Under what conditions should a specific poster, “Alice” be prohibited from replying directly to the arguments in a post/comment made by another poster, “Bob”?
None, but a “block list” or similar filter should be implemented, allowing posters to screen out all posts/comments from specific other posters. Further, posters engaging in deliberate harassment should have direct action taken against them.
To clarify, would you count a reply like, “You make a valid point, but possibly overstate the strength of your evidence—the examples given are extremely exceptional, and far from the general case we should be preparing for” to be “harassment”?
None, but a “block list” or similar filter should be implemented, allowing posters to screen out all posts/comments from specific other posters. Further, posters engaging in deliberate harassment should have direct action taken against them.
To clarify, would you count a reply like, “You make a valid point, but possibly overstate the strength of your evidence—the examples given are extremely exceptional, and far from the general case we should be preparing for” to be “harassment”?
No. I would count replies like “You suck, stop posting” as harassment.