05-04-2013, 06:00 PM
Black wrote:
What I'm referring to are the folks who want =only= to get the ranting forum shut down because they perceive it to be left-leaning. So they intentionally provoke and provoke until they have a reason to hammer the "report' link and complain to Larry directly that everyone's mean to them. The characterization that moderation resources are being devoted to people who are thin-skinned crybabies is not an accurate portrayal of who may be causing headaches and why they're doing it.
I have been wondering what prompted the whole thread....and 194 posts into the mission Black finally illuminates the problem.
So, now, what do we do? It is clearly a problem for our hosts or they would not have started the thread. But it sounds like the kind of sophisticated trolling that kills many good virtual places....
And I am not aware of any great prescriptions. Almost all have negative side effects.