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Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:30:32 PM EST
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Anyways....I think there's been a few bumps in the road ,I don't have any problems with site staff,or mods.I like them all except TBK1.I feel like he took his dislike out o me over stupid shit but whatever.

People are people and they make mistakes.C'est la vie
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:30:54 PM EST
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You have something there on your chin
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When you have site staff openly shitting on moderators on the public side using made up BS that was an utter fabrication you have a complete failure of the administration here. Not only does it cause members to distrust staff statements, but furthermore, it is incredibly distasteful to have to watch. Moderators shouldn't have to take shit from anyone because they volunteer their time. It is in the COC I'm sure. For it to come from staff though and be pushed out on the public side - beyond belief. I would never let this happen to one of my mods. You need to fucking clean house around here as it is disgusting. That all the other mods and all of the staff aren't up in arms over this is extremely odd. Even if you wanted him out, the amount of disrespect shown here to a lifetime member, valuable contributor, and well trusted mod by the membership generally needs to be handled.
This.

He's good people, and seeing staff suggesting he was a problem isnt a good look for this site.
I trust the people who run this place to make better decisions running it than those who dont.
You have something there on your chin
LOL - you know he does
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:31:51 PM EST
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It is and instead of just being fun about it he has a nefarious agenda
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:34:26 PM EST
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Oh, well.  Was the cop's life more valuable than the woman's?
Value had nothing to do with it. The original comment was in poor taste but I've never seen anything that made me think that it was intended to cause problems on the site. Damcv62's was and he was told what the outcome was going to be before he posted it.
When double standards and hypocrisy are exposed, blame the person that exposed them.

The Democratic party took the same approach to their leaked emails.
Damcv62 had a long history of warnings, including stuff like "fuck the police" and had been previously banned and was allowed back after promising to stay within the rules - and then decided to deliberately troll a memorial thread.

But yeah, he was totally just a whistleblower who was exposing hypocrisy and got punished for it,  
He posted the exact same six letters in regard to the death of a law enforcement officer as Bama posted in response to the death of a citizen at the hands of law enforcement.

Same six letters, same number of bodies, one member was banned. That is hypocrisy and a double standard, whether or not he had a history.

Look around. When one person thinks the moderation is bad, that person is probably the problem. When everyone thinks the moderation is bad, the moderation is probably the problem.
Where there is smoke, there is... a good time to put on a fan and blow it all away.
Have you ever noticed that in every thread that criticized the site, the same few vocal people are drawn in and post a lot:  Madcap72, Undefined, blinded, and a few others.

The estimate that “everyone thinks the moderation is bad” might be just a TINY bit over-estimated.
Have you ever noticed that any thread that has anything to do with cops has the same hard-core “blue-liners” defending any action by police no matter how egregious?  
When you're a cop, everyone is a suspect.
When you're military, everyone is the enemy.
Is that what the ROE says?

Not that I really buy that at all, but police=/=military.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:38:08 PM EST
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Until someone snaps at him and gets banned.
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:39:12 PM EST
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Then they should let Dave_A back into GD
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:41:00 PM EST
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Then they should let Dave_A back into GD
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Then they should let Dave_A back into GD
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:41:36 PM EST
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Is that what the ROE says?

Not that I really buy that at all, but police=/=military.
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Oh, well.  Was the cop's life more valuable than the woman's?
Value had nothing to do with it. The original comment was in poor taste but I've never seen anything that made me think that it was intended to cause problems on the site. Damcv62's was and he was told what the outcome was going to be before he posted it.
When double standards and hypocrisy are exposed, blame the person that exposed them.

The Democratic party took the same approach to their leaked emails.
Damcv62 had a long history of warnings, including stuff like "fuck the police" and had been previously banned and was allowed back after promising to stay within the rules - and then decided to deliberately troll a memorial thread.

But yeah, he was totally just a whistleblower who was exposing hypocrisy and got punished for it,  
He posted the exact same six letters in regard to the death of a law enforcement officer as Bama posted in response to the death of a citizen at the hands of law enforcement.

Same six letters, same number of bodies, one member was banned. That is hypocrisy and a double standard, whether or not he had a history.

