Outing an obnoxious banned troll

[selmahoose]

What's the current etiquette if one spots a banned troll posting under a new pseudonym, or even multiple new id's ?

1) ignore and wait till it outs itself and gets banned again?

2) report it ?

3) other options

[citizensm1th]

you need to be really really sure people have been removed from threads for getting it wrong in NP&E

[Monkeylegend]

3. Other options.

Give us a few hints so we can work out who it is before this thread gets pulled.

Be discreet though.

[selmahoose]

Monkeylegend said:

3. Other options.

Give us a few hints so we can work out who it is before this thread gets pulled.

Be discreet though.

nope

[selmahoose]

citizensm1th said:

you need to be really really sure people have been removed from threads for getting it wrong in NP&E

Well maybe the best thing to do is report it then.....or do nothing.

[Monkeylegend]

selmahoose said:

Monkeylegend said:

3. Other options.

Give us a few hints so we can work out who it is before this thread gets pulled.

Be discreet though.

nope

Don't worry we already know who you are talking about

[WinstonWolf]

selmahoose said:

citizensm1th said:

you need to be really really sure people have been removed from threads for getting it wrong in NP&E

Well maybe the best thing to do is report it then.....or do nothing.

So report 'it' or do nothing then...

[Big Al.]

Whilst members do report suspected returnees it's sometimes not that easy to PROVE a link, if we do we re-ban.

Other than that it's a waiting game until we find a link.

[selmahoose]

Monkeylegend said:

Don't worry we already know who you are talking about

That doesn't answer what the right thing to do is.

Perhaps it's to wait and see if there's been a change to acceptable conduct on the troll's part. That might be the most charitable option.

[Gary C]

selmahoose said:

What's the current etiquette if one spots a banned troll posting under a new pseudonym, or even multiple new id's ?

1) ignore and wait till it outs itself and gets banned again?

2) report it ?

3) other options

4) Just get on with your life and dont let it bother you ?

[selmahoose]

Big Al. said:

Whilst members do report suspected returnees it's sometimes not that easy to PROVE a link, if we do we re-ban.

Other than that it's a waiting game until we find a link.

Okay understood.

What's the attitude to 'rehabilitation'? ie if the returnee exhibits no sign of previous offending behaviour? Or is returning whilst banned a ban offence in itself?

[selmahoose]

Gary C said:

selmahoose said:

What's the current etiquette if one spots a banned troll posting under a new pseudonym, or even multiple new id's ?

1) ignore and wait till it outs itself and gets banned again?

2) report it ?

3) other options

4) Just get on with your life and dont let it bother you ?

Wouldn't that be a 3) ?

[Gary C]

selmahoose said:

Gary C said:

selmahoose said:

What's the current etiquette if one spots a banned troll posting under a new pseudonym, or even multiple new id's ?

1) ignore and wait till it outs itself and gets banned again?

2) report it ?

3) other options

4) Just get on with your life and dont let it bother you ?

Wouldn't that be a 3) ?

[anonymous-user]

Big Al. said:

Whilst members do report suspected returnees it's sometimes not that easy to PROVE a link, if we do we re-ban.

Other than that it's a waiting game until we find a link.

Ah.

So if one were to spot a returning bannee , and hypothetically they decided to report said bannee , it would be better for you if in the little message box (which I've heard exists ) some explanation was given as to how it had been concluded that the person was, in fact, a returning bannee.


Such as them having a fascination with CVH engines.

Or being endlessly argumentative and appearing to know about IFA type stuff.


For example.

Hypothetically.

Hypothetically.

[Big Al.]

selmahoose said:

Okay understood.

What's the attitude to 'rehabilitation'? ie if the returnee exhibits no sign of previous offending behaviour? Or is returning whilst banned a ban offence in itself?

As we treat banning as a last resort, we don't usually get into any rehab, as they must have pushed the boundaries too far the last time around.

[Mandat]

selmahoose said:

Okay understood.

What's the attitude to 'rehabilitation'? ie if the returnee exhibits no sign of previous offending behaviour? Or is returning whilst banned a ban offence in itself?

If the returnee exhibits no sign of offending behaviour, how would you even know they are a banned returnee rather than an innocent newbie?

[selmahoose]

Big Al. said:

As we treat banning as a last resort, we don't usually get into any rehab, as they must have pushed the boundaries too far the last time around.

I say old boy, that's an awfully American approach to justice...

[selmahoose]

Mandat said:

If the returnee exhibits no sign of offending behaviour, how would you even know they are a banned returnee rather than an innocent newbie?

You can put lipstick on a pig....it's still a pig.

[Big Al.]

We them all, and let God sort them out!

[gooner1]

Monkeylegend said:

selmahoose said:

Monkeylegend said:

3. Other options.

Give us a few hints so we can work out who it is before this thread gets pulled.

Be discreet though.

nope

Don't worry we already know who you are talking about

Who is it then, just in case you're wrong?
Tbh , I can't envisage any scenario where I'd use the report button.