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>And you long for the day when it's your particular brand of racism and sexism that wins? Beautifully put, the solution to sexism isn't more sexism.

dang 9y ago
We've banned this account for violating the HN guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Also, trollish usernames are trolling: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment&query=by:dang%20username%20troll https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=...
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
  Sorry, I don't see how this acocunt violated the guidelines, or how the username is trollish. Can you clarify?
  - timthelion 9y ago
    I think that dang was simply reacting to "Any user name with the word Kek in it is a troll." Kek is a word used almost solely by extreme right, sexist, racist trolls (in that order, more likely to be extremely sexist than racist). http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cult-of-kek http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cult-of-kek
    - deleted 9y ago
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  - dang 9y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15467478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15467478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15044224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15044224 We eventually ban accounts that ignore our requests to follow the site guidelines. Inflammatory usernames catalyze that.
    - Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
      Gotcha. For the record, "kek" is a term that has been appropriated by trolls, but is not in and of itself a troll term. In the future, you should think twice about banning someone on that merit. The links you gave are better evidence, though, thanks!
      - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
        The links are a little snarky, not terribly helpful, but not especially out there. If you're banning that then banning those making racist remarks like up-thread seems right. Personally I wouldn't ban either.
    - timthelion 9y ago
      dang, there is no way to tell who the mods are. So those "requests" to change behavior aren't exactly clear that they are from the mods. And non-mods have certainly asked me to change my behavior in the past, and sometimes I have taken their advice and sometimes I have decided not to.
      - dang 9y ago
        It's true, yet I don't feel we should change that, e.g. by putting "mod" beside our names. There's a downside to that sort of thing too, and for HN, I think it's the greater downside. I'd rather trust the community to figure things out, which it does extraordinarily well.

dang 9y ago

We've banned this account for violating the HN guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Also, trollish usernames are trolling: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment&query=by:dang%20username%20troll https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=...

Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
Sorry, I don't see how this acocunt violated the guidelines, or how the username is trollish. Can you clarify?
- timthelion 9y ago
  I think that dang was simply reacting to "Any user name with the word Kek in it is a troll." Kek is a word used almost solely by extreme right, sexist, racist trolls (in that order, more likely to be extremely sexist than racist). http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cult-of-kek http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cult-of-kek
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- dang 9y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15467478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15467478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15044224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15044224 We eventually ban accounts that ignore our requests to follow the site guidelines. Inflammatory usernames catalyze that.
  - Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
    Gotcha. For the record, "kek" is a term that has been appropriated by trolls, but is not in and of itself a troll term. In the future, you should think twice about banning someone on that merit. The links you gave are better evidence, though, thanks!
    - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
      The links are a little snarky, not terribly helpful, but not especially out there. If you're banning that then banning those making racist remarks like up-thread seems right. Personally I wouldn't ban either.
  - timthelion 9y ago
    dang, there is no way to tell who the mods are. So those "requests" to change behavior aren't exactly clear that they are from the mods. And non-mods have certainly asked me to change my behavior in the past, and sometimes I have taken their advice and sometimes I have decided not to.
    - dang 9y ago
      It's true, yet I don't feel we should change that, e.g. by putting "mod" beside our names. There's a downside to that sort of thing too, and for HN, I think it's the greater downside. I'd rather trust the community to figure things out, which it does extraordinarily well.