[Staff] The Monthly Ban Report - January 2014

[Normchacho]

Carl2291 said:

Normchacho said:

Carl2291 said:
Sooooo I already mailed TruckOSaurus about kowenicki's recent ban.

Its got me thinking.

Are you now giving out bans for strong worded replies to ignorance? Threads original OP had ignorant people laughing and joking about it and the first post in the thread is someone posting "lulz".

Is he reaaaally in the wrong for mocking these people?

The 2nd moderated post is essentially a moderation for telling someone to educate themself on the topic at hand...

I wanna know the communities/ other mods thoughts.

He was being an a-hole. It's one thing to correct someone or to point out a mistake, but it's another entirely to go around mosting the same thing over and over again in the same thread all the while insulting the other people in it.

For instance, it would have been fine if he had left out the last line of his first post. But he felt the need to do more than just correct people.

He didnt insult people, although you just called him an a-hole so yaknow.

He pointed out the people who were laughing about it in the OP and opening post and was mocking them. Granted, mocking people is frowned upon but is it really a moderatable thing considering so many people do it here daily.

You're right, I did. I found it a quite fitting description of his behavior in that thread.

People who mock others (or flaming as it's known on the internet) don't always get banned. But it is still a bannable offense.

I also suggest you go back and look at his posts in that thread before you say he didn't insult people.

"But you all jump up and down and clap your hands fast if it makes you feel better about your lives"

"....also at least try and show a modicum of background knowledge"

ZaneWane posted: "Never mind. I misunderstood. Sorry."

Kow responded with: "you sure do...sorry... did."

He could have, and should have just gone into the thread said his piece and pointed out that the thread was old news. Instead he insisted on turning things ugly.  ie flamming.