On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Chase Peeler <chasepee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:49 AM Paul Jones <pmjone...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 2, 2018, at 12:29, Dustin Wheeler <mdwhe...@ncsu.edu> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:19 PM, Levi Morrison <le...@php.net> wrote: > > > > If someone dislikes Tony's commentary for any reason (or no reason!) they > > are free to filter his messages themselves -- and then unfilter his > > messages when they see fit. > > > > I agree with Paul. It would be different if email clients that allowed > filtering were expensive or hard to find. They aren’t, though. Pretty much > every email client not only allows filtering, but rather advanced filtering > as well. > All fine and well, but it doesn't work when people start quoting the offender. Also, filters don't stop the poison from affecting the mood of the posters who interact with him. In my experience loud and obnoxious voices drive off thoughtful and introspective ones every time. That is the consequence of giving a platform to them. As the saying goes, It's pointless to wrestle a pig - you'll just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. From a moderators standpoint, if you refuse to block jerks eventually all you'll be left with are jerks. > > Instead of suspending users, no matter how egregious their offenses may be, > let individual users filter them out as they see fit. > > Again, in my experience people usually elect to simply leave altogether rather than set a long block list. And frankly Tony isn't worth even one contributing coder. Tony has been asked multiple times by multiple people to behave. He's been banned from other PHP related forums I know of. He's not here to contribute in any meaningful way, only complain and make passive agressive swipes at other users. I could go on, but I think that alone makes the case that he needs to be gone.
