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[–]DrRaccoon[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

No, it is not a false equivalence. It is not acceptable to selectively enforce the rules and have no consequences for users with 100's of spam posts, but then choose to ban me

[–]Vulptex 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

They have nothing to lose by getting those accounts banned. In fact many of them just make one post on an account and hop to the next one.

It's not so much that there's "no consequences" as "this is the best way to deal with the problem".

[–]Drewski 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Perhaps, but it couldn't hurt to ban them either though right? I see some spammers post something, then log in a month later to keep spamming.

[–]Vulptex 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Saidit's ban system is really messed up right now. When you try to ban an account you have like a 4 in 5 chance of getting a 500 error, which then breaks saidit for a minute, and then the ban doesn't apply until you successfully ban or unban someone else.

Besides, it's not like I don't ban spammers. But if it's a spammer I've banned a hundred times before, and its username is no loss, it's not worth it.

I implemented a bunch of extra spam tools, which could be used to deal with this problem much more effectively. If the owner doesn't apply them it's not my fault.