The moderation team[1] believes that Charles He has violated a number of Forum norms in the thread below. Because of that and a pattern of previous violations (which led to 3 separate bans in the past — 1, 2, 3), we’re banning Charles He from the Forum for 6 months.
Our Forum norms say that we strongly discourage, and may delete, “unnecessary rudeness or offensiveness” and “behavior that interferes with good discourse” — these are the violations we see in the comments below. We appreciate that Charles has unendorsed some comments and excerpts, but we don’t think this resolves the issue. Moreover, because Charles has violated norms before (and been banned repeatedly), we’re expecting a higher standard of norm-following from Charles.
The norm violations in this thread include:
A serious insult to another user (which has been edited and unendorsed — the previous version was notably worse — but is still unacceptable). This is not appropriate for the Forum.
Direct and implied ad hominem attacks based on assumptions that aren’t backed (1, 2)
As I mentioned before, it’s understandable to have strong feelings around this topic, but we expect Forum users to express themselves in a more productive way. Please try to assume good faith and be kind.
The moderation team[1] believes that Charles He has violated a number of Forum norms in the thread below. Because of that and a pattern of previous violations (which led to 3 separate bans in the past — 1, 2, 3), we’re banning Charles He from the Forum for 6 months.
Our Forum norms say that we strongly discourage, and may delete, “unnecessary rudeness or offensiveness” and “behavior that interferes with good discourse” — these are the violations we see in the comments below. We appreciate that Charles has unendorsed some comments and excerpts, but we don’t think this resolves the issue. Moreover, because Charles has violated norms before (and been banned repeatedly), we’re expecting a higher standard of norm-following from Charles.
The norm violations in this thread include:
A serious insult to another user (which has been edited and unendorsed — the previous version was notably worse — but is still unacceptable). This is not appropriate for the Forum.
A number of hostile comments (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4)
Direct and implied ad hominem attacks based on assumptions that aren’t backed (1, 2)
As I mentioned before, it’s understandable to have strong feelings around this topic, but we expect Forum users to express themselves in a more productive way. Please try to assume good faith and be kind.
You can reach out to the moderation team at forum-moderation@effectivealtruism.org if you have concerns about this decision.
I’m posting this message, but it was written collaboratively by several moderators after a lot of discussion.