julian67 wrote:I agree. Somehow being more friendly to newcomers has been implemented as "let new members be as rude, antagonistic and provocative as they like (repeatedly). Meanwhile be harsh and intolerant towards the existing members." Great work.
You were (repeatedly) aware of "rude, antagonistic and provocative" behavior taking place which you deemed detrimental to the forums ... and yet you never reported it? Well, at least you're not alone.
Only two posts by user nomko have been reported since his return from a ban at the start of this year. Both those posts appeared in a thread explicitly directed at nomko, and nomko's initial responses in that thread were to raise reasonable and gently phrased objections to the topic. I responded to those two reports by removing the thread and sending a PM advising the "existing member" that I considered his post ill-advised and suggesting that an apology was in order. Both those reports came from the same user, and I thank that user for taking the time to submit those reports.
No other posts by user nomko were ever reported since his return to the forums.
Furthermore, in scanning nomko's recent posting history, I found many posts with which I disagreed, some posts which I thought poorly worded, and some inappropriate posts he made in response to direct personal attacks. I do not consider the first two to be actionable offenses; and I would not consider it conscionable to act on the latter without doing likewise to those who initiated the attacks in the first place (regardless whether they happened to be around when jeroen ran these forums on a Pentium under his desk).
So where are these posts wherein nomko, unprovoked, insulted or directly antagonized other members of these forums? And if they exist, why did nobody report them to the staff? If anyone wishes to discuss the principles of justice and equity in the administration of these forums, a good start would be to address those two questions.