Essentially, no. If I recall Alicorn has to delete individual comments rather than ban users… more by oversight than design. As far as I’m aware Eliezer hasn’t got a “boot troll” feature available to him either. Matt would… via an SQL UPDATE if nothing else.
Admins have the power to delete posts and comments, and probably users (though I can’t think of a time it happened); I wouldn’t be surprised if that was used mostly to fight spammers, not trolls.
Interesting. Everything is a tradeoff. When people aren’t alerted to a troll, there’s a cost, and when they are, there’s another cost.
Is there any mechanism for booting a troll?
Essentially, no. If I recall Alicorn has to delete individual comments rather than ban users… more by oversight than design. As far as I’m aware Eliezer hasn’t got a “boot troll” feature available to him either. Matt would… via an SQL UPDATE if nothing else.
Admins have the power to delete posts and comments, and probably users (though I can’t think of a time it happened); I wouldn’t be surprised if that was used mostly to fight spammers, not trolls.