RFC: Should I start handing out 1-day "cool off" bans to thwart flamewars?
RFC: Should I start handing out 1-day "cool off" bans to thwart flamewars?
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.
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Didn't know about this community, just read the description to understand its title, and I immediately thought that it was going to be a trolling mess. So my first thinking is that you created a banquet for trolls, and now you're dealing with the consequences. Do you have the magic mental power to deal with this?
If yes, then I would make it very clear from the beginning in the rules that uncivil discussion will be moderated, that continuous incivility will lead to a 1-day ban and that attempts to bypass the temporary ban will lead to a permanent ban.
Get ready for motivated trolls spending days creating new accounts to harass your authority, or you, after they have been banned.We don't have a huge troll problem tbh. Mostly people taking things too personally and seriously
you know, if i wasnt such a philosophically minded bastard i might be inclined to take this personally. forturnately,
Didn’t know about this community,
How did you find it, All feed?
Yeah, isn't that the usual way?
It is, just curious why today, this community has been active for a while, and got pretty popular a few months ago with the first vegan drama
I guess this post went higher in my feed that the others at my checking time.