Look around. When one person thinks the moderation is bad, that person is probably the problem. When everyone thinks the moderation is bad, the moderation is probably the problem.
Where there is smoke, there is... a good time to put on a fan and blow it all away.
Have you ever noticed that in every thread that criticized the site, the same few vocal people are drawn in and post a lot:  Madcap72, Undefined, blinded, and a few others.

The estimate that “everyone thinks the moderation is bad” might be just a TINY bit over-estimated.
Have you ever noticed that any thread that has anything to do with cops has the same hard-core “blue-liners” defending any action by police no matter how egregious?  
When you're a cop, everyone is a suspect.
When you're military, everyone is the enemy.
Is that what the ROE says?

Not that I really buy that at all, but police=/=military.
Not exactly, unless we're talking about officers. Especially butterbars.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:42:59 PM EST
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Things in GD would accelerate to the speed of light
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:44:28 PM EST
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It is and instead of just being fun about it he has a nefarious agenda
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I've been told that's not trolling though.
It is and instead of just being fun about it he has a nefarious agenda
What's nefarious about being the best member under the color of having been told "the way things are going to be"?
He's just adopted being the "perfect poster" toeing the line, and picking up that can.

He's a foil, showcasing the future of the site under very strict adherence to the CoC.

Join us, in being the best members, and the future of the site!
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:44:29 PM EST
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I'm convinced it's a mod/staffer's troll account.
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EVERYONE thinks the moderation is bad?  You really believe that?
How long are you going to let WTFBOOMBRB troll these threads ?

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I'm convinced it's a mod/staffer's troll account.
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Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:49:04 PM EST
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What's nefarious about being the best member under the color of having been told "the way things are going to be"?
He's just adopted being the "perfect poster" toeing the line, and picking up that can.

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Meh.
Ill continue to post the way I do and have some fun until they ban me for something.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:51:53 PM EST
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Seems simple.  
1. Sell the asylum, collect cash.  
2. Give the inmates the keys to the asylum.
3. Walk away.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:53:15 PM EST
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But instead of giving the keys to Cameron Poe, they gave them to Cyrus The Virus
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:55:58 PM EST
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This place is out of control as evidenced by these threads.
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Link Posted: 10/20/2019 1:56:05 PM EST
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I agree. I thought it was just me who thought that yesterday but now its quite obvious that what he is doing.

Reminds me of a FL guy that i wont mention
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Mod in training or a 2nd mod account. Pretty easy to see
In every thread like this he's going into them with his bullshit shtick trying to get people to overstep and receive sanctions,it's pretty damn obvious
I agree. I thought it was just me who thought that yesterday but now its quite obvious that what he is doing.

Reminds me of a FL guy that i wont mention
As a long time member... this shit is getting more and more obvious. The shareblue type trolling is out of fucking hand. Moderators sticking their heads in the sand about it isn't so great either.

I'm not necessarily in the "mods are complicit" camp... but the recent heavy handed moderation, and the lack of firm statements and stances about freedom of speech and lack of support for civil-disobedience where needed, from the owners/leaders of the site is troubling. Paul's bullshit thread was enough to make me want to puke.

I spend less time here, and more time elsewhere... I'm sure that others are doing the same.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:01:08 PM EST
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Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:08:13 PM EST
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Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Holy shit i thought you were about to bust out a copy pasta! Lol
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:08:26 PM EST
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Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
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Yup.

Now is the perfect time to let him back in.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:08:52 PM EST
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Holy shit i thought you were about to bust out a copy pasta! Lol
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Me too.I was all AWWWWW SHITTTTT!!!!!
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:09:49 PM EST
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Holy shit i thought you were about to bust out a copy pasta! Lol
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?
Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Holy shit i thought you were about to bust out a copy pasta! Lol
Me too.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:11:13 PM EST
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Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
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Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
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The trick with this, is that "trolling" is so subjective, that I'm not even sure how a prohibition on it can be enforced without making a lot of mistakes. If you think moderation is over the top now, just wait until we start handing out warnings for what we perceive as trolling. For my part, I'm more inclined to err on the side of caution (i.e. moderate using a less is more philosophy), rather than warn somebody for trolling mistakenly.

