(October 20, 2016 at 10:22 am)Shell B Wrote: People keep responding to the member you're speaking of, though I'm pretty sure this is about the recent rash of bandwagons as a whole. It's no secret that trolls get bored when no one responds. If he were truly a troll, the forum could easily police itself by ignoring him. The small, but vocal, group that seems the backbone of these complaints hasn't even tried that to my knowledge. From what I can see, the staff has given them multiple options from the ignore function to actual ignoring which have thus far been the only things they've ignored.
Every member is a valuable member to some degree, so I hate to see you guys losing people you like, but it's important not to change rules under threat of losing donations or membership. If the staff voted against something, that means the majority were against, as you know. If they pander to one because he either threatens to leave or actually does leave, it destroys the integrity of staff.
Completely fair assessment of the situation, ShellB. I think a lot of us have a particular member who gets under our skin for some reason. Different members bother different people for different reasons. I say the same thing you just said here to others about a particular theist who gets responded to constantly, but then I turn around and fall into the same trap with someone different. I feel we can all work a little harder to help out Tibs by doing a better job of self-regulating, and refraining from fueling negative attention seeking posters. Or...at least stop bitching about it so much after the fact.
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