A number of long-time posters have gotten the axe in the past few days. A couple of them were also long-time irritants, but most of the others don’t have reputations as shit-stirrers. Still, let’s face it, if you hang around here long enough, you make some enemies.
Here’s the list of the recently banned:
melvynny, joined 2004, 12,601 comments
bobswern, joined 2006, 22,179 comments
delphine, joined 2004, 26,639 comments
inclusiveheart, joined 2004, 72,096 comments
Norm in Chicago, joined 2008, 23,974 comments
mahakali overdrive, joined 2008, 45,414 comments
KnotIookin, joined 2005, 27,214 comments
Steven D, joined 2005, 11,517 comments
It should also be noted that the anonymous user ID, Daily Kos Staff (that can be used by anyone in admin, apparently), also recced a comment in one of the Village diaries about the bannings. That’s odd. One would think the person using that ID would also post here under her/his own ID, as well. So hiding behind the Daily Kos Staff ID to rec a comment about the bannings in a group diary with a reputation for devotion to Hillary Clinton would seem to be particularly cowardly, especially since a couple of the posters who were banned were clearly Sanders folks.
Note to cowardly admin who used the “Daily Kos Staff” moniker: If you want to rec a comment about the bannings, use your own ID.
There has been a long, public discussion of the bannings at the Help desk. No one from admin has responded to repeated requests for comment, including in private postings to the Help desk.
One would think a few of these folks would at least be owed an explanation for their sudden dismissal. Most did not have any recent hidden comments or other outward signs of problems.
Frankly, looks like some pretty cowardly shit.
Monday, Jun 19, 2017 · 9:47:36 PM +00:00 · Bob Johnson
That list of posters was a cut-and-paste from the Help desk thread. Timaeus is responsible for that incredible work. He now believes I deserve a timeout for using it without crediting him for the enormous amount of work he put into it:
Hi, Bob! I see you completely plagiarized my list of banned posters from my very recent Help Desk thread. That’s obnoxious. I did the research and typing, and you’re taking credit for it without mentioning me. Maybe you need to be on a very long timeout.