Out of curiosity though, if you were in my shoes, how would you decide when a comment is trolling and deserves a warning?
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
The trick with this, is that "trolling" is so subjective, that I'm not even sure how a prohibition on it can be enforced without making a lot of mistakes. If you think moderation is over the top now, just wait until we start handing out warnings for what we perceive as trolling. For my part, I'm more inclined to err on the side of caution (i.e. moderate using a less is more philosophy), rather than warn somebody for trolling mistakenly.

Out of curiosity though, if you were in my shoes, how would you decide when a comment is trolling and deserves a warning?
Less moderation.

You're doing just fine!
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The trick with this, is that "trolling" is so subjective, that I'm not even sure how a prohibition on it can be enforced without making a lot of mistakes. If you think moderation is over the top now, just wait until we start handing out warnings for what we perceive as trolling. For my part, I'm more inclined to err on the side of caution (i.e. moderate using a less is more philosophy), rather than warn somebody for trolling mistakenly.

Out of curiosity though, if you were in my shoes, how would you decide when a comment is trolling and deserves a warning?
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
The trick with this, is that "trolling" is so subjective, that I'm not even sure how a prohibition on it can be enforced without making a lot of mistakes. If you think moderation is over the top now, just wait until we start handing out warnings for what we perceive as trolling. For my part, I'm more inclined to err on the side of caution (i.e. moderate using a less is more philosophy), rather than warn somebody for trolling mistakenly.

Out of curiosity though, if you were in my shoes, how would you decide when a comment is trolling and deserves a warning?
I'd use what wtfboomer has been doing in these threads as a baseline.
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Anyone who stands still is a well disciplined VC.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:22:23 PM EST
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We used to use a method of just unofficially PMing a guy who was starting to act out, and let him know that he's headed towards a predictable outcome if he doesn't slow down a bit.

It's an incremental step towards showing the guy you were trying to help him avoid trouble later, but there's still a record of the talk.

It was used when some posters were being extraordinarily obnoxious, whether they were tipping and posting a bit too heavy or had personal issues going on, and it saved a lot of fuss later in many cases. In other cases, it was evidence of the issue going back longer than even written warnings or bans, and helped flesh out the greater issue than just the particular incident at hand that day. Especially when the member is being handled by a different mod than saw the issue in the past, that PM can be shared in the mod forum to illustrate the issue with the member.

Some days Dad had a talk with you, and other days, Dad took a more hands on approach to the problem, so to speak.

It works.
Link Posted: 10/20/2019 2:23:24 PM EST
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You have voluntarily joined a brotherhood of like-minded men and women, of your own free will. We are all here to learn, teach and share on a topic that we all take pride in being part of. As a continuous and rapidly growing community, we are in a constant struggle to maintain order and structure. We are a fluid group, as we attempt to keep up with a forever evolving subject matter.
Our community is small, but tighter than any other in existence. We have members who’ve traveled thousands of miles to just go shooting with another member. Mild acquaintances have evolved into strong family bonds that have invited attendance to graduations and coming-home events. We’ve seen members families off on deployment, and stayed around to welcome them home after a tour. A screen name is replaced by a real name, and added to a wedding guest registry. We’ve even mourned the loss of member after his passing. This kind of bond ONLY happens HERE.

All new comers are screened by our staff, not to separate, but to assist. A history of our forum, a description of our banter and antics and a warning of etiquette are commonplace for new comers who have trouble “fitting in” at first. A personal PM from our staff, combined with a warm welcome to the forum.

Understand that we have the expectation that as adults, you will act and react as an adult. While our shenanigans and tomfoolery may be childish, our morals and maturity must be unwavering.

No one is above this, and even our longest standing and greatest contributing members have been subject to correction and faced the wrath of a nine-fingered Yeti (you’ll have to stick around to understand that inside joke). We do not attack, nor do we allow attacks, on our members… but if you act with malice, hostility, meanness, or nastiness, expect to be called out to explain yourself… and clean up your own mess.

We welcome all who wish to be a positive contribution to our growing family.

BUT…

IF YOU CAN’T FIGURE HOW TO HANDLE A SITUATION, THAT IS LITERALLY JUST A BUNCH OF WORDS ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN…

IF YOU CAN’T SUCK UP YOUR PRIDE AND SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS AND COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU MAY NOT BE CORRECT…

IF YOU LACK THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO HAVE PEACEFUL DISCOURSE, WITHOUT RESORTING TO INSULTS, NAME-CALLING OR OTHER IDIOCY…

Kindly work your way towards the nearest exit and let yourself out. You will not be missed.

