Regarding abuse of the reporting system, perhaps some kind of compromise can be reached. Some users use reports as a method of interfering with, silencing, and getting retribution upon other users. Of course this makes moderator complicity indistinguishable from them simply doing their job, and it is unreasonable to expect them to keep up with every petty dispute.

My suggestion for a potential mitigation of this problem, is to create a system that notifies the moderator if a single user is reporting a very large amount of posts for a single user. The idea being, that if a user is targeting another user by spamming reports, those reports would start being highlighted from a yellow, to orange, to red scale, making identification of users reporting large amounts of posts from a single user easily identifiable. This at the very least will allow moderators to quickly identify potential abuse of the reporting system and take that into account as part of their judgement call in taking action against a reported post.

I think this would, assuming that in fact there is no moderator complicity in these actions, help them to recognize this kind of abuse, and prevent it, as well as help assuage any accusations of complicity while still maintaining opacity regarding individual moderator actions to the general forum public. Of course I have no idea how difficult this would be to implement, so I have no way of knowing if this would be worth the time to create such a system, but if it is not exceptionally difficult I think it might be a valuable addition for all involved.

Right, now its Theymos's fault too. Funny, this kind of thread seems familiar, almost like you do it every time you go too far to elicit sympathy and escape repercussions for your actions, every single time returning to repeat the exact same abusive behavior.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1074434.0;all

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5144112.0

The same old sad children's party magician doing all the same old sad tricks, and getting mad at the kids who point out you can't really pull quarters out of your ears. You attack attack and attack endlessly, then when it bites you in the ass you play a victim, run away for a little bit, and resume the exact same behavior. Of course you want to be the victim while the victimization you subjected others to still stands and hope everyone just forgets and you get to keep the little lies and vendettas you have collected.

You can do all the things you want to serve the community without any power within the trust system, which you belong nowhere near as you have very clearly demonstrated. Of course that is not what you really value most, serving the community, you value the authority over others that you are free to lord over people, and lash out compulsively to serve your own personal impulses.

Yep, as usual, the same group of users using the trust system as a weapon to try to dictate the speech of others.


Vod   2020-02-14      If you can't post from your main account, it usually means you don't believe what you write, and are just trolling. Recommend ignoring such cowards.

nutildah   2020-02-11      alt of cryptohunter, aka the-one-above-all, but they are trying harder to be civilized in this incarnation so I will just leave them a neutral rating for now.

TMAN   2020-02-11   Reference   Newbie who suddenly is an expert on forum politics. Likely to Be CH or TOAA. No one comes to this forum fresh and starts hammering out in rep/Meta

suchmoon   2020-02-10   Reference   Fake shit-stirring noob.


Ironic Vod, with your behavior you prove why he needs to use an alt, so he doesn't have to subject his hard earned reputation to your childish lashing out using the trust system as your personal toy. Threats of leaving negatives unless they shut up. Very classy Nutilduh. Almost like you are not above making fake accusations to settle your personal vendettas if you are willing to threaten people using the trust system to silence them. Like I said, these people can't help themselves.

It seems rather obviously focused on me, as Vod suggested. Of course as usual you want to enforce the rules to the letter for everyone else but be able to bend and break them yourself.

All you are doing is telling me a matter of fact, not arguing a principle. You aren't telling me anything I don't already know. They are free to be scared little children that need a safe space, and I am free to shame them for it.

Nope, same old Vod. See the OP from 2015. He has had me on his shit list for some time. He thought he had an opening to go after me but he miscalculated, and like every time he abused the trust system against me in the past he is going to suffer repercussions for it. How do I know this? Because the same thing that lead Vod to abuse the system against me will be the same thing to ensure he will suffer repercussions. He can't help himself.

Rather convenient you are always above responding whenever I ask you to substantiate your claims. Seems like a rather distinct pattern of you avoiding substantiating your accusations against me.

This is the thing that the people frothing at the mouth to demonize "antivaxxers" like they are chanting for the death of Emmanuel Goldstein in the two minutes of hate never seem to understand. It is not about efficacy, it is about bodily autonomy. It is not like there was a precedent already set for horrible medical experimentation done on people without informed consent already for this exact reason... oh wait... right... Josef Mengele.

All the time eh? Quote me saying that once.

Fixed that for you.

Exactly why vaccinations should never be compulsory. This puts us a single step away from genocide if bad actors have control of the process.

You lie constantly Vod, while accusing others of lying. You suffer from an obsessive compulsive disorder regardless of you willing to admit it or not. Since you can't control your compulsions to lash out at people using the trust system as your personal toy, you should have no power within it. The only person you have to blame for this situation is yourself. None of this had to happen, but you chose to constantly escalate at every turn because you can't help yourself. These are not the traits of some one who should be in any position of authority.

Yeah, move it to reputation as I originally requested

On point as usual Vod.

It has been suggested before that the moderators get an optional drop down menu with the most common reasons for removal as well as the ability to make a comment. I think this would be a good addition. After all, if there is not feedback why something is removed, how can people correct their behavior if they aren't even told what the problem is? This is a common criticism on platforms like Facefuck, Googlag, and Twatter. People often want to comply but have no idea what they need to change to comply.

I don't need to remove anything, because my locked thread is a log, not a discussion. Are my ideas not being challenged here, and am I not engaging those challenges? Try harder Vod.


Ah I see, you get to define the value of my speech now. Of course, that is usually what totalitarian minded people seek to do, be the one to dictate the value of the freedoms of others. What does his post have to do with ANTIFA? Please explain. He didn't attempt to have a discussion or counter anything, he is simply posting off topic in a pathetic "whataboutism" totally unrelated to the topic. He wants to have his own private little walled garden threads where no one is critical of him, then he wants to also come to my threads and be free to post off topic as well.

I.E. "Stop saying things I don't like or I will use the trust system against you to force you into silence."

Rather convenient you get to just "move on" after abusing the trust system and not doing anything to rectify the situation when you are perfectly capable of doing so. Like I said, you lot only "move on" after the horse you are beating is a pile of bones and you got what you wanted with little or no compromise.

Excuse me. Don't lump me in with that description. I did absolutely NONE of those things. I don't deserve to be lumped in with this garbage false equivalence. Whatever you think about other disputes has nothing to do with Vod's behavior in regard to his rating for me. How much more evidence do you need to demonstrate Vod is abusive and a danger to others here? Does he need to be let off the hook for another 5 years? Ten? I went out of my way to avoid him, he follows me everywhere looking for any possible way to inject himself into a situation, antagonize, and throw accusations around in addition to his repeated and regular abuse of the trust system over a period of years. I would love to have no relationship to Vod whatsoever, but he has made it clear that is not only impossible, but is not what he wants. He can't control his obsessive behavior.