Banned from immigration thread.

and a pair of them posting away even when you could see the threadbans.

You used to be able to look at page 1 by going incognito or logging out and it'd show the first "new" page which was the first page but that's not working anymore either.

Not sure if that was directed at me or not.

Step 1. Look at threadbanned list.

Step 2. See said names posting.

Can't see you there, unless under different name. My mistake - yes two bans lifted. But look down this list, many longstanding and credible posters on it, along with new reg trolls. That these former are thread banned undermines credibility greatly.

Threadbans: 07/05/24

Cognitive Dissident

realdanbreen

jmayo

nullzero (lifted Feb 20th)

hynesie08

dtothebtotheh

hotmail.com

buried

Hungry Burger

Boggles

DeadHand

Overheal

lmao10

Dyr

nullzero

TomTomTim

sb95

maninasia

Hamachi

Star Bingo

NattyO

hymenelectra

Nuts102

treemaster

JohnJoFitz

Beechwoodspark

high_tower

tastyt

paxreseuropa

JP Liz V1

superbatman

enricoh

0ph0rce0

suvigirl - lifted 7/4/24

creeper1

Honesty Policy

Tikka2020

highpressisbest

Potatoeman

Galwayguy35

lmimmfn

sive60

Long Sean Silver

US3

Thinkabouit

Strumms

Dublincc2

smallbeef

malinheader

1800_Ladladlad

Guildenstern

Modulok

ToweringPerformance

Gym_Imposter

You bring up a good point, JP, should users with multiple threadbans receive a forum ban?

I mean, they’ve clearly shown they can’t “debate” a topic without resorting to rule breaking and one threadban, obviously, didn’t deter them.

Could it be time to bring in a forum ban for serial threadbanners?

Yes I understand if still in the courts no discussion but if sentenced or an old case then showing an example should be allowed

I own up that I sometimes forget that on going court cases cannot be mentioned

In regard @EmmetSpiceland post above about forum ban, is that a thing, I thought just thread bans?

They way I see it, the far right have saturated their right orientated messaging services and cannot expand their reach without greater penetration of more conventional discussion forums such as boards.ie

As such there is a constant wave of new members pushing a hard right agenda trying to create a beachhead for their campaign of greater legitimacy and these types of threads are just another front in trying to shift the agenda to one more tolerant of hard right talking points.

There is an obvious attempt to try to wear down the moderators by these constant threads of complaint.

Its called gaslighting the moderator team.

I suspect it ain't going to work.

You suspect?

I've seen you post all sorts of crap on various threads without sanction, I've reported plenty of posts you've made.

Of course you want the status quo to remain, you benefit from it.

To you, everyone who isn't left wing is far right, and as a result of that you feel entitled to act anyway you like towards them.

You're literally posting a conspiracy theory claiming it as fact with absolutely ZERO evidence but you're allowed to do so because you're on side with the editoral bent of the site.

How is it gaslighting, when the anecdotal contradictions highlighted ITT are literally there in the refugee thread?

You're no stranger to insulting those who don't align with your views. Many a tantrum thrown in the past.

Saw this posted regarding the recent referendums, the range of opinions expressed here mightn't be too far off the public in general

Interesting that the so-called "conservative" boards.ie is almost an exact replica of the general public in this vote.

A lot of heads need to be removed from arses this morning.

Did I insult you. I was making a statement of fact.

Or polls saying three out of four think we've taken in too many refugees, are we all far right now, father?

It was revealed in the latest Feedback thread that reporting a post counts as a discussion started by the user. If you click on their profile and they have a large number of discussions, but very few show, you can conclude that they either start a lot of threads in private groups (which are notoriously quiet), or they report a lot of posts.

I know the posters you referred to earlier - shoehorning stock phrases into every thread, snide comments designed to get a reaction so they can report another poster, ridiculous quirks in their posting style, and backslapping one another on threads. Everyone knows who they are and their previous usernames, but they get away with it.

I think pints are called for

The only thing that needs to be considered is applying the rules evenly at all times.

There is an untouchable class of posters on this site who are free to do as they like. Anyone else being a dick is already being dealt with, just round up the stragglers and nobody can complain.

Yes, the private groups are very quiet so it's most likely that most of the discussions you can't access are reported posts.

The Mods obviously can't clarify, but unless anyone is spuriously reporting posts they shouldn't have a problem with their tally being known. I'd be happy for a Mod or Admin to list how many I've reported and how many were deemed actionable.