Hoyt banned from the gungeon. So much for the impartiality of the group host.

[petronius]

153. I have no idea if there was a specific event that triggered the block - I don't recall

anything unusual from Hoyt in the last few weeks. As far as I can tell, he was his typical one-note, flamebaiting, deliberately insulting self all along. So I'm in the dark on that.

But as for the block, even though there are posters that contribute relatively little beyond noise and snark, I think a group focused on a divisive topic works best if it's allowed to flow freely. Attempts to shape and control the space through blocks, rules, standards, procedures are I think destined to be more harmful than helpful, in that they'll create discord, mistrust, and disruption. Other groups have tried more formal systems in the brief history of DU, and it has always looked pretty unpleasant to me. There is a DU-wide ToS, and a flexible DU-wide set of community standards (albeit enforce by juries that tend to bias a bit against RKBAers), and I think that's enough - we can all live in that framework, and abuse, ignore, or respect each other as we choose.

So as I've posted elsewhere, my vote will always be for minimal hosting: few if any blocks, no rules, no lists of forbidden words, no in-group procedures, a broad SoP interpretation, etc. We can all just talk to people who have shown themselves to be worth talking to, and ignore the rest...