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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	When are personal insults going to be punished? Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:28am Personal insults are barred under the rules. We were recently warned. Yet nothing seems to have happened. The insulters continue.
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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #1 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:35am

Peter Freedman wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:28am:

Personal insults are barred under the rules.

We were recently warned.

Yet nothing seems to have happened. The insulters continue.

A few were singled out for banning but others who started with the insults stayed.

The rules do not apply to everyone and never have.

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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: When are personal insults going to be punished? Reply #2 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 5:03pm Were you singled out for abusing bigol64? just wondering lol!!!!
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49426 At my desk.	Re: When are personal insults going to be punished? Reply #3 - Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:14pm Take a look around Peter. This is not a small forum. I am not going to spend 16 hours a day trying to read every single post to save you the trouble of reporting abuse. Send me a PM with a link and a quote. Use the quote button to make it easier.
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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Re: When are personal insults going to be punished? Reply #4 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 2:16am I understand the proble, FD. Personally abuse doesn't bother me, I have a very thick skin. But when someone threatens and doesn't seem to follow up...... F#ck is it ever going to stop raining in sunny Brisbane?
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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #5 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 5:28am

freediver wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:14pm:

Take a look around Peter. This is not a small forum. I am not going to spend 16 hours a day trying to read every single post to save you the trouble of reporting abuse. Send me a PM with a link and a quote. Use the quote button to make it easier.

And dont be surprised if an admin comes out of the woodwork and starts stalking you if you do

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #6 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:02am

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:35am:

Peter Freedman wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:28am:

Personal insults are barred under the rules.

We were recently warned.

Yet nothing seems to have happened. The insulters continue.

A few were singled out for banning but others who started with the insults stayed.

The rules do not apply to everyone and never have.

If you see something, report it. Usually if there is a flame war going on, all participants get "due attention".

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #7 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:13am

freediver wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:14pm:

Take a look around Peter. This is not a small forum. I am not going to spend 16 hours a day trying to read every single post to save you the trouble of reporting abuse. Send me a PM with a link and a quote. Use the quote button to make it easier.

FD what is the use of reporting abuse when you do nothing about it.

I reported someone for abusing me all the time back in February and they are still a member here.

Here is the link to the PMs I send you.

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=imshow;caller=2;id=1361486070

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=imshow;caller=2;id=1361486118

I ask you in the PM to let me know of any outcomes that you make and I am still waiting on what you done one way or the other.

What have you in mind to stop someone coming back after being barred, they can get another IP address or email account and a new ID won't stop them if they got the other 2. Would you bar them again as soon as it comes to your attention?

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #8 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:18am

muso wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:02am:

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:35am:

Peter Freedman wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:28am:

Personal insults are barred under the rules.

We were recently warned.

Yet nothing seems to have happened. The insulters continue.

A few were singled out for banning but others who started with the insults stayed.

The rules do not apply to everyone and never have.

If you see something, report it. Usually if there is a flame war going on, all participants get "due attention".

Yeah, being abused by nails and the like is no biggie, being reported for doing no more or less than anyone else and watching them continue while I sit on the sidelines is a bit annoying.

The sh1t thing is that I usually get reported by some clown (spot, booby, grey, etc) I haven't even interacted with, so there is no context to the final post that gets me banned.

Ill take my hits, but until the rules are across the board, I won't be too supportive of the process.

Remember it takes two to have a flame war, only banning one, because they are winning isn't really fair.

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #9 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:38am

John S wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:13am:

freediver wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 7:14pm:

Take a look around Peter. This is not a small forum. I am not going to spend 16 hours a day trying to read every single post to save you the trouble of reporting abuse. Send me a PM with a link and a quote. Use the quote button to make it easier.

FD what is the use of reporting abuse when you do nothing about it.

I reported someone for abusing me all the time back in February and they are still a member here.

Here is the link to the PMs I send you.

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=imshow;caller=2;id=1361486070

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=imshow;caller=2;id=1361486118

I ask you in the PM to let me know of any outcomes that you make and I am still waiting on what you done one way or the other.

What have you in mind to stop someone coming back after being barred, they can get another IP address or email account and a new ID won't stop them if they got the other 2. Would you bar them again as soon as it comes to your attention?

Very few posters are banned for good. It's usually a 24 hour or 48 hour ban. Also, you won't usually be informed of what happens.

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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: When are personal insults going to be punished? Reply #10 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 9:48am BigOl64 wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:18am: The sh1t thing is that I usually get reported by some clown (spot, booby, grey, etc) I haven't even interacted with, so there is no context to the final post that gets me banned. Serial, vexatious complainers should also be sin-binned.
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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #11 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:00am

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:18am:

muso wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:02am:

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:35am:

Peter Freedman wrote on Jul 1^st, 2013 at 10:28am:

Personal insults are barred under the rules.

We were recently warned.

Yet nothing seems to have happened. The insulters continue.

A few were singled out for banning but others who started with the insults stayed.

The rules do not apply to everyone and never have.

If you see something, report it. Usually if there is a flame war going on, all participants get "due attention".

Yeah, being abused by nails and the like is no biggie, being reported for doing no more or less than anyone else and watching them continue while I sit on the sidelines is a bit annoying.

The sh1t thing is that I usually get reported by some clown (spot, booby, grey, etc) I haven't even interacted with, so there is no context to the final post that gets me banned.

Ill take my hits, but until the rules are across the board, I won't be too supportive of the process.

Remember it takes two to have a flame war, only banning one, because they are winning isn't really fair.

So says the biggest troll & flamer on Ozpolitics except for Quantum.

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #12 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:19am

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:00am:

So says the biggest troll & flamer on Ozpolitics except for Quantum.

You, nails and spot think anyone who proves your posts are poorly researched and dimwitted is a troll.

A troll is someone willing and callously demean people try to show their respects on a post for the remembrance of a dead Australian soldier, wouldn't you agree?

Takes a certain type of scumbag to use a sad situation like that just to try and flame some one into an argument.

Would you like me to hyper link where you did that or you just going to accept that you, like pansi, are a nasty piece of work. Angry

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #13 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:22am

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 8:18am:

The sh1t thing is that I usually get reported by some clown (spot, booby, grey, etc) I haven't even interacted with, so there is no context to the final post that gets me banned.

Ill take my hits, but until the rules are across the board, I won't be too supportive of the process.

Remember it takes two to have a flame war, only banning one, because they are winning isn't really fair.

How is it a "flame war" if the ppl that report you arent even participating? methinks you protest too much. Perhaps you should stop being overly abusive?

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Re: When are personal insults going to be punished?
Reply #14 - Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:24am

BigOl64 wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:19am:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2013 at 10:00am:

So says the biggest troll & flamer on Ozpolitics except for Quantum.

You, nails and spot think anyone who proves your posts are poorly researched and dimwitted is a troll.

A troll is someone willing and callously demean people try to show their respects on a post for the remembrance of a dead Australian soldier, wouldn't you agree?

Takes a certain type of scumbag to use a sad situation like that just to try and flame some one into an argument.

Would you like me to hyper link where you did that or you just going to accept that you, like pansi, are a nasty piece of work. Angry

Here you go again. Seriously i reported you for abusing pansi - it had nothing to do with my posts. It had to do with you being abusive.

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