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"I dislike bratty teenagers as it is and don't care: in what field exactly is a preteen an expert, and why should they be allowed to troll me as Zach Silverstein did? There are millions of websites for brats; let him and his cohort play, fling doodoo and cast snark at the other 9,999,999+"

Sounds like a clear violation of the "be nice" rule to me. I don't know enough about Quora to know what kind of tone is normal there, but I would be perfectly happy with a community that banned anyone who spoke like that.



That still doesn't give Quora a right to go round censoring things and deleting her account without her permission. There's no excuse.

But what about the others who got banned in totalitarian rule as well? http://qph.cf.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b7a5cbb9e10f85e63644a73...

He's already banned for that tweet within 3 hours. Are they going to delete his account next? Am I going to get banned for posting this?

Don't you think she's already complained to moderation nicely, to no avail, hence posting that answer?


>That still doesn't give Quora a right to go round censoring things and deleting her account without her permission. There's no excuse.

Huh? Quora have a rule, she violated it, they deleted her account. That sounds like how it's meant to work.


The Be Nice rule is the most ambiguous rule on the planet. Interpret it as you wish.

And no, they're not supposed to delete your account after you're banned. That's out of place, not their protocol.


Don't be a jerk.


I like Wikipedia's version better:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_dick




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