AND…

In the situation where one fails to take the gentleman’s way out, your words and behavior are etched on our boards forever, never to be censored and to be forever a reminder to new comers. After the ban hammer drops, you will never again be able to rejoin our dinner table. Depending on the circumstances you might not even be able to view our pages again.

You, of all people, especially in this situation…

YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED.

Source here
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With the absurdity of what was written, maybe it will become copy pasta...
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Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
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Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
Not any longer, it would seem.

Or, they're not conservatives.
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You know there’s an epic shitstorm going on behind the scenes .

Once they break the huddle , the blitz of newspeak will be mind boggling .

They e got a couple of placeholder mods and sycophants hanging around , but once the A team shows up it should get highly entertaining
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You now have TWO threads saying stuff sucks around here and all site staff seems to be worried about is dogging former mods. Not only is there a painfully obvious disconnect but now its a maturity issue as well.
Bells and whistles should have gone off nearly 1000 votes said they wouldn't renew their membership. Instead heads were placed in asses and "we need another poll". Now 600+ votes say the moderating sucks and all we have gotten is site staff and other mods attacking a former mod because he wasn't a JBT boot licker. (my favorite part is when you called him out in the pit then he replied and you quickly tried to tuck tail and run to IMs because "since this seems to be getting close to discussing mod/Staff forum stuff in public")

Maybe we need another thread or 6 with an overwhelming pool saying things suck and y'all will wake up. Probably not, but maybe.

If this the road y'all are going to go down, at least blame it on Russia. Its more entertaining than this shit show.
You know there’s an epic shitstorm going on behind the scenes .

Once they break the huddle , the blitz of newspeak will be mind boggling .

They e got a couple of placeholder mods and sycophants hanging around , but once the A team shows up it should get highly entertaining
I read something about someone making an admission in TEam that caused a curflufle but no details.   A few pages ago dan cooper said "nvm", but that just makes me more curious.
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The trick with this, is that "trolling" is so subjective, that I'm not even sure how a prohibition on it can be enforced without making a lot of mistakes. If you think moderation is over the top now, just wait until we start handing out warnings for what we perceive as trolling. For my part, I'm more inclined to err on the side of caution (i.e. moderate using a less is more philosophy), rather than warn somebody for trolling mistakenly.

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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
The trick with this, is that "trolling" is so subjective, that I'm not even sure how a prohibition on it can be enforced without making a lot of mistakes. If you think moderation is over the top now, just wait until we start handing out warnings for what we perceive as trolling. For my part, I'm more inclined to err on the side of caution (i.e. moderate using a less is more philosophy), rather than warn somebody for trolling mistakenly.

Out of curiosity though, if you were in my shoes, how would you decide when a comment is trolling and deserves a warning?
Trolling isn't that subjective though. I've posted research papers on it here before, there's enough decades of examples that define it within narrow scopes and styles of trolling.

"Out of curiosity though, if you were in my shoes, how would you decide when a comment is trolling and deserves a warning?"

I would  bust out the flowchart/ decision matrix that was generated by the site leadership (or create my own) and see where it falls within any of the common trolling types. I.E. page 25/26 shows common actions and motivations of trolls.

https://books.google.com/books?id=fa_NCwAAQBAJ&lpg=PR5&ots=Y3stgq7zw6&dq=online%20trolling%20&lr&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=online%20trolling&f=false

So from there's it's easy to generate a set of conditions in which to compare to posts. Give it two or three iterations of people posting back and forth and it'd be easy to see the difference between advancing dialogue, or deviant online behavior.

It would work with arguments that go over the top too, that aren't necessarily trolling, but getting too passionate.

Of course, having said decision matrix/ tree/ flowchart/ whatever would have to be posted in the CoC so people would know exactly how it's going to work, and then all the potential trolls would know the standard trolling dialogues are corrupt then have to get way more inventive to the point it would take most of the teeth out.

Or you know, just tell them to stop trolling it was old when people were doing the same thing they are in myspace groups, then clown on them every time they try to troll.
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Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
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Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
Cool, so you want to start the thread to let Dave back in GD, or should I?
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anybody that joined after 13 is not allowed to troll/even post snarky comments under any circumstances ever or BAN.

