Reading over the moderation guidelines, there is no specific mention of user names and how to handle one if it is made in a knowingly inflammatory way.
I have a user in a community that has a handle that is not racist, explicitly bigoted, etc, but is clearly chosen to troll/flame other users. My current stance is to leave it alone and see if they engage in improper behavior that requires action. But the user name itself is designed to prompt other users into action against this handle. So the user could engage in no problematic behavior, but be fully responsible for trouble through name choice alone.
What are thoughts or guidelines anyone may have?
For what it’s worth, I think your instinct is right on this one, and just keep an eye out. I don’t know the specific handle obviously, but understand your concern and without knowing too much, I think that’s all I feel comfortable deciding right now tbh. I may feel differently if I knew the handle ofc.
Edit: I agree with AvaddonLFC, I think it’s important to set boundaries. It’s something we seem to be bad at, in our personal lives, and its usually the cause of much needless drama.
Thanks for the feedback.
This was going to be my first post here as well. I’d love some site wide guidance on what to do here. My issue is roughly the same. Username designed to incite others, but the content of their posts is innocuous. I’ve been leaving the posts for now.
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that’s a lot more cut and dry when the name is a slur. Gets a little grey when its not.
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Thanks. Yeah, my gut was to just go ahead and ban them, but I don’t want to set a precedent for impropriety. I’ll see if any admins chime in before taking action.
But using the logic of their username as a comment is pretty decent. Not completely sound for all cases, but for this one, yeah.
