Not sure if it's appropriate to ask here - but I saw user Fattie got his account suspended (for the second time recently if I remember correctly). Now I now his answers can be a bit controversial at times, but I was wondering if the way he answers is enough reason to get your account suspended or if something else is going on?

If this isn't discussed/disclosed by the mods I fully understand, but I was just curious since he is a high-rep user.

@Jeroen I saw somewhere at meta that mods quite firmly abstain of discussing suspensions details. Given that this user was fairly active in comments one can also assume that it was triggered by comments not answers

Note that being a high rep user doesn't mean your answers are generally good. It +10 for an up-vote, -2 for a down-vote. I don't think you can get banned for bad answers though. If so, he never would have gotten this far.

@GregoryCurrie Haha, fair enough

@gnat Yeah that's true, although comments can get removed quick-ish so I don't tend to see them all that often.

@GregoryCurrie if you're a high rep user, you tend to attract a bit of hate and jealousy. True, it's +10 vs -2, but There is also a 200 pt rep cap which means that the fastest someone can hit 100k is nearly two years of contributing. The "Legendary" badge is awarded to those contributors who have rep capped at least 100 times. S0, there are metrics to detect just how good users answers are.

@Jeroen Fattie has a rep for posting whatever comes to mind. Anyone who does that tends to get a ban at least once. And the bans are not always just. AKA the ban on Monica

I'm not sure you can equate the Monica situation with whatever the hell Fattie would have done.

@GregoryCurrie the difference is only to the degree. Yes, Fattie wasn't doxxed and defamed in real life, nor did he have to call a lawyer, but we still don't know what happened. Some people can get away with cursing at their fellow users and experience no repercussions, and others can get dinged for being snarky. I think this is the consequence of the "be nice"rule being jettisoned.

I got bored with my name

answer explicitly assuming Norway to the question about Japan, sitting at comfortable 9 upvotes without a single downvote, broadcasted to all network audience via HNQ. Stuff like that turns addressing real workplace issues into a useless circus. Sad

@gnat HUH???? Whatjutalkinbout?

@gnat Accepted answer has -12, non-accepted answer has 122. But you're worried that the 6th-highest answer will "turn addressing real workplace issues into a useless circus"? I'm guessing you cast the downvote.

@JoeStrazzere Which was that one?

@Revenant_Evil The one that mentions "Norway".

@joe, ah, sorry

@gnat From the respondent's own post: This answer was written before an edit mentioned that the company was headquertered in Japan. Since I lack knowledge in japanese professional environments It's probably not suitable anymore.

Looks as if the resondent self corrected and told the board of their error. How does this make TWP a circus

@Revenant_Evil I'm not about to discuss the details of a user's suspension - but suffice it to say it was precisely nothing like the Monica situation. Oh and if you see someone cursing at a fellow user flag away. I certainly won't stand for it.

@gnat since that was posted well before the country was stated, and they clearly marked which country they were talking about I think that user has done an excellent job of making that Q&A thread relevant to a wider range of future visitors

I say bravo to them

after all helping not only the op but future visitors too is what SE is all about :)

@JoeStrazzere is it 6th or 10th or 1st doesn't really matter here. Top answer and accepted one, no matter what is their score are normal in that they both attempt to address the question asked and it is totally normal that people compare them and vote on which one is better. Norway one is different in that it reads, "I ignore what's asked and type into the answer box whatever I want"

@Revenant_Evil I was talking about different answer, not the one you quoted. @motosubatsu if this is okay, how about adding 200 more answers each specific to particular country

@gnat Perhaps in the future you could link to a post so I could put away my crystal ball

Why was this marked as spam or abusive?

workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/178881

@gnat The answer that bothers you was written before the OP indicated it was about Japan. When the original question doesn't specify a country, often the person answering has no way to judge, so goes with what they know. Obviously, this happens quite often, and in no way turns the workplace into a useless circus. Your worries are unfounded. Just downvote as you usually do when you don't like a question or answer. Perhaps others will join you. Perhaps not.

@JoeStrazzere I am talking about how this answer looks now, not about how it was in the past. I know how it was before (and I didn't complain back then) but I don't see how this helps. For someone not experienced in how to dig through obscude question revisions history (ie for like, 99,999% visitors coming from search engines) things look like someone asked about one country and got an answer about very different one and everybody around seems to be okay with that

@gnat (shrug) Everyone gets to vote - down if they don't like the answer.

@Revenant_Evil I think in some countries they profess that they want ex-convicts to reintegrate into society. But the reality is that it's probably hoped that they just quietly slip off the radar and stay out of trouble, how they do it is their problem but no one owes them anything.

I tend to agree with this attitude although it's not very politically correct. An ex-con is just another minority who needs to step up and take his place despite any adversity, just like the rest of us. Main difference being they bought their status upon themselves rather than most who didn't. Actions often have further reaching social consequences than face value.