All, I believe bullying is well covered in the guidelines and Code of Conduct.
Most of us are well able to distinguish between posts that need moderating, and members that need to be stopped.
First item in code of conduct: Conduct
Please treat other users with respect and do not use HotCopper's message boards to threaten, harass, stalk, defame or abuse others. You must not use language that is racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory.
Some excerpts from posting guidelines.
Profanity/harassment. Personal abuse is not allowed since it falls under harassment. Profanity in posts is not normally tolerated. Please avoid profanity in general. Repeated or extreme profanity will most likely get you suspended. You should know some words that aren't profanities - use them instead. See below for the guidelines we use to deal with profanity.
Complaints about posts or users. If you have a problem with a user's post, use the TOU violation reporting link, rather than flaming them in the thread. In particular, if you think somebody is using multiple identities, don't tell them, tell us and we will investigate. Accusing people in error is embarrassing for everybody.
These may get you a temporary suspension, and repeated offences will likely get you banned:
Harassment against another user. If you feel another user is an idiot, that's your business. No-one cares. Don't post about it in the forums. Add them to your ignore list if you feel strongly about it. If you feel the user has violated the terms of use, report it via the TOU violation function.
On the flip side, if someone keeps posting low content posts that are like dangling a bait in front of shareholders, they too are breaching the guidelines, so everybody needs to start posting good quality information and stopping any personal fights.
We are addressing all the behaviour issues as per my recent post on it in general.
I will close this thread, and urge people to use the 'report' function for serious breaches of the code.
