The parent's term "passive-aggressive" is spot on.
StackExchange is even worse.
If you only knew their banning practices. They have extremely thin skin. The anti-thesis of "Postal's Law".
When they ban, it's not a warning, it's permanent. One mistake and you are banned for infinity.
"Trolls" (a very subjective term) will never learn to behave as you want them to if you don't steer them toward better behavior. Banning them in knee-jerk like fashion does not steer them toward being better netizens or being more agreeable to your views.
If the thinking is "my forum, my rules" then when the rules become silly (and they often do), we need more forums, run by more reasonable people. This is nothing new. "Postal's Law" is one of those insightful ideas that has greater applicability than was intended (e.g., more than just the structure of packets) and it will continue to seem ahead of it's time, as censorship keeps rearing its ugly head.
StackExchange is even worse.
If you only knew their banning practices. They have extremely thin skin. The anti-thesis of "Postal's Law".
When they ban, it's not a warning, it's permanent. One mistake and you are banned for infinity.
"Trolls" (a very subjective term) will never learn to behave as you want them to if you don't steer them toward better behavior. Banning them in knee-jerk like fashion does not steer them toward being better netizens or being more agreeable to your views.
If the thinking is "my forum, my rules" then when the rules become silly (and they often do), we need more forums, run by more reasonable people. This is nothing new. "Postal's Law" is one of those insightful ideas that has greater applicability than was intended (e.g., more than just the structure of packets) and it will continue to seem ahead of it's time, as censorship keeps rearing its ugly head.