Quickest way to end the bullshit.
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Also, I'd have a commanders intent/ mission statement for the site for posters, mods, and SS to circle back to, as well as a list of guiding principles that drive the site agenda, expectations of the members, as well as expectations for mods/SS that members can hold them accountable to. Also wouldn't hurt to have a few alt accounts that do some soft trolling around the site to keep mods and SS on their toes, sort of the forum equivalent of pen testing.
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I'm guessing that you are missing my point.
Don't blame others for your posting content
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A couple few years ago, I actually floated the idea of letting him back in.

I have a feeling he was just young, and making immature mistakes because like a lot of people in their early 20's (me included), he thought he was more clever than he really was. I'm sure he's grown up quite a bit over the last 8 years since he got the 'ol heave-ho.

Were I to wager a guess though, I think he's long since given up on the place and stopped caring.
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Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
Cool, so you want to start the thread to let Dave back in GD, or should I?
A couple few years ago, I actually floated the idea of letting him back in.

I have a feeling he was just young, and making immature mistakes because like a lot of people in their early 20's (me included), he thought he was more clever than he really was. I'm sure he's grown up quite a bit over the last 8 years since he got the 'ol heave-ho.

Were I to wager a guess though, I think he's long since given up on the place and stopped caring.
A rollicking fuck ton of people have.
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It was not a "dismissive attitude". You seemed to imply that people can't post without breaking the COC.  I was just noting that lots of folks post all the time and do not get Warnings.
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Well I've been told (to paraphrase), as long as people are adults and don't fall for it, then nothing will happen.
If they do fall for it, then it shows they don't have control.
Are you aware that there are members that have been here for 15+ years and do not have a single Warning or Ban?

Adults can post without breaking the rules.
Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
It was not a "dismissive attitude". You seemed to imply that people can't post without breaking the COC.  I was just noting that lots of folks post all the time and do not get Warnings.
You read right past the topic I was discussing didn't you?
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A couple few years ago, I actually floated the idea of letting him back in.

I have a feeling he was just young, and making immature mistakes because like a lot of people in their early 20's (me included), he thought he was more clever than he really was. I'm sure he's grown up quite a bit over the last 8 years since he got the 'ol heave-ho.

Were I to wager a guess though, I think he's long since given up on the place and stopped caring.
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He still posts occasionally in the WAHTF. I spoke with him a bit back when I still lived there.

Asked him why he doesn't just start a new account, he said he won't be back in GD without being invited (or unlocked I guess).

He was quite the troll, but unlike the share blue here he at least has some integrity, it would seem.
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Invite the _A back into GD @Subnet
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I'm guessing that you are missing my point.
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Cool, so you want to start the thread to let Dave back in GD, or should I?
I'm guessing that you are missing my point.
Don't blame others for your posting content
Well, the topic was people trolling, and being successful in getting people to bite. So by your saying don' blame others, are you implying it's the person being trolled's fault if they fall for it?
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He hasn't logged in since 2018.
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Email him
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A rollicking fuck ton of people have.
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Oh, that's the dismissive attitude I love from people who think it's a posters fault for getting baited by trolls, instead of the trolls fault for attempting to bait posters into catching warnings.

With your attitude Dave_A should be let back in GD right? Dave_A did nothing wrong, OTHER posters just couldn't be adults.
Personal responsibility for your actions, isn't that a cornerstone belief of conservatives?
Cool, so you want to start the thread to let Dave back in GD, or should I?
A couple few years ago, I actually floated the idea of letting him back in.

I have a feeling he was just young, and making immature mistakes because like a lot of people in their early 20's (me included), he thought he was more clever than he really was. I'm sure he's grown up quite a bit over the last 8 years since he got the 'ol heave-ho.

Were I to wager a guess though, I think he's long since given up on the place and stopped caring.
A rollicking fuck ton of people have.
And those fuck ton of people are trying to bring down this site by shitting in here every chance they get?
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Well, the topic was people trolling, and being successful in getting people to bite. So by your saying don' blame others, are you implying it's the person being trolled's fault if they fall for it?
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Absolutely. If you can't control yourself, push away from the keyboard and go outside. The other day I decided to step away from these threads for a day. People need to learn self control and realize that not everyone with a different opinion is a troll.
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