Banned from immigration thread.

Are you sure on this? I've only started four or five threads of my own, yet my "discussions" says 112!

I'm not a member of any private groups. I have reported posts occasionally, but not that many!

I always thought it was the number of discussions you've taken part in?

Could the balance be reported posts?

When you report a post it starts a discussion in the relevant mod forum. That adds to your total but normal posters, including yourself, can't access it.

It was explained by an admin in the recent Feedback thread.

ETA: if you post on a discussion started by someone else that's included in your comments total.

This explains a lot. I often wondered how so many posters with similar views on certain threads all get banned.

This makes it clear that some threads have resident complainers who try their best to close down debate by having opposing views banned.

Just today, for instance, I came upon a Hasbara website called gnasherjew.com which states on its homepage :

As a digital investigation team, we leverage open-source intelligence
and cutting-edge technology to expose and hold antisemites accountable.
With no political affiliations, GnasherJew is committed to the
unvarnished truth.

I wonder if they are active on this forum?

I’m aware that “thanks intimidation” was a bit of a thing but are people now trying to intimidate users out of reporting posts?

The mods, and admins, have asked, repeatedly, for users to help them out by reporting posts as there is too much “content” for them to moderate alone.

Personally, I think the first thing that should be tried is users posting within the rules. If they could manage that we wouldn’t see so many of these “types” of threads every few weeks, at this stage.

Fess up - who else is enjoying snooping on profiles? 🤣🤣

FWIW, I report the post, not the poster.

I don't have the power to decide if another poster is warned or threadbanned. That is down to the mods.

But if I see something that imo warrants a report, (e.g. transphobic) then I make no apology for reporting it.

I will add, that I've let openly aggressive and uncivil posts towards me go in the past without reporting them, only to have reports made against me, and I've ended up with the sanction despite provocation, so it goes both ways. You get no thanks for not reporting if someone is being a dick.

I said it on the other feedback thread, my main issue with moderation is that it is inconsistently applied, and context is not taken into consideration.

I'd love to see that trialled for a month, especially to see the reasons people report posts. The problem is that it would lead to petty squabbles and vendettas.

If someone is petty enough to serially report posts they'll get the hump if one of their own is reported.

You can report all you like but if the post hasn't broken the rules nothing will happen.

Mighty big persecution complex going on here.

You can be reported 50 times a day, but if you haven't broken any rules, then it doesn't matter, it won't be actioned.