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Showing Original Post only (View all)Has the banning of dkf made you more reluctant to criticize certain things on DU? [View all]
Things like drones, NSA surveillance, and the ACA?
dkf scrupulously followed DU community standards, as enforced by the community moderating system (no hidden posts at all in the last 90 days). So dkf was not banned for violating community standards (which he or she never did, at least in the past 3 months) but for the substance of his or her posts. Certainly dkf was known for vociferously criticizing things like the drone program, NSA surveillance, and the ACA, and by all accounts the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back" was a recent thread criticizing the Healthcare.gov website. I never did see any threads by dkf praising President Obama, so perhaps the deciding factor was the unbalanced nature of his or her posts; all criticism (albeit criticism that scrupulously stayed within community standards as defined by the admins and the jury system), and no praise.
In one sense the banning of dkf was the mother of all admin overrides of the jury system. Which of course, as the owners of the website, they have every right to do. I am in no sense criticizing the banning of dkf; the owners of a discussion board have every right to exclude whomever they please. I am more interested in people's reactions to this.
So- knowing that even if you stay 100% within community standards and can be banned for the substance of your posts, will you be more careful about criticizing drones, NSA surveillance, the ACA, etc. on DU?
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Yes. I will be more reluctant to post criticism of things like that, or perhaps I will be more measured with my criticism. | |
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No. I will still criticize things like that just as much as before, but I will be more careful to round out my posting history with some praise of the President. | |
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No. I will not change my posting behavior in the slightest. I will criticize those things just as much as I ever did. | |
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Not applicable. I don't have a problem with those things so I don't post criticism of them anyway. | |
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Something else. | |
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Who or what is or was dkf? I have no idea what you are talking about. | |
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