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[mermaidshotel.livejournal.com]

if i'm terse and cranky-sounding in this entry, i apologise.
i'm just going to shorten names to A and S, because we know them already

1. A's comment - "I can't help but notice you belong to an LJ community called boy_touching. Maybe you should go back there." like astrokaiju, gryfindormia, and others, i took a look at the community and saw it was 18+, with no porn allowed. so that cancels out A's accusation that S was a pedophile. i interpreted a's tone as "go back to something lesser." that he was implying that being gay is something lesser. i hope that wording made sense.
2. both A and S were awesome posters. we know that. they will be missed. but just because you are a good poster does not give you the right to abuse another member. it doesn't give you the right to insult and lecture another member who has a differing opinion, or posted something you don't like.
it really, really disgusted me going through those entries and comments.

i am thinking of placing a temporary ban, but i'm still playing with it. if this happens, both A and S would be re-instated, to be completely fair.

i just want this to be a safe, considerate, and comfortable community where people can post without being scared they'll be attacked/flamed.

again, sorry for sounding so bitter and cranky. i used italics a lot. dumb me. i'm really tired. some sentences may have come out wrongly-worded. i'm going to bed.

Comments

[midnightmadness.livejournal.com]

the complaint ended up coming from yet another sockpuppet journal of sombersigh / somber_sigh / nocturne333, from "whipit_devo" (whipit_devo copied me on the complaint), and I expect absolutely nothing to come of - but this person is walking all over your community and using it for his/her drama queen trolling ground.

[tanwen.livejournal.com]

The comment is gone & sombersigh has been banned. I also took the liberty of turning off anonymous commenting. I hope you don't expect miracles, but I think the mods will all try to be vigilant with this sort of thing.

I don't think we can see every single comment that is posted in this community, but if you see something that we should take care of, please let us know.

[midnightmadness.livejournal.com]

Which is what I was doing. Sorry I was a bit pissy about it, but I really don't think that discussions about potential unbanning are something to be discussed publicly, because things like this are usually the result when the butthurt banned go on the revenge backlash rampage. Was a pretty blunt and maybe not so nice in my assessment? - probably. But I've dealt with this type hundreds of times on LJ and if you are going to take it public, I am going to be brutally and completely honest in my assessment.

I understand you three are doing the best you can and there's nothing you can do ultimately to stop the drama queen(s). Hopefully, eventually, they'll move on. my best to all of you.