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If all you can do is complain and are unable to provide constructive criticism to fix the problem in the "job part" don't expect anything.

As to the topic:
Defending yourself, of course, is right, but to an extent. If this "bad" person attacks you or offends you, why bother paying attention, if they are one of the countless "faceless names" on the world wide web?
Some people do not seem to grasp this and start fighting. As to the justification of the fight when asked by a moderator they say: "they attacked me". Well the real reason to a fight is the one who continues not the one who begins quite literally... There are no fists involved, so being a considerate person one would either 1. ignore, or 2. report this "bad" person.

By all means defend yourself, but do it when it's actually necessary...

Are you going to complain? Forever? Seriously.They are responsible. They are helpful. THATS the way the become mods or admins.

Its very annoying when people do this. But there is always the report button. And the Moderators can't forfil the need of every member.

Hmm... Both Yupik and you, Outlaw, have got a point. I'm not going to involve myself with your squabble, but I suggest you both tone down the hostility towards each others.



Well, I both agree and disagree with you. In truth, the fact that moderators are trying to, but naturally unable to monitor the website 24/7 means that members must help us sometimes. However, punting the person in question in the shoutbox and acting like a moderator will only get yourself banned, and will do no good towards the culprit.
Which brings me to why I disagree; if you defend yourselves against personal attacks from an other member, you are more likely to start flaming, and everyone who socalled 'fuels the fire' will either recieve a warning, or be banned. Defending yourself is not wrong, but it might get you into trouble as well.
What's the best way to handle it? Using the report feature, and moderators will investigate, for then making the necessary decisions and taking action.

Really in my opinion, I think that people just throw out those unnecessary things on the SB to draw attention to themselves. Like if there's a conversation going on and they're not apart of it they'll start shouting stupid things just to make people mad at them and/or to get attention. If you fight with them, you're just giving them what they want, entertainment and an arguement. It's just better to just ignore them or even PM the mods, don't even give them a warning, just do it.

To get back on topic (yet again) those people do crap like that to get attention. It's a lot like child psychology: there are children, mainly younger siblings (generally, mind you) that crave attention, and thus turn to the easiest way to get attention: negative attention through kicking, screaming, etc. Ignoring that, and not talking to them, should get them to stop, as they're not getting the attention they are trying to get.