I’m going to post this here for visibility, but any discussion of it should go in an ATMB thread.
A lot of people have been reporting Beck’s posts in this thread for hijacking, being off topic, or even trolling. I’ve rejected all of those flags. None of Beck’s posts in this thread have violated any rules.
Hijacking isn’t really a rule violation in the Pit. As the more rules-light forum, we tolerate more topic drift here than in the more formal forums. But, beyond that, deliberately derailing a thread is a traditional way of showing disagreement with an OP: whether its the classic reverse pitting, where the OP of a pit thread ends up the roastee, or its the other posters turning a Pit thread against a poster into a love-in, or posting something completely off-topic, such as sharing recipes. Beck’s strategy here isn’t even off-topic. The thread’s about her, after all, and she’s posting about herself.
A few people have accused her of trolling, and this one bothers me a bit. Yeah, she’s posting to piss you off - in the thread that was created specifically for people to insult her. Of course she’s trying to disrupt the thread. You would, too, if it were about you. She’s not trolling, she’s winning the thread.
As the Pit mod, one thing I strive to avoid is telling people how they’re allowed to respond to being attacked. The Pit only functions so long as it’s viewed as a neutral space for Dopers to sort out their differences. Once I start telling people how they’re allowed to engage in those fights, I’m putting my finger on the scale, and that neutrality is gone.