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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5505405" data-attributes="member: 177">See above about specific examples.You know how we always tell you folks to address the post, not the poster, and to not ascribe motives?&nbsp; We try to practice what we preach as much as our jobs allow.&nbsp; So, you may see a person and think they are deliberately being a jerk.&nbsp; We'd be wrong to act as quickly as you think of it.&nbsp; So, we look at the post and see that they are mentioning a topic, but otherwise is within the rules (for example, they aren't insulting people).&nbsp; We avoid taking the step of deciding it was deliberate jerkitude as long as we can - because we are only human, and we feel missing a few cases for a while is better than being harsh on someone who didn't mean any harm.Ultimately, we expect all of you to have the presence of mind, wisdom, and self-control to not feed trolls, and to walk away from conversations you feel are not constructive.&nbsp; If you admit to yourself that you don't have the ability to do that, try using the Ignore list!&nbsp; It is there precisely for that purpose.&nbsp; We know you're human, too, so we give you some tools to help you.This probably happens less often than you think these days.&nbsp; Multiple reports by multiple people are pretty rare.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5505405, member: 177"] See above about specific examples. You know how we always tell you folks to address the post, not the poster, and to not ascribe motives? We try to practice what we preach as much as our jobs allow. So, you may see a person and think they are deliberately being a jerk. We'd be wrong to act as quickly as you think of it. So, we look at the post and see that they are mentioning a topic, but otherwise is within the rules (for example, they aren't insulting people). We avoid taking the step of deciding it was deliberate jerkitude as long as we can - because we are only human, and we feel missing a few cases for a while is better than being harsh on someone who didn't mean any harm. Ultimately, we expect all of you to have the presence of mind, wisdom, and self-control to not feed trolls, and to walk away from conversations you feel are not constructive. If you admit to yourself that you don't have the ability to do that, try using the Ignore list! It is there precisely for that purpose. We know you're human, too, so we give you some tools to help you. This probably happens less often than you think these days. Multiple reports by multiple people are pretty rare. [/QUOTE]

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