Serenity
Moderator
That's because instead of saying "I find your ideas and course of action retarded because X, Y and Z" they said "you're a f@ggot" or some other direct personal insult.All of my favorite posters have been banned, bill.
They were all far from polite conversationalists.
Criticism is really important on this forum. I myself have been very harsh countless times, but instead of just aggressively hurling personal insults I try making constructive arguments about why I think what they're doing is stupid. I don't tell guys that they are stupid, big difference.
Many of your banned favorite posters often made great points, were good at cutting through the bullsh!t and didn't sugar coat it. The problem was that it got too personal and they couldn't stop themselves from throwing senseless insults at everyone who challenged them instead of using reasoning. It caused all sorts of issues on the forum as members retaliated and it infested every god damn discussion, rapidly degrading it into a sh!t throwing contest.
Such behavior kills fruitful discussions.