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Adinnieken on 05 September 2013
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yo_john117 said:
Adinnieken said:
TruckOSaurus said:
The negative comments from the usual suspects are bad enough but now we've got preemptive comments like "This is good news for [company], I'm sure [user or opposing fanbase] will come over here and bash it".

These comments do nothing but feed the fire. Don't anticipate negative comments, let them come (they always do) and if they're unreasonable report them.

It's a response fuled by the lack of moderation.  People can't have a decent discussion because there is a certain group that will do what they can to make any conversation impossible.  When things get reported, they don't get acted upon.

But you do understand that type of response is exactly what a lot of those people want. It gives them the fuel to keep going. Basically what happens in that situation is the people doing pre-emptive complaining are giving drugs to a bunch of drug addicts...AKA, they LOVE it. 

As for the lack of moderation, each report is carefully reviewed to see if the person that is being reported should get moderated. If they didn't get moderated, then chances are what they said wasn't trolling/flaming (or it was borderline and we keep an eye on them to see if they do that type of thing often).

Keeping the quote tree.

I understand it completely.  I said what it is, not that I agree with it.

The fact is, if someone is commenting in that manner, they're doing so because that person has repeatedly trolled and gotten away with it enough times that in a way it is an ironic joke.  You say you keep an eye on it, I say bullshit.  That is absolute fucking bullshit.  Had I been a moderator on this site there are a fair few people I would have put in their place because I can see the bullshit they're trying to pull.  Maybe it wouldn't have been a ban, but I would have let them know quite plainly that they better knock it off or they would be.

Here, it goes on and on and on.  And when someone finally gets frustrated and fed-up with it and lashes out, they get banned.