The Breen Report
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Oppressive and biased "moderation" continues to make The Standard an unattractive and sparsely attended site
You're banned! And you! And you! And you!
Posted by
Morrissey
on January 31, 2024, 2:44 am <b>The proprietor (Lin Prent) and his sidekick "weka" are banning people, and handing out condescending lectures, as fast as they can at New Zealand's "liberal" (i.e. authoritarian) blog... </b> https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-31-01-2024/#comment-1987399 <b>This writer, i.e. moi, copped a seven-weeker last Wednesday:</b> https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-22-01-2024/#comment-1986220 <b>It wasn't my first....</b> https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-large-no-of-hits-for-morrissey-banned.html https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/search?q=weka <b>I'm also banned from the extreme right sites, which are actually not much different from The Standard....</b> https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2020/05/morrissey-banned-on-kiwiblog-about-322.html <b>One James Thrace gives a nice summary of the zeitgeist at that dismal site.</b> Posted by Morrissey<iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Morrissey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 31, 2024, 9:40 pm, in reply to "You're banned! And you! And you! And you!" <b>James Thrace</b> 4.2.1 1 February 2024 at 12:18 am Johnr – because LPrent owns the standard he considers it gives him absolute license to be abusive and small minded and be a bully to people on here, which is totally against the rules here. however, none of the mods pull him up against it no matter how much they tell other commentators not to bully or use diminishing words against others. I don’t particularly pay any attention to what Lynn says because he’s just a grumpy old fuck that thinks because the standard is “his site” he can go ahead and abuse others with impunity. but between him, advantage, and weka, the standard has become far less enjoyable as a forum for a free exchange of ideas with differences of opinions being thrashed out openly using education, exploration, and elimination. it’s a crying shame really. From the valuable asset it was in 2008 when a free exchange of ideas was allowed whereas on red alert it was shut down, to weka’s indiscriminate bans on everybody interesting because they didn’t link to stuff/nzh, the standard has become a place of groupthink where only happy ideas can be raised. Reply <b>roblogic</b> 4.2.1.1 1 February 2024 at 5:53 am wrong – there is plenty of diverse opinion around here. bans are generally handed out after a pattern of repeated antisocial behaviour – some things cause discussion to break down of course it aint perfect because there are humans involved 'groupthink'; 'grumpy' – well yeah it's a left-wing forum facing a right wing government that is hell-bent on demolishing the social fabric and inciting racial divisions some examples would be nice… there was some strife during Covid when one (ex)-moderator went anti-vax and got frustrated with everyone constantly rebutting his ‘facts’ so he’s not around much anymore… https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-31-01-2024/#comment-1987508 Here's their worst "moderator" wielding the hammer in 2021... Posted by Morrissey<iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Morrissey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 1, 2024, 3:05 am, in reply to "One James Thrace gives a nice summary of the zeitgeist at that dismal site." https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-22-01-2021/#comment-1775597 <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134547095129808' itemprop='url'/> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134547095129808' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>Morrissey Breen</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2024/02/oppressive-and-biased-moderation.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2024/02/oppressive-and-biased-moderation.html?m=1' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2024-02-01T20:30:00-08:00'>20:30</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <div class='mobile-link-button goog-inline-block' id='mobile-share-button'> <a href='javascript:void(0);'>Share</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='comments' id='comments'> <a name='comments'></a> <h4>No comments:</h4> <div id='Blog1_comments-block-wrapper'> <dl class='avatar-comment-indent' id='comments-block'> </dl> </div> <p class='comment-footer'> <div class='comment-form'> <a name='comment-form'></a> <h4 id='comment-post-message'> <a href='javascript:void(0)' id='Blog1_comment-editor-toggle-link'>Post a Comment</a></h4> <p> </p> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/frame/9182619394637139656?po=8445714750034689673&hl=en-GB&m=1' id='comment-editor-src'></a> <iframe allowtransparency='true' class='blogger-iframe-colorize blogger-comment-from-post' frameborder='0' height='410px' id='comment-editor' name='comment-editor' src='' style='display: none' width='100%'>
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