@StevenGoodman that's largely due to the community being new. We get those at TWP as well, but we've just gotten real good at nuking them. Most problem posts get attention in chat, and the community springs into action. That's how it worked here today, and once there's a better rhythm, those comments will get deleted before they get votes
@StevenGoodman well, the fast response time makes it no fun for anyone wanting to cause mischief. Then, you don't get the mischief. It's a positive feedback loop.
Kill the nasty comments, then people don't get upset and respond in kind.
In other words, start with a good and fast response time, and eventually people "get it" and you don't need the response time after a fashion.
Also, you go through periods where people test the system to see if it's still able to thwart them. Then you respond, they learn that everything is still in place, and calm prevails.
@RichardU Makes sense. It's just a bit frustrating. Especially when some of the comments/answers aren't removed in the end due to having enough "truth" in them to get by.
@RichardU I'll do that next time it comes up. Also, what happens when the high rep users revolt and start sacrificing their rep to make rude comments? What then?
@RichardU With 6.3k rep you could make 63 rude comments!
@StevenGoodman High rep users aren't immune from getting vacations. In TWP, one of the top 10 users of all time has gotten several suspensions.
Believe me, the mods and staff don't want to deal with jerks. I saw Shog blast one into oblivion due to some rude comments in chat once. SE doesn't put up with this nonsense.
@RichardU Mostly joking here. Haven't been around the internals of most exchanges enough to know what actually goes on behind the scenes, but it's good to know those scary 10k goliaths get taken down sometimes.
@StevenGoodman Look at my rep at The Workplace. :D The one who got slapped down had a rep of over 70K. SE doesn't put up with rudeness, no matter how high rep you are.
If enough of your answers or comments get flagged, you can expect a nice chat from the moderators telling you to behave. That isn't sarcasm either. I had one once, and they were very polite. I misunderstood a bit, and they set me straight, and no further problems.
BUT...
If you insist on being rude after the mods chat with you... you're gone.
@RichardU I'm talking about having thousands of bot accounts and manipulating the rep market in your favor. He who controls the rep, controls the exchange.
There isn't much revenge down-voting. If a high-rep user tried to squash someone with low-rep, the alarm bells would go off, the votes would be investigated, the rep is reversed and the offender is suspended.
@StevenGoodman any attempted bot manipulation would get caught too, plus remember, you need initial rep to up-vote
> I was a very active member on several sites, some in beta and I pretty much stressed and traumatised the other members with my rantings and ravings. I would regularly rage quit. I was argumentative and over sensitive to a fault. I used to discuss things with Tim Post, who was most patient with me. The site was very forgiving, until they realised, at that time, my behaviour was never going to change. Although my contributions in terms of questions and answers, were by and large, positive, my conduct within the community was disruptive and I could be abusive.
I find myself just ... waiting for rep to accrue, rather than continuing to post the best content that I can ... in the form of questions or answers ...
@RichardU btw, I pinged you with a workplace question in mind ... but perhaps I'll ping you at the water cooler later?
... I think ... my feeling of the rep-cap acting as a deterrent to posting more content is something that Jeff Atwood had described as being intentional ...
