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I suggest modifying the forum code so that once every 24 hours it randomly picks two user IDs. One it permabans, and the other it makes an admin. Now, that would be a great idea, don't you think?

Yeah, cause Random User would always be one who was picked.

Hee hee hee hee.

I have never understood the people who assert that the mods here are "ban crazy".
I would submit that the fact that I have only been banned once in my 8 years here is pretty concrete evidence that a great deal of restraint is generally used regarding bans.
My observation has been that you really have to work on it to get banned here.

IIRC, everyone that's received a temp ban has worked their way up to it, with maybe one or 2 exceptions, and with thos it was more of a cooling off period for them, and those have been generally good posters that just reacted badly to trolls.

The perma bans were for more serious infractions and the punishment swift. I think only 1 perma ban has been reversed.

It's actually funny that were being  accused of overmoderation and being ban happy. I see more complaints about us not taking action against posters that behave like jerks.

Pariah wrote:

I have never understood the people who assert that the mods here are "ban crazy".
I would submit that the fact that I have only been banned once in my 8 years here is pretty concrete evidence that a great deal of restraint is generally used regarding bans.
My observation has been that you really have to work on it to get banned here.

Do you feel your ban was deserved?

mrreet2001 wrote:

Pariah wrote:

I have never understood the people who assert that the mods here are "ban crazy".
I would submit that the fact that I have only been banned once in my 8 years here is pretty concrete evidence that a great deal of restraint is generally used regarding bans.
My observation has been that you really have to work on it to get banned here.

Do you feel your ban was deserved?

Actually no, not in that specific case but I have pushed the bounds so often that I just had a "Hadda happen sometime" attitude about it.

sturner wrote:

Hmmm, do you also put on lipstick sometimes? Ala a Palin pitbull?

I don't know if I've come close. Maybe I have. There are times when all you want to do past a certain point is to escalate massively, and with lethal force. Leaving you standing alone with the terrain about you, smoking.

Yep, just like that.

:::clutches hand to heart, eyes roll back in head, drops dead:::

The problem IMHO is general frustration and fragmentation of the masses over political and economic issues.

For example, people either loved or hated Bush, and whichever it was, they were passionate to the extreme about it. This kind of division often resulted in a constant sense of frustration and those in the opposite position that extended far beyond just political discussion.

You see it everywhere - movies are darker now than they were just a decade ago, music is darker than it was just a decade ago, etc.

Society needs a kick in the ass.

I also blame text messaging. It's completely ruining society.

ukimalefu wrote:

http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/killer01.gif

My thoughts exactly but since you're a moderator can't you lock it and be done with it?

ukimalefu wrote:

frankly wrote:

ukimalefu wrote:

http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/killer01.gif

My thoughts exactly but since you're a moderator can't you lock it and be done with it?

I wasn't trying to kill the thread...

But, you're right. I could...

Were the gunshots meant to just wound it???

ukimalefu wrote:

frankly wrote:

ukimalefu wrote:

I wasn't trying to kill the thread...

But, you're right. I could...

Were the gunshots meant to just wound it???

Lets call them "warning shots" for now.

Remind me not to get you upset