Shangdi banned

[Ganymede]

Here's the explanation, paraphrased from something Ghost posted long ago in the thread about Tyche's banning:

"[Shangdi] didnt really seem to have interest in interfacing with anyone constructively on the forum. He mostly just haunted political threads to ruffle feathers using superskeeeery alt-rightisms to watch people's reactions. Not surprised to see this, but ultimately I question why he wasted his time to begin with."

If you want to go on about the pros and cons of a lawsuit, by all means. If you want to win an argument, by all means, within reason. But condescension and the worst kind of mansplaining is shit I'm not going to tolerate in the Politics forum.

We all saw what happened with the Tyche matter and, frankly, I wasn't going to allow that shit happen again.

Also, if you invite me to ban you, I will take that invitation.

[Testament]

He sure did a good job of 'owning the libs'.

But nothing of value was lost.

[GreenFlashlight]

Oh Jesus, what'd I miss this time?

Ugh. I can tell that checking my new topics is gonna be a treat.

[Jennkryst]

@greenflashlight Dude who posted the QUESTIONABLE Shanghai game went mask off.

I should start calling these things from the start, but always get a 'what if THIS this is sincere/not someone doing it for the edge' at the last second. Next time (maybe)!

[GreenFlashlight]

@jennkryst said in Shangdi banned:

@greenflashlight Dude who posted the QUESTIONABLE Shanghai game went mask off.

I should start calling these things from the start, but always get a 'what if THIS this is sincere/not someone doing it for the edge' at the last second. Next time (maybe)!

Yeah, this actually wasn't as bad as I expected. Not sad he's gone, though, or that I missed a chance to make a speech about how when a literal definition gets into a fight with a colloquial definition, the colloquial one will always win.

[Roz]

I definitely squinted at him when he first showed up with that game ad, as it smelled a lot like certain other game ads we've had from people who ended up banned. So I'm not super surprised.

[reversed]

@roz Had this exact same experience, note for note.

[mietze]

So you may notice quicker bans when someone acts or shows tells of a previously banned user. Usually when that happens their posts may be moved to the circular file.

I always ask Gany to review posts/users i make an in the moment decision to ban, so I hope that's reassuring generally.