Online Bullying - A Dev request for a response and discussion

[JerryBoyle]

If you are asking to stomp on the negative individuals, then I'm not in agreement with that since I'm one of those. We exist to balance out the positive people and bring them down to reality which is a good thing, so if you ban us then in-order to be equal. You'll need to punish the positive folk as well. Now I'm fine with banning people who harass others without providing backup, that shouldn't be allowed. However if they do provide reasons to why they are saying these things in like an argument then what you have is just a negative person, not a bully. Big difference here and easily confused for some. This is typically constructive criticism, not just criticizing without benefit.

You need balance in the community; both positive and negative people to have a healthy community. You don't need the bad apples who harass and torment others, this is mainly targeting and focusing on the individuals. Those need to be punished, and by the sounds of it. That's what's in the duty finder as to which I have not seen yet. If I can provide reasons to why I'm thinking negatively of you or trying to help you by labeling it negatively, then those people should be free of punishment. This is why I'm not going near the word bully, it's not accurate enough to describe what's happening.

@FritoBandito You took the post too literally and came up with a silly comparison, it's fine though. The point was you need balance, shifting the focus to punish 1/2(or 1/3 if you wanna go that way) of the types is not fair was the point you may of missed. I tend to see things in black and white and force the grey into one of the two categories, mostly because it's challenging. Off-topic though.

@Terius I did read the OP. If you didn't understand my post, please refer to my opening statement. It's in the shape of a question. "If you are asking to stomp on the negative individuals" that means I wasn't following. Mostly because they are using the word bully, bully can mean a variety of things which I took as negatives. However if you read my post correctly, you should have realized what I mean. Am I saying what's present in the picture is okay? No, that's what I considered not okay. So not sure why you took it that way, care to explain how? I'm usually good with wording, but maybe not today.