OK peeps, I am seeing a lot of flamewars lately which go off-topic of this comm. I am also getting dozens of reports about people reporting each other for “rudeness” or “trolling”. I don’t want this comm to start becoming a drama haven, so I want to try and prevent people getting worked up like this.

What do you think about me starting to deploy strategic 1-day bans for people who I notice are getting into flamewars? If not, what else do you suggest to help people remain civil?

Don’t just upvote/downvote. I won’t take these into account, I want actual comments about this to better make a decision.

  • Lvxferre
    17•2 days ago

    My suggestion is to warn the user first, and then if they don’t comply a 3d ban. Because:

    • Cooperative users are quick to comply, even without punishment.
    • It helps to show other users the limit of what’s considered acceptable in the community.
    • When people get really worked up, a single day is not enough.

    Trolls are a different can of worms. I think that users who are blatantly trolling should be removed = permabanned; there’s no place for those.

    • Lvxferre
      8•2 days ago

      [Replying to myself to avoid editing the above again.]

      Ah, I propose an explicit rule for this comm: “off-topic is only tolerated if non-divisive, non-derailing, and in the comments”. That gives people some room to chitchat, but would do a quick work of “ackshyually u don’t have rules against flamewars right”.