Moderation Questions

I find mets a horribly abusive poster at times, but Palestine is such an emotional subject for many people if the ban has to stand I do think he should be allowed to post elsewhere on the forum.

idk, it does seem to be a pattern that Republicans and their water-carriers are the ones who keep getting banned for being revanchist bigots. But that's probably not what chilly was going for here.

No one is saying he won’t be. But again, it’s up to Mets if and when he wants to return.

I mean, its not like he goes around calling other people pedophiles repeatedly

I agree that I/P is an emotional subject for many people, which is the main reason why moderating the thread is difficult. My biggest concern when I was a mod was that certain threads would get so out of hand that they either would have to be closed or would end up posing a risk to the entire subforum.

Also, we are all adults. Adults should be able to control their emotions on the internet.

because you cant

the only receipt i dont have is the post you made trolling mets' childlessness, as it was deleted by a mod for being too nasty. but, helpfully, you made a subsequent post defending it

mets later posted about his wife's struggles and ultimate failure to conceive through ivf treatment, so nice job there

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Was this the post you linked before saying "how would you know how a parent feels when you're not one?" or something like that? That's not "trolling someone's childlessness". "Trolling" in this context would be saying he's impotent or something.

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Boids,

If I must address anything, it is the fact that you are projecting your own issues.

I don’t expect many to know things that happened in the distant past in a different subforum, but you and I both know that over ten years ago you lead a similar campaign against me during a time where I was very much publicly struggling with my mental health. You found much entertainment in my suffering.

What I think you have yet to really comprehend and accept is that the person I was over ten years ago who was very much susceptible to your brand of concern trolling is not the same person I am today. I have spent the better part of a decade on self growth and personal improvement- something you apparently have failed to invest in yourself.

You will not be able to get a rise out of me from these present interactions. Neither will I spend much attention on you at all. But if we are going to delve in the past and our personal interactions, then the forum may wish to be aware of your past involvements in them. Otherwise, you might as well just give up.

I wish you well on your journey.

dunno what you are on about

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When did this happen?

I’m sure you don’t, friend. Suddenly your very astute memory now fails you. ♥

i mean lets recap, you entered the i/p thread with a whole bunch of trolling of mets over what is clearly a decades-long dispute between the two of you, didn't stop for weeks despite being immediately put on ignore, got modded, and then permabanned him. ridiculous. you're in no position to mod him given your personal animus

and meanwhile you got luciom coming back here any minute now to post literal race science, because he gets 30 days only and is not subject to the grovelling rule

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mets

You’ll be alright, Boids.

somewhere around here

meh

If you ever played WW with mets, you might think differently.

Well, if Kel said so, must be true.

i mean i joked earlier that the beef started 15 years ago over a game of pog werewolf, but there's got to be at least a 5% chance it is literally that

as i say i dont remember the exact phrasing. but i do know it was not just deleted, but quotes of it were deleted too

this was in the i/p thread at a time where calling someone a lover of baby genocide or a supporter of the rape of jewish civilians was more or less equivalent to saying 'hello, fellow poster, and good morning to you'

This doesn't answer the question.

It's a lot more complicated.

ok, i'm sure it is complicated

whatever the problem is, she is obviously in no position to pull the trigger on the poor lad

ya it proly seems unfair for a newcomer to just waltz into a place and start pulling the trigger on locals and acting like they own the place.

I haven't seen all of the stuff that led to his ban so I might be talking out my ass, but I just haven't seen any evidence of cross coming from a position of butthurt from years ago. Just not seeing it.

FWIW, I've had some pretty serious battles with both of them. There was a period of time when cross was a handful for mods herself (as was I). Mets has never been one to take a breather and chill, though. I haven't seen anything from cross now other than thoughtful moderation.

Just my two cents.