Legislate the usage of the word "troll"

[kirby007]

RolStoppable said:

axumblade said:

In that instance, you are correct and agree that the post should not have been moderated. I had a lapse in judgement to be honest. I've never claimed to be perfect. While I'm not making any promises to completely stop banning users for using these terms as insults, I am going to try to look at the comments from a different perspective than just the person who is offended reporting the post. 

I have spoken with some of the mods and we all can see where you're coming from but at the same time, it doesn't necessarily mean we are all changing our moderation habits. Some of the mods that even padib mentioned earlier don't feel that it's the right route to take. 

You mean using the word "troll" as a descriptive term, I would assume. Calling someone else a troll over mere disagreement is not acceptable.

The bigger problem I have with the mods is the reluctance to overturn moderations. Nobody expects you to be perfect, but if a mistake happens, then it should be acknowledged and corrected instead of being explained away as "I know it doesn't seem right and I don't really agree with it either, but the call stands, because that's the rule." or something like that. A special case was when ethomaz got banned for using the word "troll" or "trolling" in a non-harmful way and the mod handed out a ban length that defied the progressive moderation system. You know, that's basically an admission that something isn't quite right with the rules, because the mod felt a bit guilty for handing out the ban.

I've repeatedly asked myself where this reluctance comes from. Can you guys really be that afraid of setting some precedences and properly explaining your decisions that you don't want to do it? I've seen rule 27a repeatedly getting refused with the reasoning that if you unban one person, then you can't ban anyone for flaming anymore. That wasn't the case during the reign of your former boss Machina who enforced 27a on more than one occasion. It never caused any problems or confusion back then (other than mods being puzzled that a user requested such an action), so why has it become an issue now?

Because Machina and naz actually had more tools available.