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not one fucking person was willing to question whether the post was fine and the motive behind making the post
I don't think anyone but you cares what the motive of the post was.
I understand some of your frustration, though I do though think there is an issue that reporting offensive content is not as clear a process any more so can see why the barrage of comments in this thread happened.
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It has always been the case that subjective shit should be called out, and challenged.
I ban the non-subjective stuff, but have always needed clear indication that a ban is justified when it's subjective.
Not having a report button has not changed that.
I'm not sure anyone wants me to be banning people for subjective stuff without first obtaining evidence that the person to be banned was informed of the risk, challenged, etc... and then continued to do whatever it was that got them into trouble. At that point I'm happy to ban instantly and without warning.
But as I keep saying, I'm not a peacemaker, a negotiator. You call me in to come and nuke someone. I'm happy to nuke, you only need to show me that it's justified and I'll do it. In this case, no-one did that... people just expected the nuke.
Velocio
I am not a mod of the ladies forum, and don't overrule the mods there.
If I am asked to ban, I mostly consider it to be a site-wide ban unless it's clear that a forum-only ban is obviously more suitable.
But in the case of ABCNews, I almost tore my hair out in frustration over the fact that not one fucking person was willing to question whether the post was fine and the motive behind making the post before I was hit with the steady stream of posts in this thread.