Board Thread:New Rules and Promotion/@comment-27144096-20160124115224/@comment-24808864-20160124171130

Personally, I think that any "kicking" is stupid since the offender can just refresh. I think anyone who uses "kick" is actually just using it to provoke others and so I am not a big fan. I don't think "kick" should ever be used. If a person is doing something to warrant a kick, they are probably doing something to warrant a ban, so just ban them for two hours.

Regarding "first curse," sometimes based on the environment one grew up in, different words are curse words (although some cursewords are pretty ubiquitous). I do not support a ban for a first offense from a new user. Rather I encourage a more gentle approach and would ask moderators to politely (not meanly) talk to the new user and remind them that swear words really have no place in an environment like this.

I do not think new users are bee hives, or pieces of mold that need to cleaned. I think they are simply new users, and if they are reminded of rules rather than punished for every little offense, they are more likely to become good members of the society, and less likely to become angry and tempermental and try to hurt us.

I bet if we talked things out, we would cut the sockpuppets by at least half!

Now if a moderator explains to a new user that swearing is not appropriate, and the user says they understand, but they still swear in the heat of the moment, then I think a 2 hour ban and explanation on their wall is completely appropriate.