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Unrelated comment directed at @martinced who commented on this page: you have been hellbanned, all your comments from the past 3 days are marked as dead even th

Unrelated comment directed at @martinced who commented on this page: you have been hellbanned, all your comments from the past 3 days are marked as dead even though they are (as far as I can judge) relevant and thought out.

RobotCaleb 14y ago
Since the point of hellbanning is to not let the afflicted in on it, is it frowned upon to inform others of such status?
- kami8845 14y ago
  If people are actually contributing, letting them know that they have been hellbanned is good for the community.
- mcav 14y ago
  It's often a mystery why people get hellbanned.
- DanBC 14y ago
  It would be frowned upon if the hellbanned user was trolling or flaming.
dasil003 14y ago
I noticed an uptick in hellbanned after the PyCon incident. It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently woman-hating psychopaths during that whole debacle. I'm not saying that's the case here (I haven't looked), but it's an interesting question as to whether such individuals, having returned to a facade of sanity, should be allowed back into the discussion.
- coldtea 14y ago
  >I noticed an uptick in hellbanned after the PyCon incident. It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently woman-hating psychopaths during that whole debacle. Alternatively, it could be that several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently politically correct, hell-banning for no much reason psychopaths during the whole debate.
  - dasil003 14y ago
    Incorrect.
    - dasil003 14y ago
      I resent the downvote. I made an observation and this guy comes and randomly jumps to a political conclusion about what I observed. He was absolutely and completely wrong and I didn't need to waste more than a word in response.
      - polyfractal 14y ago
        To be fair, even your original observation is complete speculation that may or may not apply, as admitted by yourself. You could easily reformulate your statement as: > I noticed an uptick in hellbanned after the baked-goods incident. It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently cupcake and confectionery haters during that whole debacle. I'm not saying that's the case here (I haven't looked), [...] And it would carry about the same meaning. "Here is an event that happened, which I admit I have no idea if it applies to this other event, but here is some speculation linking the two events together. Note: I didn't downvote you, but I can see why people are. Plus if you only have one word to say about a subject, a downvote is a better choice.
        dasil003 14y ago
        Speculation based on first-order observations. That may not be slightly off-topic, but it's completely different from second-order politically-motivated speculation about my observations. coldtea used my comment as his soapbox even though he didn't have the first clue what he was talking about. I should also point out that since he responded to me I couldn't downvote him. The thing I found particularly irritating is that hellbanning someone can not make you a psychopath in the way that wishing rape and death upon people does (because that is what I observed). I don't need people assuming I'm some kind of male-guilt feminist crusader just because I'm not a member all-manners-are-just-a-form-of-political-correctness-because-social-skills-are-beneath-me set.
- mixmastamyk 14y ago
  Looking at his history, it looks like you are on the right track; he did make a questionable comment regarding the subject. I would argue that it while it was perhaps misguided (and actually unclear what his point was), it was certainly not "violently woman-hating..." etc. Those lightning-quick to jump on "misogyny!!!" do themselves no favor in the gender discussion. So his almost 5 years of contributions are nullified by one unclear non-pc comment. As I ponder all the mostly-well-meaning-but-dumb things I said in my twenties I believe this is a bad sign. I appreciate that the signal to noise is high here, but at risk of big-brother thought control. Personally, I've had a critical comment about Ubuntu quality killed because someone didn't like it. Don't know about others but I will be curtailing my comments here for fear of retribution.

RobotCaleb 14y ago

Since the point of hellbanning is to not let the afflicted in on it, is it frowned upon to inform others of such status?

kami8845 14y ago
If people are actually contributing, letting them know that they have been hellbanned is good for the community.
mcav 14y ago
It's often a mystery why people get hellbanned.
DanBC 14y ago
It would be frowned upon if the hellbanned user was trolling or flaming.

dasil003 14y ago

I noticed an uptick in hellbanned after the PyCon incident. It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently woman-hating psychopaths during that whole debacle. I'm not saying that's the case here (I haven't looked), but it's an interesting question as to whether such individuals, having returned to a facade of sanity, should be allowed back into the discussion.

coldtea 14y ago
>I noticed an uptick in hellbanned after the PyCon incident. It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently woman-hating psychopaths during that whole debacle. Alternatively, it could be that several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently politically correct, hell-banning for no much reason psychopaths during the whole debate.
- dasil003 14y ago
  Incorrect.
  - dasil003 14y ago
    I resent the downvote. I made an observation and this guy comes and randomly jumps to a political conclusion about what I observed. He was absolutely and completely wrong and I didn't need to waste more than a word in response.
    - polyfractal 14y ago
      To be fair, even your original observation is complete speculation that may or may not apply, as admitted by yourself. You could easily reformulate your statement as: > I noticed an uptick in hellbanned after the baked-goods incident. It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently cupcake and confectionery haters during that whole debacle. I'm not saying that's the case here (I haven't looked), [...] And it would carry about the same meaning. "Here is an event that happened, which I admit I have no idea if it applies to this other event, but here is some speculation linking the two events together. Note: I didn't downvote you, but I can see why people are. Plus if you only have one word to say about a subject, a downvote is a better choice.
      - dasil003 14y ago
        Speculation based on first-order observations. That may not be slightly off-topic, but it's completely different from second-order politically-motivated speculation about my observations. coldtea used my comment as his soapbox even though he didn't have the first clue what he was talking about. I should also point out that since he responded to me I couldn't downvote him. The thing I found particularly irritating is that hellbanning someone can not make you a psychopath in the way that wishing rape and death upon people does (because that is what I observed). I don't need people assuming I'm some kind of male-guilt feminist crusader just because I'm not a member all-manners-are-just-a-form-of-political-correctness-because-social-skills-are-beneath-me set.
mixmastamyk 14y ago
Looking at his history, it looks like you are on the right track; he did make a questionable comment regarding the subject. I would argue that it while it was perhaps misguided (and actually unclear what his point was), it was certainly not "violently woman-hating..." etc. Those lightning-quick to jump on "misogyny!!!" do themselves no favor in the gender discussion. So his almost 5 years of contributions are nullified by one unclear non-pc comment. As I ponder all the mostly-well-meaning-but-dumb things I said in my twenties I believe this is a bad sign. I appreciate that the signal to noise is high here, but at risk of big-brother thought control. Personally, I've had a critical comment about Ubuntu quality killed because someone didn't like it. Don't know about others but I will be curtailing my comments here for fear of retribution.