07-29-2010, 12:00 AM
Limit it to one sub-forum...that sounds like an option good for everyone.
"i also hope that SD won't whine about moderators or go on a big rant about it."
If the case, if he has a problem with moderators in general (potential authority issues???), it seems you have no choice but to ban him. Forums need moderators so they don't go bezerk with crazy posts and so various duties can be performed on a regular basis and so forth. I am glad forums have moderators, don't see how they would function meaningfully without them.
Forum interacting is interesting. Its is so much easier to say and do things on a forum then would be done in face to face situation, therefore, that may be why forum expression for some is very aggressive. They use it like therapy, like Lunoor says. But also other people use forums for information exchange, so there has to be some distinctions made on the aggression issue, otherwise forums can lose those participants that are trying to have meaningful exchanges. I say one distinction is repeated behavior. If a participant has repeatedly demonstrated abuse of forum rules and abuse toward those who moderate, after given chances and warnings etc, that warrants some action to limit such behavior. You can also limit SD's posts per day limit.
"i also hope that SD won't whine about moderators or go on a big rant about it."
If the case, if he has a problem with moderators in general (potential authority issues???), it seems you have no choice but to ban him. Forums need moderators so they don't go bezerk with crazy posts and so various duties can be performed on a regular basis and so forth. I am glad forums have moderators, don't see how they would function meaningfully without them.
Forum interacting is interesting. Its is so much easier to say and do things on a forum then would be done in face to face situation, therefore, that may be why forum expression for some is very aggressive. They use it like therapy, like Lunoor says. But also other people use forums for information exchange, so there has to be some distinctions made on the aggression issue, otherwise forums can lose those participants that are trying to have meaningful exchanges. I say one distinction is repeated behavior. If a participant has repeatedly demonstrated abuse of forum rules and abuse toward those who moderate, after given chances and warnings etc, that warrants some action to limit such behavior. You can also limit SD's posts per day limit.