Sourmash banned? What happened? (Page 1/3)
otakudude MAR 25, 10:54 PM
I've been poking around and I can't find anything about this. He was strong in his opinions but I never saw him overtly insult anyone, much less snipe like everyone seems to do when politics are discussed. What happened?
TheDigitalAlchemist MAR 25, 11:07 PM
Noticed that earlier today when I ventured into the political forum area.

Probably from stuff he posted over there.

I've had my "differences of opinion" with him a few times, but some of what he posted ended up being shown to be the truth.

but in the end, it doesn't matter. He is now banned.


I'm not sure what ANYONE really "wants". Past few years hasn't been great for the overall health (mental and physical) of the species.


I've found many people aren't "happy" in the core off their being and many of them will actively choose to remain in their unhappy little situation instead of choosing a probably "better" alternative.


choose your own adventure.
Patrick MAR 26, 02:41 AM

I expressed my thoughts on this Here.
olejoedad MAR 26, 07:36 AM
He triggered the ratings system.

As soon as he hit the magic 50 ratings he was banned.

Notice the flashing red bar and the ratings counter.
82-T/A [At Work] MAR 26, 09:17 AM

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Originally posted by otakudude:

I've been poking around and I can't find anything about this. He was strong in his opinions but I never saw him overtly insult anyone, much less snipe like everyone seems to do when politics are discussed. What happened?




Oh, he definitely offended. It goes beyond the usual stuff here. He was overtly offensive at every opportunity.

I don't think he ever really got under my skin except maybe once or twice, but he was constantly making remarks that were insanely racist. I come from the mindset that racism is generally really, really overblown, and it's not something honestly that most people ever really deal with.

I'm technically Hispanic by virtue of the fact that my mom is, and the family in Argentina go way back in Argentine history. But I'm probably whiter than he is, but he routinely made comments about "the others" and white pride. Like... the most totally ridiculous stuff. Again, this stuff is completely silly, and doesn't bother me at all, but God forbid, I definitely don't want someone like that aligned with me politically. So I'm glad he's out. I don't even think I had him rated... I don't remember. But he certainly pissed off enough people.

He made sense now and then, but he was constantly falling hard for some of the more outlandish stuff.


The reality is, in MOST conspiracy, there is a bed of truth. The best conspiracies ARE based in some fact. Matter of fact, this is the entire pretense for operations in the Internet Research Agency of St. Petersburg (Russia). You take something that has some truth, and spin a wild story. It makes it infinitely better if there's already some little bit of scandal involved.

Every time, that man would fall hard for the extreme crazy side of the story. It certainly didn't help that news outlets did everything they could to tamp down stories that they viewed as potentially bad towards Biden. This only inflamed people like Sourmash so that they'd immediately start flocking to even the most insane news they could find.

I don't want to turn this into a Sourmash-bash (hah, that sounds funny)... because he's not here to defend himself. But I would say he let himself get too far on the deep-end.

I would also say that he allowed himself to become racist... which is not hard to do. If you're presented with the wrong material, it incites you, and you continue to go down that path, you can allow yourself to believe anything.


If you watch 10 videos of black thugs beating up poor innocent white teens coming back from church, it's going to leave a mark on you. But remember what policies caused this to happen... Democrat policies. A black man would feel the same way watching 10 videos of white police officers beating the **** out of some poor black teen that's on his way from church. In several cases, these videos might be selectively edited. Some aren't... there are bad people in this world. But focusing on the negative certainly doesn't help you see the whole picture in life. And I think Sourmash is one of those individuals who had a propensity to let the narrative feed his rage.
rinselberg MAR 26, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:
He [sourmash] triggered the ratings system. As soon as he hit the magic 50 ratings he was banned. Notice the flashing red bar and the ratings counter.


I wonder if this was flagged for Cliff Pennock's attention. If the forum software automatically created some kind of message for Cliff Pennock that the ratings system had been triggered in this way. Then Cliff would have had the opportunity to reject or uphold the banning.

Like a "Fail Safe" switch.

[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 03-26-2022).]

IMSA GT MAR 26, 11:40 AM
The system is a little strange now. Over in General Chat, Fiero Vice was banned back on 1/30. A few days later it changed to "probation" where he has been ever since so Sourmash could be changed to "probation" if Cliff decides.
blackrams MAR 26, 12:25 PM
Who? Shrug.

Rams
Cliff Pennock MAR 26, 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:

The system is a little strange now. Over in General Chat, Fiero Vice was banned back on 1/30. A few days later it changed to "probation" where he has been ever since so Sourmash could be changed to "probation" if Cliff decides.



Ah. That's my mistake. The reason I changed it to probation was so he could copy some important information from his private messages. If your status is "banned", then you also have no access to your private messages. You do when on "probation".

Apparently, I forgot to change it back to "banned". Will do so now.
IMSA GT MAR 26, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:


Ah. That's my mistake. The reason I changed it to probation was so he could copy some important information from his private messages. If your status is "banned", then you also have no access to your private messages. You do when on "probation".

Apparently, I forgot to change it back to "banned". Will do so now.



Thanks for explaining that. I was wondering what was going on.