OK peeps, I am seeing a lot of flamewars lately which go off-topic of this comm. I am also getting dozens of reports about people reporting each other for “rudeness” or “trolling”. I don’t want this comm to start becoming a drama haven, so I want to try and prevent people getting worked up like this.
What do you think about me starting to deploy strategic 1-day bans for people who I notice are getting into flamewars? If not, what else do you suggest to help people remain civil?
Don’t just upvote/downvote. I won’t take these into account, I want actual comments about this to better make a decision.
I disagree. Downvotes don’t have any effect and I don’t follow a complete hands off approach
Downvotes affect the algorithm of comments that are displayed. They do have an effect.
I’m not saying to be hands off. Definitely you should ban accounts who post misinformation or racism, for example. But bans for “being mean” is an overstep of your privileges.
My privileges are what I say they are. There’s no natural law on how to run a comm. 😅
It kind of reads like you posted this as a question then accepted no feedback and pushed back on anyone with a different view. Not saying that’s what’s actually happening, it’s only been a few hours, but you’ve responded exclusively negatively in these comments.
like this?
The fact is that I haven’t responded to most comments because they make good points. There’s nothing to argue against good points. I’m not going to go around saying “good point” to everyone
Good point, sir!
If the issue is too many reports and we’re just letting people fly, then the reports won’t stop coming. Downvotes don’t stop repeat responders. It will just be a chain of 100 back and forth comments reporting each other.
The downvotes don’t stop how many pointless reports the mod has to sort through, do they?