Someone in admin needs some "Kurrij!"

A number of long-time posters have gotten the axe in the past few days. A couple of them were also long-time irritants, but most of the others don’t have reputations as shit-stirrers. Still, let’s face it, if you hang around here long enough, you make some enemies.

Here’s the list of the recently banned:

melvynny, joined 2004, 12,601 comments

bobswern, joined 2006, 22,179 comments

delphine, joined 2004, 26,639 comments

inclusiveheart, joined 2004, 72,096 comments

Norm in Chicago, joined 2008, 23,974 comments

mahakali overdrive, joined 2008, 45,414 comments

KnotIookin, joined 2005, 27,214 comments

Steven D, joined 2005, 11,517 comments

It should also be noted that the anonymous user ID, Daily Kos Staff (that can be used by anyone in admin, apparently), also recced a comment in one of the Village diaries about the bannings. That’s odd. One would think the person using that ID would also post here under her/his own ID, as well. So hiding behind the Daily Kos Staff ID to rec a comment about the bannings in a group diary with a reputation for devotion to Hillary Clinton would seem to be particularly cowardly, especially since a couple of the posters who were banned were clearly Sanders folks.

Note to cowardly admin who used the “Daily Kos Staff” moniker: If you want to rec a comment about the bannings, use your own ID.

There has been a long, public discussion of the bannings at the Help desk. No one from admin has responded to repeated requests for comment, including in private postings to the Help desk.

One would think a few of these folks would at least be owed an explanation for their sudden dismissal. Most did not have any recent hidden comments or other outward signs of problems.

Frankly, looks like some pretty cowardly shit.