John_Mace:
Just to be clear, I’ve never understood why people quote that as if it were documented history. If it is, can you point me to where it’s documented? Otherwise, I’ll say: yeah, if that what you want to think, fine.
Well I can point to this thread: Curious when enough is enough? [Der Trihs] - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board
Der accurately posts the standards of the time:
Because I do “knock it off”. And I have gotten two warnings over the years; one for personal insult (that I don’t think was one), and one of which was just a misunderstanding on the mod’s part (confusing “you” as a inclusive term for people in general, for you as in the poster I was talking to).
People get banned on this board mainly by getting in mod’s faces and not backing down. Not for being unpopular.
John Mace argues for raising those standards:
No. You may “knock it off” for a day or two, but then you’re back posting the exact same stuff (often even using the exact same wording) that got you the mod note in the first place. Over and over and over again. Posters get banned all the time for repeatedly ignoring mod instructions.
n.b.: I’m not suggesting that you be banned from the MB. But 12 mod notes in the last year alone for the same basic thing in GD should tell us that GD isn’t the place for you.
Der would always obey in-thread mod instructions immediately, unlike most problem posters. The issue was that he didn’t tone things down across different threads, absent explicit advice to do so. That sort of explicit advice came during the Jon Chance era, at which point he was effectively drummed out of GD.
To be clear though, I mocked and pitted Der when he was active in GD. It’s not like I agreed with him. I’m just reporting how things went at the time.
More gunning for bannings etc. here: That wasn't "theadshitting" Marely23 - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board