single out members for banning. Just saying.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I just need to point something out, btw, moderators: you have better things to do than single out members for banning. Just saying.

That's not what we do, and that's not really what we did with Libertas.  He presented himself as needing a ban.  We didn't go looking our latest victim.

[Lief 🗽]

I just need to point something out, btw, moderators: you have better things to do than single out members for banning. Just saying.

What? No... that's part of their job.

[dead0man]

I just need to point something out, btw, moderators: you have better things to do than single out members for banning. Just saying.

le sigh

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Alright, I'm done with the hyperbole schtick. It was fun while it lasted, if only for everyone's reactions.

Also, thank you for admitting to trolling... it makes our jobs as mods a lot easier.

[SvenssonRS]

Alright, I'm done with the hyperbole schtick. It was fun while it lasted, if only for everyone's reactions.

Also, thank you for admitting to trolling... it makes our jobs as mods a lot easier.

So, you admit singling people out. Handy.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Alright, I'm done with the hyperbole schtick. It was fun while it lasted, if only for everyone's reactions.

Also, thank you for admitting to trolling... it makes our jobs as mods a lot easier.

So, you admit singling people out. Handy.

Nobody's singling you out.  You openly admitting to trolling does not equal us singling you out.

[The Mikado]

Trolls are more likely to troll than non-trolls.  Is this a hard concept?

[Lunar]

I just need to point something out, btw, moderators: you have better things to do than single out members for banning. Just saying.

What? No... that's part of their job.

Maybe he views us as administrative philosophers

[Хahar 🤔]

Trolls are more likely to troll than non-trolls.  Is this a hard concept?

That's discriminatory. You moderators are supposed to be neutral.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Trolls are more likely to troll than non-trolls.  Is this a hard concept?

That's discriminatory. You moderators are supposed to be neutral.

We are neutral in who we infract and how much we infract them for (with the exception of spam attacks, in which case, we infract 10 points on all posts, to mute the spammer as quickly as possible, but this has only happened twice).

[Хahar 🤔]

Trolls are more likely to troll than non-trolls.  Is this a hard concept?

That's discriminatory. You moderators are supposed to be neutral.

We are neutral in who we infract and how much we infract them for (with the exception of spam attacks, in which case, we infract 10 points on all posts, to mute the spammer as quickly as possible, but this has only happened twice).

[Badger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5iseJJ5ogA

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5iseJJ5ogA

The original is better.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I just need to point something out, btw, moderators: you have better things to do than single out members for banning. Just saying.

What? No... that's part of their job.

Maybe he views us as administratgive philosophers

at first i thought that was a typo, but then i realized it might be a legitimate Irish/British spelling of that word. i'm curious.

[Lunar]

I was on my phone and made a typo on the small keyboard.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

darn. that's way less interesting.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Undo it! Bring him back!

[Badger]

Undo it! Bring him back!

That was tried once, I pushed for it in the Mod Cave as much as anyone, and it was an unmitigated disaster.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Undo it! Bring him back!

That was tried once, I pushed for it in the Mod Cave as much as anyone, and it was an unmitigated disaster.

His current posts on AAD the last few days are solid gold. They have me laughing in stitches.