DIDS JUST BAN ERICW

[Dids]

Banning him just martyrs him in the eyes of the tards. I honestly made the thread because I wanted input from all the posters.

Eric's a pest, but he's far from the biggest problem in BBV4L so I don't see his banning as urgent. I just read a lot of posts form folks wanting him banned, and got a couple PMs as well. I'm interested to see how this plays out.

[Gildwulf]

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Banning him just martyrs him in the eyes of the tards.

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no

making 1234123412 threads about ericw (his containment thread, the 'hey maybe we should ban ericw oops maybe not let's just wait and see thread', the 'hey guys I really think we should consider banning ericw if it's not too much trouble to you guys' thread) turns him into a martyr.

Walk softly and carry a big stick.

I am also interested in seeing how this plays out. Because it is almost worth doing an out-of-forum ban and being demodded to see him stop posting as ericw in bbv4l.

Sometimes you just have to make the right decision regardless of the masses. That's why you are the mod and they are the masses.

[NT!]

gild is right, you don't have to tell them anything. ban him, ignore or delete all posts about him, PM people who keep bringing it up. imo.

[citanul]

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Walk softly and carry a big stick.

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I'd like to continue on this for anyone who's reading it and cares.

Also just keep your [censored] mouth shut.

Meaning: Before you ban some terrible poster, don't make a "OMG DRAMABOMB I'M THINKING ABOUT BANNING THIS GUY" post or poll. Then, when you've banned him, don't then make a "OMG DRAMABOMB JUST BANNED THIS GUY" post or poll.

You just do it and move on.

We have pretty good experimental evidence at this point that this approach works better than others (that involve banning).