# So calling a post an ignorant one is against the rules now? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 16, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-a-post-an-ignorant-one-is-against-the-rules-now/930692 "2021-01-16T19:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 51
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-a-post-an-ignorant-one-is-against-the-rules-now/930692/51 "2021-01-21T16:24:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Link please? As requested, link to a post where I asked for note explanation and was told that it was excessively [“dripping with sarcasm.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-apprentice-journeymen-mods/925456/19). I chose not to fight city hall on that, but I find that rationale to be over-the-top. > [@](#): > > I think we are being more aggressive towards trolls. Some are complaining too aggressive. I see some improvement in that area. I’ve seen more troll banning than in the past, and almost none that I disagree with. But I feel like, along with that, there’s also a trend toward overpolicing the margins of civility. Personally, I experience more disruption from sealions, attention-seekers, and chronic threadshitters, than the occasional unkind word. I feel like the latter is getting overpoliced simply because it’s more clear-cut and thus more defensible. But… while an unkind word can be policed if it progresses to a slapfight, a well-rested sealion can run a thread to ten pages just by endlessly politely asking for yet a slightly better cite while harrumphing about others being impolite. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-a-post-an-ignorant-one-is-against-the-rules-now/930692)._