@Why did you guys banned Lightzy? He was maybe short tempered but I totally understand his argument that very hard surfaces do not go well with soft sponges.
Lightzy is in this very elite class of members. He may in fact be the only member on this forum who, until very recently was active but had previously been banned.
Perhaps he will be able to be unbanned again. I believe Dan is in the process of sorting that out. This is just my take. But I will give it because, perhaps it may shed some light on the process.
1) Lightzy says a blade is terrible. [not a big deal in itself. But he is not saying “I don’t like the blade.” He is saying: “it is bad.” Still, to me, not a big deal. Just a bit over the top.]
2) Zeen uses the term Bogus and Brainfart while saying that what Lightzy has said is an incomplete or fake answer that he just blurted out without much thought or consideration.
Brainfart = something like “thought ejaculation.”
Bogus = fake or unauthentic.
[perhaps this is a bit aggressive but Zeen is not insulting Lightzy. He is characterizing his post. This is important. But Zeen tones down his language after which shows some maturity and control.]
3) Lightzy makes a personal attack calling Zeen AN ASS SMEAR. [Personally, I don’t think I need to say any more. I can think of ways in which brainfart and bogus can be used in polite conversations. I do think Zeen was more aggressive than he needed to be. But every time I read his comment, I read something that was about what Lightzy said. And every time I have read Lightzy’s comment, to me it reads as being about Zeen and not about what Zeen said. And it was a lot of personal insults.]
4)Zeen made a comment about Lightzy getting angry.
5) Lightzy accused Zeen of admitting that he goaded Lightzy into losing his cool.
In all the posts from Zeen after the first one, Zeen did not seem to me to escalate the situation or call names.
In all Lightzy’s posts directed at Zeen there were fairly nasty personal attacks. Some of the attacks were accusations that Zeen had attacked Lightzy.
Now, if Lightzy had never behaved this way before, he may not have gotten banned. He may have gotten warned. But even after having been banned in the past, Lightzy still seems to bully and insult people way more than is okay.
I actually have been ignoring him for quite a while. But last night the TTDaily Moderation Team got a few messages reporting the behavior. And the behavior that was reported was the behavior of Lightzy. Not the behavior of anyone else.
So, I am hopeful that Dan and Lightzy are able to sort this out. And I personally feel that a comment that is meant to directly insult any other member, not the posts of the member, not the way they think or express themselves, but the person, is something that just shouldn’t happen.
