[West Ender]

We have a local website here where I live, not a large posting membership but it's quite good none the less. About 2 years ago we got a new member who was witty and very quick with replies. Unfortunately, I discovered after a while, she tended to post late in the evening when she'd been hitting the bottle.

She got into a lot of arguments with other members but she also got very nasty and made some really terrible remarks which prompted others to follow her example. She was banned but she pleaded with Admin that she would reform and he let her back in. It didn't take her long to revert to type and she was worse than ever so she was banned again. Next she came in twice under different identities, it didn't take Admin long to sus her out. She's gone for good now and things are a lot better.

Because of this woman we got a completely impartial moderator who has nothing to do with our community and knows nobody on the site. He introduced a Warning Level system and he dishes it out to anyone who starts trouble - two warnings and you're out.

I don't understand Trolls or people can't argue without resorting to being vicious. I've seen it, occasionally, on Accyweb and I just don't know what enjoyment they get. I like a good argument, if it's constructive, but I can't stand nastiness and it's not necessary. In my view, those who resort to it lose the argument straight away.