- Madmaxepic
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Citizens of Me! The cruelty of the old Pharaoh is a thing of the past. Let a whole new wave of cruelty wash over this lazy land.
Hear the word of Pharaoh. Build unto me a statue of ridiculous proportion. One billion cubits in height......that I might be remembered for all eternity!
And be quick about it!
Personally, I don't think it's a fair thing to do. If a bad thread is made, people don't deserve to be banned just for posting in it. A warning to everyone in the thread would be more appropriate I think, if they even needed that.
What is your stance on carpet banning? Mods are welcome to share their stance on carpet banning, whether they employ it, and why they do or do not employ it.
Edit: adding this to the OP:
The problem is, I'll just make up an example here, lets say an early poster sees the thread and they're scared of the link in the OP, but they still aren't sure if it's a shock site or a hilarious joke. Now this user asks if the link is safe, not knowing if the thread is spam, or not.
Then a mod comes in and carpet bans the thread, not taking situations like this into account. Not to mention, most threads like this only get locked, and not carpet banned, so many users would not even know they aren't supposed to reply to threads like that.
[Edited on 01.11.2012 3:13 PM PST]