OK peeps, I am seeing a lot of flamewars lately which go off-topic of this comm. I am also getting dozens of reports about people reporting each other for “rudeness” or “trolling”. I don’t want this comm to start becoming a drama haven, so I want to try and prevent people getting worked up like this.

What do you think about me starting to deploy strategic 1-day bans for people who I notice are getting into flamewars? If not, what else do you suggest to help people remain civil?

Don’t just upvote/downvote. I won’t take these into account, I want actual comments about this to better make a decision.

  • Lvxferre
    32·
    4 days ago

    I dont like the idea of banning people for speach that isnt calling for actionable violence. // U could just delete the whole comment thread (from point of off topic onward) for reason “off topic” and that would solve almost everything.

    Then the flame war continues in another comment chain.

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Maybe, but it does serve as a warning to knock it off, so if that happens then a stronger response is warranted next time.

      • Lvxferre
        2·
        4 days ago

        Using it as a warning is fine, but you can’t do it if you’re against banning people, like the other user is.

        • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          The other user (at least, the one you responded to) was just trying to define where they would draw the line, saying both:

          I dont like the idea of banning people for speach that isnt calling for actionable violence.

          But also:

          I think bans for clearly bad faith reports is fair.

          U think people should at least be warned prior to being sent to the sinbin.

          So they aren’t fully against banning people.