If you have further comments related to Lio's banning, say them. — fdrake

I'm not interested in discussing it with them at all, I just remarked that the decision to ban him has nothing to do with the forum being left-leaning or censorship as is being implied. But rather that he showed a failure to behave respectfully.

I'm not interested in discussing it with them at all, I just remarked that the decision to ban him has nothing to do with the forum being left-leaning or censorship as is being implied. But rather that he showed a failure to behave respectfully. — Christoffer

:up:

Yep.

Now closer this thread.

Before this thread closes, there really should be infractions enabled towards members for various offences.

If the Rules and Guidelines can be updated with 2 strike rule instead of 3, I think it would be worth it for members. If people scream for earning an infraction, then just refer them to the Policies/Rules and Guidelines of the forum...

I have banned @Arcane Sandwich.

19 days ago I privately asked him to reduce his posting rate and to stay on topic when he did post, as it seemed to me that he was dominating the forum too much, by posting everywhere and so often (he had posted 2000 times in two months), disrupting several discussions. I said I would implement a temporary suspension if he did not comply (this prevents someone from posting but allows them to send PMs) but he said he would just refrain from posting entirely for three months. A strange response, but I said okay. Some hours ago he started posting again and sent me a PM to admit to breaking his promise, and I suspended him. He responded to that with private insults and I banned him.

It was clear to me that while he was knowledgeable in philosophy, his attention-seeking behaviour and apparent need to be heard on every topic was not good for the forum. And if he had really wanted to stay here and cooperate he would have ridden out the suspension and refrained from sending me unpleasant messages.

A really sad day. I lost a Hispanic friend on the forum.

I had several PMs with him, talking about a lot of different things. He was a very active user, and I wondered why he hadn't posted anything for the past weeks. I didn't ask him because I think there is some break or holiday in Argentina, so I thought it was just that.

I didn't know you asked him to behave once, and I am sorry he responded you with bad manners. I honestly believe he is a good person, but he might not have understood how TPF works, and it is true that 2K posts in just a few months is a lot.

When I saw he posted a lot of threads continuously, I thought: "mods would ask him to behave. Otherwise, he could be banned."

Sadly, I was right. :broken:

If these really interesting members would slow down their posting, I believe they would remain here.

Furthermore, he is a professional philosopher in Argentina and has written interesting books. I think he could have been a great user.

I will miss Martín (@Arcane Sandwich).

To put 2000 posts in two months in context, I have just over 2300 posts in 8 years, and I'd say I post pretty regularly.

... and it's an average of 33 posts a day ... so possibly part of some relapse into methamphetamines. And I say that out of concern and not insult.

Philosophy can be a dangerous mind game at times and injuries do occur.

his attention-seeking behaviour... was not good for the forum. — Jamal

This, I think, is exactly right.

I'm sorry @Arcane Sandwich was banned, but I'm glad you gave him a chance to work things out before he was.

I am sorry that he was banned. He is a knowledge person and I learned a few things from him. He will be missed.

Philosophy can be a dangerous mind game at times and injuries do occur. — boethius

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Furthermore, he is a professional philosopher in Argentina and has written interesting books. — javi2541997

I'm curious, what books?

I'm curious, what books? — hypericin

I wouldn't say it's quite out of the realm of possibility javi was merely entranced by words and stories that were, shall we say, a tad less than factual. You'd be surprised how mundane and simple the things are for some to get entertainment from (ie. claiming to be someone else in order to gauge a reaction. philosophers are natural psychologists, though not necessarily ones beneficial to the well-being of humanity..).

I wouldn't say it's quite out of the realm of possibility javi was merely entranced by words and stories that were, shall we say, a tad less than factual. — Outlander

A condescending and insulting way of putting it. It makes you look like a pompous prig.

He communicated to me several papers, published in English and Spanish, mostly on quantification and individuation, which he was able to defend at length. He is a competent philosopher.

Unlike others hereabouts.

But his banning was perhaps inevitable. A shame.