It is intended to automatically filter trolls, but being locked out after one bad comment does seem harsh. I would not worry about managing your karma now though… It would take a significant series of widely detested posts for you to be stuck making a new account.
It is intended to automatically filter trolls, but being locked out after one bad comment does seem harsh. I would not worry about managing your karma now though… It would take a significant series of widely detested posts for you to be stuck making a new account.
I don’t even think it was a bad comment. It was an off color joke which would have gone over well in some forums. :)
I think you underestimate the difficulty of preventing a rapidly growing forum from degenerating into nothing but off color jokes.