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[BasketballJones41]

That´s what I mean. It wasn´t always like this. He was already around when I first joined the community in 2014 or 2015 (cannot remember). Was always on the more negative  side but in my opinion he made some really good points and I cannot remember him ever getting into it with another poster prior to the conflict we all witnessed a few month ago. It ended badly and I don´t want to make an excuse for the insults and personal attacks that lead to his ban. Question is if this could have been avoided. Just really difficult to manage a situation where posters clash with mods. One is always operating from a position of authority.

This board is a special place because it is run by the community. That has many advantages but it also leads to some problems. Including the management of situations like this. Bigger boards have clear policies for things like timeouts, strikes or bans. They have more active members (also more mods) so it is easier to find people that aren´t a part of the conflict to make decisions like this.
All I can say is that from my personal experience I have rarely seen a conflict on this board where I would say that person a/b/c is solely responsible. More often than not it takes two to escalate a situation. As mentioned it is even more complicate when a mod is involved.

It´s difficult and I cannot offer a better solution right now. Thankfully conflicts like this are a rarity. For the most part this board is an awesome place to talk Mavs.

For the most part this place is incredible. The basketball discussion is top notch and everybody around here is amazing. I stand by my opinion that this is the best online community in all of sports. But JS was always kind of an aggressive member. He used to get into it with other posters even back when fish was running things. I distinctly remember him telling that PSA collector guy to go kill himself once on the old boards.  That being said the move over here almost completely shed us of any toxic members that we had. JS was the last of them. Now the worst thing that happens around here is that I might read opinions that I disagree with.