> I wondered how someone so hostile could survive moderation here Not related to GP, but check out any front page political thread to see how hostility and tox

> I wondered how someone so hostile could survive moderation here Not related to GP, but check out any front page political thread to see how hostility and toxicity evade moderation. There are tricks you can use to effectively ad-hominem someone without making it explicit and instantly flagged to the ground. This for example, was a pretty popular method on some of the recent Elon Musk threads: https://www.ultius.com/glossary/literature/rhetorical-devices/hypophora.html https://www.ultius.com/glossary/literature/rhetorical-device... Except instead of: > The main purpose of the hypophora is to enable the speaker to anticipate the listeners' concerns and then address them within the context of his own speech. You utilize it to discredit any further argument by asking a question regarding someone’s reasons or motive and instantly shoot them down with something negative that makes their argument look shoddy. Also in general deep threads tend to hide hostility for a bit, especially if all sides are engaged. I’ve seen very deep threads that became nothing but different groups souring each other on here once. I imagine it gets harder to moderate when everyone is fighting and use user moderation is weakened.