Hank Beecher's warnings and suspension are bullshit

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@bldysabba

Still don’t see how it becomes a warnable offence, especially the way JC has called it out - as an insult to another poster.

Discussions of moderation belong in ATMB, not GD. There was no substantiation in the post whatsoever - it just criticized the moderation using highly inflammatory language in an inappropriate forum. (To be fair Beecher made 3 posts in a row - the first two had some content (ATMB stuff in GD), but the last was just jerkitude.) I have no problem with curbing that sort of behavior. I could easily see it receiving a mod note in the Pit.

“You are making stuff up”, I concede is a borderline case and is context-dependent. Bone helpfully links to Jon Chance’s remarks on that. I’ll quote:

@Jonathan_Chance

Not necessarily. Again, context is extremely important.

As I have defined it for myself - and not for other mods - the lying rule may come into play when two conditions are present:

1. A poster accuses another of speaking untruth.
2. The accusation also assumes that such is done so knowingly

Once again, however, I don’t feel the need to be locked into things as context is everything.

“You’re a liar” will almost certainly bring about sanction - though not always. Other forms, such as ‘you’re making things up’ as mentioned, may or may not depending on many factors.

Best practice? Don’t accuse others of intentional fabrication. This should not be difficult, I’d imagine.

Mods don’t hold posters to best practices per se, but it’s a bar that good posters aim for, though they may fall short.

Now if you excuse me, I have a re-education camp to run.