Not sure if this is the right place for this request.
I have been very upset on occasion by trolls on threads getting highly personal of an evening and it not being dealt with until the next day. This sometimes means several hours of personal attack and horrid abuse of the forum. I am not sure of the MNHQ monitoring set-up but if the threads or comments are obligingly deleted the next day then surely MNHQ is in agreement with MNer's objections?
I understand that trolls should not be fed, they are inevitable and free speech and debate should be encouraged BUT I come here because there are moderators to stop bullying and posters are very forward about telling someone when they are out of line.
Of course there is the option to step away from the thread and just ignore ignore but when vindictive goading of a personal nature is allowed to go on for a few hours it often becomes damaging to everyone involved. I have read some things that have been so barbaric and insensitive that they are burned into my brain forever. I know that is just life and people but wonder if the time lag in appropriate consequence from MNHQ is in itself feeding the trolls.
There is an argument for healthy debate as a tool for education but I often see entirely intelligent argument deteriorate into despair and anger as it becomes apparent that the bully is not misguided just out to control by causing hurt. The horror of this is that an OP who has come to MN for help and support in a desperate chapter of their lives can fall by the wayside and be sidelined from their own thread as irrelevant war breaks out. The damage caused to an OP in this sad situation must not be underestimated and it sickens me to know that they could have hours of looking over a thread which has been monopolised by some sick troll out to torture.
I love MN, I nc to keep anon but can say that I have had my hand held in dark dark times when I could not go to anyone in rl for help. I want everyone to have that support when they need it and the reason it is there is because MN is powerful and able to speak its mind. We need a little more power to fend off the trolls when need be I think but am not sure of the best way.
A suggestion was made elsewhere that MNHQ could possibly set up an automated system of sorts that would at least hide a thread until it could be properly dealt with if a certain number of complaints were received. This would allow us to temporarily moderate in some way when it comes to overnight threads that are used by trolls to blatantly abuse the forum with the sole purpose of being cruel and causing distress to MNers.
Sorry this is so long and serious, been gnawing at me for a while.
AIBU to request some form of automated protection from MNHQ?
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AIBU?
To ask for some kind of MNHQ policy update on troll management?
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SuperFox · 12/06/2014 11:21
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