All this talk of a need for more rules

[MineralMan]

27. Actually, nobody on DU moves threads. That's not possible

in this version. There are hosts in each forum and group, and they can lock threads, but only if they are outside of the Statement of Purpose for that forum or group. Very few posts get locked, except in LBN, which has strict rules about what posts get into LBN. An enormous majority of all other posts remain unlocked. You can see that by looking at the post list for any forum or group.

As for banning disruptors, MIRT can ban newly-registered people, but once the 100-post threshhold is reached the admins handle all of that. Mostly, MIRT bans spammers, repeating disruptors and obvious trolls. Nobody would enjoy DU if those people that get banned by MIRT managed to stay on DU. Truly.

For any long-term DUers, even those with just 101 postings or more, the admins do any banning that is done. That's how it works. Admins ban DUers rarely.

Posts get hidden if a jury of DUers votes at least 4-2 to hide the post. That's all juries can do. So far, I've served on 500 juries. The vast majority of alerts I've voted on ended up being left and were not hidden. Juries tend to give the benefit of the doubt in the vast majority of cases. I certainly do.