Without the intention of fanning any flames, can this all be treated as a bit of an impromptu “intervention”? Clearly Andy isn’t the only person to feel that sometimes moderation on c/Christianity can be a bit...personal sometimes.
Could it maybe be resolved, that we can seek to separate how we feel about a person overall, from their individual comments?
I personally feel I am “baggaged” by my past interactions with the mods. If I make a comment about one thing, someone dredges up a comment I made months ago about something else to attempt to invalidate what was just said. If I repeat a users words back to them I am being “incivil” , etc. etc. ...
How about, instead of rushing into removing comments, you (the mods) post a disclaimer first, laying out the issue with the comment. If objective belligerence is the response, then consider removals, and lastly, bans. Right now it seems like an unfortunate case of “respect mah authoritah” more than “let’s come together in Christ, while seeking to minimize error”...
Good idea! In fact we just posted that idea this morning: "Moderators have now migrated to a system where basic enforcement (exclusive of deliberate violations) follows a graduated track of verbal warning, then deletion, then 1- or 3-day ban." Andy has already had repeated deletions and the new post was more inappropriate than most anything I've seen from him, so the ban was consistent with these rules.
Without the intention of fanning any flames, can this all be treated as a bit of an impromptu “intervention”? Clearly Andy isn’t the only person to feel that sometimes moderation on c/Christianity can be a bit...personal sometimes.
Could it maybe be resolved, that we can seek to separate how we feel about a person overall, from their individual comments?
I personally feel I am “baggaged” by my past interactions with the mods. If I make a comment about one thing, someone dredges up a comment I made months ago about something else to attempt to invalidate what was just said. If I repeat a users words back to them I am being “incivil” , etc. etc. ...
How about, instead of rushing into removing comments, you (the mods) post a disclaimer first, laying out the issue with the comment. If objective belligerence is the response, then consider removals, and lastly, bans. Right now it seems like an unfortunate case of “respect mah authoritah” more than “let’s come together in Christ, while seeking to minimize error”...
Just my $0.02
Good idea! In fact we just posted that idea this morning: "Moderators have now migrated to a system where basic enforcement (exclusive of deliberate violations) follows a graduated track of verbal warning, then deletion, then 1- or 3-day ban." Andy has already had repeated deletions and the new post was more inappropriate than most anything I've seen from him, so the ban was consistent with these rules.