Hi SB,
do not understand me wrong, i like the rude button, even when i m 0/10 
i ve seen the pictures dealing with animals.
And yes, you are right to delete it immediatly!
Also punish this disgusting, crazy pietätlos guy.
But: Banned him permanent! Not only some days/weeks.
Is this the way you want to act in future?
Maybe i should read the forum rules…
Well, I don’t want to ban anybody. But there is simply no place here for hateful racists, which he proved to be. Truly disgusting behavior like that is pretty much a one-shot offense here.
Okay, I have no idea what this guy did, but…
I tend to agree that permanent bans are a bad idea. All it does against a troll, is let him know he “won”, and he can create a new account and start all over again. A temporary ban, however, might not be worth him creating a new account, so he might wait awhile, and in the meantime cool off and forget about trolling here.
I think the new “Rudeness” meter is giving trolls an indication of whether they are being successful, before they get banned.
If it is just someone off his meds (not a troll), then a permanent ban seems harsh.
Of course, I’m assuming he’s not posting anything illegal or stuff like that. Like I said, I have no idea what this guy did.
I’m glad you didn’t have to read his disgusting posts. For those of us who did, I’m pretty sure the justification for a permanent ban is sadly obvious.
Incidentally, he did receive a very clear warning PM from me first, which he blatantly ignored.
Normally, I don’t publicly announce a ban to avoid giving more publicity to bad behavior. But in this case I felt an obligation to do so, in order for those who read his vitriol to know that it was handled, and that those sentiments are completely and utterly incompatible with everything I believe in and what I want this forum to be.
Hi Jesjes,
He was not accidentally touching the curbstones. No, he was intentionally driving off-road. Again and again. People confronted him about his attitude and he laughed that away (too). There is an expression for what happened to him:
who doesn’t want to listen, has to feel the consequences. AKA: Wer nicht hören will muss fühlen.
Yes.
Is it feasible to have the signup page include a field (e.g., Initial Here: ) so a prospective user can confirm having read and accepted the forum rules?
That can remove the opportunity for recreational disputation.
Sorry for want…
Better will, or do…
I didnt want to offend you, only to think about it.
English is not my motherlanguage.
And if i m honest i even dont like it at all, but i m happy we found one so we all can talk together!
Possibly, but even that wouldn’t prevent a truly hateful and malicious person like what we saw from posting their trash, if that’s what they want to do.
No worries, and no offense taken. 
I’m not sure at what point you saw the incident, but his attack was not limited just to the animal pictures. There were numerous other posts with garbage that was even worse. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then I’m glad for you because you didn’t have to see it. 
The permanent ban for this guy was absolutely justified. He was a racist piece of you know what.
It wouldn’t have helped this time, even when the rules were pointed out to him he still chose to ignore them.
Besides, do the majority of people even read rules/user agreements? If a user agreement on a wèbsite is too long for me to concentrate on I walk away, but most people I know would just accept it without reading. Reminds me of the NSFW South Park humancentipad episode.
I doubt it. Ever seen those EULAs on software where it disables the “Accept” checkbox until you actually scroll the whole document from top to bottom?
Yeah, I HATE when they make me do that! 
The next iteration will be where they actually time you to make sure you don’t flash-scroll it. At which point I will immediately abandon the software and switch to an open source solution.
@SB: Maybe one day !!
I had the same thought, but how do you know a speed reader from a slow one.
I do wish they would write them in everyday English, simplified and to the point.
Of course its in their interest to not do so 
Following that will be the EULA test that needs a 90%+ pass rate to be able to accept it :confounded:
Sure. Nothing prevents the first crap in the public space, unless you turn moderation on (if the software even allows that).
And that’s only needed if your site’s being attacked by a gang. Which happens. Then either moderating, or just no updates for a day or two, bores that sort and they quit signing up and go away, when they don’t get their fun.
I suggest affirming having read the rules on signing up — at least Rule 1 — to preclude ongoing argument about the rules (e.g. by sock-puppets) when an account is deleted because it’s been breaking the rules.
It says right there in Rule 1 that’s a consequence. Can’t argue with that.
Sometimes a site will start attracting people who enjoy disputation, for a while, til they get bored.
Long argument about the rules is part of that pattern, e.g. the link I posted earlier: Confessions of a Community College Dean: Victim Bullies
Even worse, the next iteration will probably be like those silly ‘Gallery’ style articles where you have to click thirty times to read thirty sentences full of useless drivel while looking at pictures that have nothing to do with the click-bait title that got you there. :smiling_imp:
Right, I agree that this could happen. But so far most of the people here aren’t arguing about the rule on banning for rudeness, they’re just confused about why it happened in this case because there is no record of the trash he posted.