The thread closed is about the degenerate gambler (self-described) and their experiences with a hotel thermostat. (Note lack of moderator yellow, which did not copy from the original post.)
@What_Exit, this poster’s status is still supposedly an open issue, in which case you are seriously poisoning the discussion in advance. There are many neutral ways you might have phrased this, but this way makes you look like you’re jumping on this poster with both feet. It’s not a good look for a supposedly neutral moderator, in my opinion.
I’m not arguing with closing the thread. But please just stop and think about the words you are using. I don’t see that such haste was required that you had to post without taking your time to do it well.
I don’t even understand why it was closed. The OP did something that the hotel apparently does not want you to do (although even then they did not even have an explicit prohibition against it), but it was not illegal as far as I can tell.
OK. Not much of a case.
They’ll be gone in the morning.
The evidence was massive by this point.
The agreement was strong this one trolled us for a year.
I disagree that the OP is a troll. What I have found is he takes a position and then tries to convince you he’s right. If you disagree with him, you don’t understand. Maybe I don’t understand the SD definition of a troll but according to my understanding there are a few posters that are a lot more troll-like than DG that get a pass.
Specific to this discussion, it is highly inappropriate for a mod to label him a troll publicly unless that is the verdict of the mod loop. Otherwise it is just your opinion. I personally think he has a mental illness (not inflammatory. i think he needs help) but that doesn’t make him a troll.
I will miss his diatribes about dark neighborhoods and the joys of White Castle ‘burgers’ purchased with spare change after he burns his paycheck in the slots but I can’t disagree with the assessment of his character.
There were other possible explanations as well. Maybe What_Exit and the mods already knew he was a troll, but the way it was written in the thread, it seemed like What_Exit had already decided, publicly called him out on it and was determined to prove it (after the public accusation) even if it harelipped everybody on Bear Creek.
There are a lot of pieces at play.
The casual misogyny, the series of subtly troll OPs, 2 different behind the scenes flags, general moderator concensus that also more trouble than they were worth.
We’ve had an eye on this one almost from the beginning. They come up often in flag discussions.