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Seems that The Mighty Buzzard is tired of winning. Filters and mod-bans, IRC kicks, anyone who proves that TMB is a loser in debate sooner or later finds themselves blocked from SoylentNews. And seems it is just this one dev who is asserting these admin powers, and lobbying for more draconian rules.
AzumaHazuki was kicked from #soylent by Aphrodite!Aphrodite@dodekatheon.olympus.gr [(TheMightyBuzzard) No reason given]
No reason given, no reason needed, and indeed a complete lack of reason, other than Buzzard displeasure.
*TheMightyBuzzard* FatPhil, Fnord666, Bytram, chromas: adding 24h to each subsequent ban for the same thing (not doubling except the 2nd time, just cause math) sound reasonable to you folks?
Come now, Miffed Bussdart, just go with the shadow-banhammer, for great discussion control. And the provocation?
*AzumaHazuki* is carrion-breath here showing his ignorance again? i have him muted so i can't see
[15:06:22] *c0lo* Moving goal posts, TMB. Spare your back for those trimmings in the church
[15:06:31] *AzumaHazuki* oh, but be careful, you might get !quiet'd or even kickbanned for being ruuuuuuuuuuude
[15:06:41] *AzumaHazuki* because freeze peach
[15:06:44] *TheMightyBuzzard* goal posts? you went entirely off topic so there are no goal posts.
[15:07:20] *TheMightyBuzzard* AzumaHazuki, yes, you might. you've been warned about shitting up the place with personal attacks. that goes even for ones on me.
Personal attacks on the poor little TMB! Life is so unfair! But at least now he can shit post in peace.
And, in the mean time, aristarchus has been mod-banned again, because some new user modded posts the same way as aristarchus did? How convenient, we get all the Buzzard opposition out of the way in one fowl swoop! Now the Runaway Buzzard Gun Blog is complete, the best of Oklahoma and Arkansas, and nothing of value is gained. But the dream of a user moderated site that was BuckFeta is dead. Rest in Pieces.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday March 30 2021, @11:51AM
I have to agree with the AC (who's probably Aristatchus based on the diction but whatever...). Uzzard does not truly make arguments. There is no sense in using reason with someone who's forsworn its use, any more than there is giving IV fluids to a three-week-old corpse.
The ideal outcome would be to isolate and contain him. This doesn't necessarily mean cut him off from speaking or being heard, but something that's actually both more subtle and much, much crueler: allow him to destroy his own credibility. The problem is, here on the forum that's doable (and I'd argue has already been done; plenty of ACs will now tell him to his beak he's full of shit, which didn't happen as recently as a year ago) but the IRC rooms are a more rarefied audience and basically his home turf.
This is someone who has a four year old's idea of concepts like "freedom" and in particular "free speech," and isn't arguing in good faith. There's no reasoning with someone like that. He's more or less admitted the entire purpose of his life is lulz and trolling, and considering his ADHD, possible autism, and almost definite ASPD, there's really not much else he *can* do.