# Pitting Honeybadger **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2018-03-07T15:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 851
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/851 "2024-02-19T00:45:32Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > I think each post should stand on its own, and people shouldn’t get nitpicked and harassed when they post reasonable things because of their ‘rep’. Because that seems to be more a case of trying to simply drive them off the board. Yes and no. Yes in the sense that prior bad behavior shouldn’t automatically invalidate everything a person posts. But no in the sense that when a person’s behavior shows a clear pattern you shouldn’t isolate each infraction. That’s just idiotic. If this is the tenth time a dog has bitten someone you don’t treat it the same way you would if it was the first time. In the case of HBDC, there is a history of good contributions once upon a time, and people lament the situation we have where those have been dispensed with and replaced by total garbage. When I was an administrator on Wikipedia I often had to make judgement calls about whether a person was a net positive or a net negative to the project, and I permanently blocked a lot of folks. Sometimes it was a no-brainer and sometimes it was a very difficult call to make. But it was part of my responsibility to do so. Mods here have a similar responsibility. When HDBC [was last suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeybadgerdc-suspended-for-a-week-until-feb-11-2024-11-59-pm-for-violating-topic-ban/997105), there was a sincere plea to return to their previous ways and be a valuable member of the community again. I don’t have much hope of that happening. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183)._