It seems that we will never finish... Let me answer you in parts.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
And so the lion invites the frightened lamb to bring its questions for discussion into its private cave.
For me:
Lion=Theo
Lamb=Kodi
Cave=Forum
All is very relative
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
To be clear, I am not questioning the existence of posts of CDavis7M that have been out of alignment with fostering the kind of community *I* (or others) would want here. I know you know this, because you in fact obscured my post about the him (perhaps accidentally) making a veiled death threat against me.
It's just an example of toxic behavior, but I have more examples that I don't want to publish. Not my style.
It seems that there are a few more users in this thread who have detected these behaviors.
I believe I have every right to apply a measure if I see that the behavior is not appropriate. And if you don't share my point of view, I may not be able to convince you otherwise.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
But other than that, what evidence can you point to that he violated the forum terms of use
as they existed at the time?
Kodi wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 8:37 pm
While CDavis7M may not have violated the rules of usage on this specific occasion...
I have already explained that it is not for having violated a specific rule, but for repeated misbehavior: condescension, sarcasm, mockery, disrespect, smartass, contempt....
I think this is not a judgment.
as they existed at the time: There has always been a rule, written or unwritten, that prohibits behavior like the one indicated.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
Your (apparently unilateral)...
It is not unilateral, but it is true that there has not yet been a final meeting with all CoE members to make a final vote.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
...move to an IP ban
appears
To remove an IP ban you just have to restart the router. I think CDavis7M will have already done it, but I've unbanned the IP anyway so he can read us.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
(1) unequal punishment for previous, amended behavior,
The punishment has not yet been imposed. It is simply an indefinite ban = 1 day? 1 year?
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
(3) creating a more hostile environment than I think this community deserves.
The hostile environment already existed before me and I think these debates don't help either. The CoE and I personally will try to bring back the good vibes to this forum.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
To create the kind of community I would want, I think this conversation needs to be had publicly.
I prefer to talk about it privately, but if you insist I will say it publicly.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
On (2), here is the last post by CDavis7M prior to his banning, which would be a natural place to look for newcomers to the community that read this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=128&t=4801&p=41197#p41197
That is, pointing out how an elected Council Member violated the forum rules (and, in my opinion, common internet decency), as well as hyper-aggressively overreacted to an impersonal discussion of metagame theory. So did he get IP banned for this?
fisilva1 wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 1:21 pm
This is your first warning.
No ironic or condescending phrases, please.
CDavis7M wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 6:56 pm
Also, Felipe, thank you for introducing yourself.
If a moderator, a member of the Public Relations Committee, has given you the first warning and asks you not to be ironic , it doesn't seem very appropriate to start the sentence like that. However, obviously, he hasn't been banned for this sentence.
By the way, it didn't seem to matter to him as much about internet decency when his "alleged name" was used in other contexts of this forum.
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
In my opinion, there absolutely needs to better moderation, but who watches the watchers?
It seems that you
Theo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:05 pm
You need to hold yourselves accountable for your own negative impacts on the community. Give some modicum of appearance that you are striving for better, even *if* you are actually here to push your own agenda. I believe your impression is that your voter base doesn't care, and so you don't really care about burning down the rest of the community (in fact, it supports you getting a dominant voter base!). But this global community, I think, deserves more.
And I don't mean you Kodi personally need to be accountable for doing everything, I mean the elected Council on which you, Kodi, are supposed to be teaming. If you didn't unilaterally make this decision, you would have a team of people who could handle the transparent communications that you underprioritize.
The CoE is a team, but each member is responsible for a different part. The idea is not to ignore those who don't think like us, but to understand that since we are the ones dealing with this, we should lead in the way we believe and know best. It's not easy to step up and let people criticize you, but I do it because I think it's the right thing to do.
I know many CoE colleagues support me and think like me. I also know that there are colleagues who don't think like me. And that's precisely why we will talk to reach a resolution as soon as possible.
I know you're eager to respond and continue the debate, but I think it would be useful now to let time pass and that the CoE finish discussing it.
Kodi