Journal The_Fire_Horse's Journal: The 'War against the Trolls' had gone too far 3
Ok, I understand that trolls get modded -1, and that you can be ip banned for multiple bad posts and crapfloods, but why do you insist on IP banning a new account (from my work) which had ONE POST ending up at +4 interesting.
This new account (which has NEVER been modded down) was modded up and down a few times and then ended up with 'Karma terrible' - how the hell is that possible? That isnt even logical - can someone please explain this?
After this one single post I discovered that I was IP banned from my work as well - this is completely ridiculous. What this says, is that if a new person to slashdot makes a post which gets ANY -1 moderations, then not only does their karma go straight to terrible but also they are banned from posting (counting 3 days now).
There is another, more sinister explanation; which of course is that slashdot editors have traced me (logged in with this troll account) and then banned my new account because of the bad post, but also because my troll account logged in there.
I am curious as what slashdot will do next - will I be IP banned from posting simply by logging in with this account? That sure sounds a bit extreme to me - especially for such an 'open' and 'free speech' website as slashdot. This is completely within their rights of course, but perhaps they could make it more clear in the FAQ, something along the lines of -
"If you post something that 3 people dislike then you will be banned from posting"
Perhaps one day they will take it even furthur and ban me from even reading slashdot because I happen to login to an account which made one bad post and was then IP banned. Do you feel uncomfortable reading this? Isn't this how free speech is eroded? I'm the first to admit that I do deliberately troll (I try to be rude but funny), and I expect to get modded down, limited to 2 posts per day, and IP banned for multiple bad posts, but now it seems they are taking drastic action.
But what is going to happen next - will you be banned from posting and reading slashdot because you posted something which 3 people disliked enough to mod you down? What if you like Microsoft? What if you think the GPL doesnt work? How long is it going to be before you are silenced?
I have been happily trolling on slashdot for 4 years now - you probably never see my posts because they are modded down (rightly so), but I want you to see this one. I really want you to be aware of the ever increasing methods that slashdot is using to 'silence' disenters.
This new account (which has NEVER been modded down) was modded up and down a few times and then ended up with 'Karma terrible' - how the hell is that possible? That isnt even logical - can someone please explain this?
After this one single post I discovered that I was IP banned from my work as well - this is completely ridiculous. What this says, is that if a new person to slashdot makes a post which gets ANY -1 moderations, then not only does their karma go straight to terrible but also they are banned from posting (counting 3 days now).
There is another, more sinister explanation; which of course is that slashdot editors have traced me (logged in with this troll account) and then banned my new account because of the bad post, but also because my troll account logged in there.
I am curious as what slashdot will do next - will I be IP banned from posting simply by logging in with this account? That sure sounds a bit extreme to me - especially for such an 'open' and 'free speech' website as slashdot. This is completely within their rights of course, but perhaps they could make it more clear in the FAQ, something along the lines of -
"If you post something that 3 people dislike then you will be banned from posting"
Perhaps one day they will take it even furthur and ban me from even reading slashdot because I happen to login to an account which made one bad post and was then IP banned. Do you feel uncomfortable reading this? Isn't this how free speech is eroded? I'm the first to admit that I do deliberately troll (I try to be rude but funny), and I expect to get modded down, limited to 2 posts per day, and IP banned for multiple bad posts, but now it seems they are taking drastic action.
But what is going to happen next - will you be banned from posting and reading slashdot because you posted something which 3 people disliked enough to mod you down? What if you like Microsoft? What if you think the GPL doesnt work? How long is it going to be before you are silenced?
I have been happily trolling on slashdot for 4 years now - you probably never see my posts because they are modded down (rightly so), but I want you to see this one. I really want you to be aware of the ever increasing methods that slashdot is using to 'silence' disenters.
Tubgirl to the rescue? (Score:1)