This is like the 4th of 5th time we've had this topic pop up since I've joined the site, and I've still yet to see a clear description of the problem or examples of problem users. The most I've been able to gather is that the issues are fed-posting and people whining to the mods over petite bs, but if that's all the issue why don't we just ban those faggots? What more needs to be done?
When someone says he hopes Philosophy Tube dies, nobody bats an eye. When someone says he hopes AOC dies, people lose their minds.
A&N tends to A-Log about politicians rather than random cows like the rest of the forum, and politicians are our betters and cannot be spoken out against. In mild cases, you get activists using posts like that as ammunition to make Null's life more difficult. In extreme cases, you get SIGSEGV, which also makes Null's life more difficult. It's not fair, but it is what it is.
However, Null is still - within reason - pro free speech, so banning anyone who says "I hate the antichrist" is too crude of a solution. A lot of people are here because it's one of the few sites left without infinity jannies permabanning everyone they don't like. If that starts happening here, it could cultivate an atmosphere of distrust and trigger a mass exodus.
So the problem is that certain people do need to be banned, but it needs to be done in a way that makes it very clear that these bans are highly localized and done for a very good reason. It's a delicate balancing act and it may not even work if done correctly.
Of course, one side just acts more wounded about it than the other does.
Or maybe I'm wrong and it's completely mutual animosity.
To be fair, it's not very common for lolcow forums to user-ping A&N spergs to summon us so we can bicker back and forth for five fucking pages. "Their" side whines that the other exists, but "our" side actively antagonizes them. It's getting pretty old.
