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A few community topics have been closed or removed in the last few days.
While we’re happy to host discussions that fall within our community guidelines (including criticisms, of which you will find many meta topics), that does not include discussions that move from “discussion” or “debate” to disparaging or insulting any current or former Boing Boing Authors or contributors.
Thanks.
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No. Thank you for all the work and crap you have to deal with to keep this place sane.
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Y’know, the recent influx of… shall we say, problematic actors rather indicates that someone is futilely attempting to change that.
Just sayin’.
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Thank you. Those topics were pretty toxic from the get-go.
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You mean the ones whose “just joking” comments and expessions of “concern” in those same topics got flagged and then deleted by the moderator, sometimes locking the topics in the process? Nah, we’re a bunch of dummies who’d never catch such subtle behaviour by geniuses like that.
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is praise ok? this is the first community i’ve never disagreed with the mods.
i’ve gotten mad in the same way someone getting a justified speeding ticket briefly feels bad, but i have never felt unfairly treated or felt a need to self censor, and i’d just like to say i appreciate that.
there are reddit communities where i get the “no censorship half”, but when we send people who are passionate about free speech to reddit… we’re not sending our best people 
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Yep, right along with all the “new” members ‘just asking questions’ about the site, how it works, its authors, the forum members, etc; all while posting off topic and generally contentless commentary.
It almost looks like someone is probing the system, testing for weakness, and intentionally trying to sow discord and distrust amongst the community we have here…
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we could also just becoming popular?
sadly i think the “assume good faith” part of the rules will inevitably lead to ppl who show up and get in a few shots before the banhammer. but we will adapt, embrace, and extinguish.
edit: also, are the new members really new?
I must admit I recycle my nyms every once in a while, but not for nefarious reasons, I just want to be authentic but others do it for less noble reasons
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It’s more the times, what with the resurgence of right-wing populism and Russian and Chinese tr0ll farms and such. This being an election year, it’s going to be particularly bad. But racists and AynCaps and Xtianists have been polluting Internet forums since the days of Usenet.
Narrator: they were not new.
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That ship sailed long ago; at one point, BB was listed as one of the most popular/best sites on the internet.
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User Lamia has been asked not to return.
Nearly every post made here was at odds with the community in some way, almost exclusively in community topics, and almost exclusively by searching for older posts, finding some edge case to comment on, then derailing those posts as a result.
I had asked them privately to either ensure their comments were on-topic for the post itself, or to start a new topic if necessary, but as has been a recurring theme with several past members here, from their actions, they were clearly more interested in derailment and the attention inflammatory statements would make, than in actually having productive discourse.
To be clear: we will protect your choice to have an opinion that differs from a perceived consensus here. But when literally every post you make is the dissenting opinion, and the vast majority of your posts are necroposts in a topic to re-ignite old issues, that’s no longer about being a productive member of a community.
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As always, thanks for your hard work. It is much appreciated! The BBS is a great place in part because of what you do.
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Obligs:
Again, thank you for doing a job that is often thankless.
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Oh, I’m glad I missed out most of this, as you apparently took the work to clear the mess up.
However, I found several posts in the Did Cory leave BB very interesting, and was hoping for civility to return and the Russia-thread to dry out in a different topic.
Clearly my hopes were … misguided. Shit.
Still hoping for Cory to return (at least every now and then), for BB to stay a happy place, and for general sanity to exist.
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User shaunoneil anonymized at user request.
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While one can find “good things” in almost any action “Hey, air pollution from airlines was down 90% after 9/11! Woo!”, stating such does little more than to downplay and minimize the vastly, vastly more negative effects such tragic actions have.
The same holds true for COVID-19. Posts suggesting that “at least this will come out of this outbreak” will be eaten with prejudice. Don’t go there.
Thank you.
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It’s a damn shame that it even needs to be said; still, thank you.
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Further to the above, user TheGreatParis hs been given a brief timeout for making light of the COVID-19 situation.
We’re not fooling here. Making light of folks dying isn’t going to end well for anyone choosing to do so.
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