This is essentially something i referenced yesterday,
here. In the early days of ERA i tried to adher to their
transparent policy, which (in my eyes) meant holding a open view towards issues: What is (likely) right,
might be wrong aswell. I remember how i tried to iterate this in the beginning days regarding these matters and yet got shunned at because people
doubted that #metoo victims would exaggerate their stories or make them up. Or in the very least its not that wide spread (No pun intended.)
And likely it is not, but we can also not ignore that #metoo has also given
some people a dangerous weapon to use that could ruin people's lives. This is why i say that cases need to be discussed on a deeper level than what you see happening now.
Just lack back then you get piled upon for holding the line of
transparency. I didn't get warned or banned for it though, so its interesting to see how this line of thinking now is worth a ban. It is bothersome. If we are to expect everything at face value and never
question anything or show curiosity, what does that make us then?
If i had believed ERA, i would have thought that Chloe Sagal died at the hands of sites like this one, Kiwi, and Voat. When
reality paints a far more morbid picture that ERA refused to discuss about.
In this episode of:
- Advocating murder/implying death upon others/violence might be a permaban for one, 2 weeks for someone else (Which isn't even a direct threat like the 3 day one), nothing for others, and just 3 days for this dood. Also, saying all the members of the Senate ''deserve cancer''? Not even worth a warning. The shaky, erratic nature of ERA staff in action.
- Speaking of the permaban one, this user is seriously disturbing as his ban gave him enough reason to kill himself in his own words and that its his blood that is on their hands. Imagine that a permban at this forum is enough to make you consider suicide.
As of yet, he has yet to put the deed with the word (thankfully) but user is still instigating and threatening this stuff over and over. It does represent a point that is worth bothering over: It shows that if you threaten with suicide and let them know by tweet or PM The Names about it, they don't contact any authorities.
Now The Names are no stranger to banning suicidal people for Transphobia when they are Trans themselves but you would think there is some kind of obligation to take these threats seriously.
- A scientist who is suspended for making a sexist talk sees one ERA user making a bluff that is typical around this place: ''If i ever cross him on the road i can finally punch someone with good reasons!''. Shock meets awe when the brother of scientist actually comes up and invites him to put his money where his mouth is. A moderator edited the post to remove personal information, but the scientist's brother was happily inviting him to put this user's words into action. This is Dr Phil levels of entertainment. Why pick ERA out of all places to call someone's bluff? Regardless, the user who made the threat of punching the scientist (Somehow that's not even worth actioning?) never acted on his complaints, which was noted by others. Fortunately for him, a mod saves his day by locking the thread, ironically the same mod that called the scientist a dumbass because that's how you make thoughtful posts regarding any topic.
If anything, this is one of those rare events where making a hollow threat to violence should have been rightly called out, especially when you openly claim to live in the same area as the accused scientist. As the brother, i would want to talk to you personally aswell for making such a careless comment. But nobody on ERA thinks this, or condones the fact that this user made a threat, which is totally actionable as shown in point 1 here above. Once more, the erratic nature of ERA in action.
- A known sollicitant for The Names and Little Helpers wants you to say something nice to another member. Gee, who would he pick? It certainly cannot be the usual suspects with 25.000 posts this user loves to kiss ass to! Ironic: Literally only two people mentioned him for positivity, and one of them was Dennis from GAF times sake. That thread reads like a ERA Most Wanted list of people you would want to throw on the ignore.
- Lastly, ERA thinks we are a cesspool of white people because of the Kavanaugh thread we have here. Good thing they removed that link to avoid cross-forum drama.

Interestingly, I do not agree with the warning. It was a pretty harmless sarcastic remark, especially when compared to other aggressive postings by the same user.
Given the intent, i think there is more to it than just that post. Its not
harmless at all. Ofcourse, the warning is a severe misstep by this staff member: Most people are aware that Sheet (Lets name this user like that) has Tony Stark levels of protection around the place given how a meltdown ensued when Sheet got banned for a full 20 mins a month ago. Only
Purple Thanos (Cerium) could expel Sheet, and that's never going to happen.