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Comment by DanBC

(I have no connection to the mods, all of this is just me guessing.)

People who behave poorly, especially if it's something they've done for a long time, can dislike being held to account for that. dang has a range of tools available, and these get used to hold people to account for their destructive behaviours. These people get increasing levels of warnings before they eventually get banned.

And then, when they've been banned, they see some other account that posts similar content that hasn't been banned and they say "inconsistent!". What they've missed is the "yet" part of "hasn't been banned yet" -- that other account may be banned in future, or if they drop the destructive behaviour they may have all the measures removed.

> He also applies penalties that last for years, and people are too afraid to say anything.

I don't know what dang's email account is like but I'm guessing it's full of people who are not too afraid to say anything.

parent DanBC 6 years ago

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