October 2015 NPD Thread! Everything is in the OP!

[DonFerrari]

Tachikoma said:

Abun said:

This post is extremely hypocritcal and shows moderation bias.People from all sides do the same thing,but you single him out? I have never seen a mod on any forum do something like this.This should not be allowed.The mods on this site are a huge joke.

SWORDF1SH said:

That sentence isn't fair. I see just as much baiting and trolling from the XB camp. Atually some seem to get away with too much. Don't just single him out like this because it's fucked up.

mornelithe said:

and while I'm a big fan of Tachi, I've had similar concerns with other users/mods. 

The user in question has a long history of inciting and contrbituing towards console vs console trolling, baiting and flaming, i'm not saying fans of the xbox are innocent, i'm not saying any particular fanbase is innocent or guilty, just that for a long time now people have been openly passing along snide remarks particularly towards the Xbox One, in most cases these remarks are dealt with, but at the same time the xbox community of this site is significantly smaller than the playstation and nintendo communities, thus what happens is a heavy bias in the frequency of reported posts, a frequency that favors the playstation and nintendo fans.

In this particular instance, the user has a combination of an extensive history causing trouble based on nothing more than the platform being different, and a documented propencity for pre-meditation of particular attacks and approaches both on site and off.

As such he is now banned from referencing the xbox, he isn't banned from posting or joining in with discussions for other consoles but until he has shown a believable, genuine willingness to curb his attitude and approach towards topics involving the Xbox, he will not be permitted to be involved in Xbox discussions.

As for "singling out", that is generally what happens when the content of a users post lands them in trouble, moderations are handled on a person to person basis, so singling out a particular user for their behaviour is the entire point of modering a particular user.

Simply saying "hey people, could you please stop attacking each other" has been tried in the past, and it gets completely and utterly ignored, which is why this approach is being taken as a last ditch attempt.

If he changes his attitude and shows signs of improvement, then the ban on xbox topics will be lifted, if he does not then the ban stays, it's as simple as that. You may find it harsh, but for someone with 34 infractions for trolling and flaming, it's clear the usual moderation approach just isn't getting through, so I'm hoping this approach will.

You can call that bias, you can call it hypocritical, you can call it whatever you want, however, Abun, saying "The mods on this site are a huge joke" based on a single moderators actions is uncalled for.

On a personal note, if anyone would like to try and imply that i'm biased towards the Xbox One, i've got some news for you..

Agree with you on everything Tachi, and claiming you a Xbox fanatic is utter ridiculous.

I just hope that some other trolls that have been doing even worse are taken care in similar fashion. And the worst part is that some of them are reported and dismissed because of the "Xbox fanbase is smaller so let's give them a leeway". I have saw several worse posts than the collection of ethomaz get unmoderated, so the guy would have smaller moderation historic, but far more toxic behavior. I won't say it's personal or even collective bias of the mods, but seems like that to keep having a Xbox community the Sony fans are modderated more harshily when the situation don't quite need it and Xbox fan get a free pass when the situation asked for some action.

Otherwise the mods have been doing great and these cases don't really impact in the enjoyment of the site.