Just curious. Not even a temp ban on a user who copy-pasted his own post? The user is still active and posting.
Others seem to be getting perma-banned for copy pasting
Others seem to be getting perma-banned for copy pasting
That seems to be something not covered by the rules
I mean copy-pasting one's own posts, though it shouldn't be welcomed of course. Obviously, a mod should decide on their own what to do in such cases (as the rules explicitly state). Since the forum paradigm looks like using the ban-hammer as rarely as possible (which I totally agree with), I think that a simple warning would suffice (at least, for the first time). I guess this is what has been done in this case. As an aside, don't get too blood-thirsty (remember, karma is a bitch)
In this case, the copy-pasting seems to be more of a one-off example, plus he has copied his own post. That maybe the reason why there is no ban.
Agree with Karma being a bitch.
Bans should be given out with reservations
Otherwise, they will quickly get devalued and people start moving to other places where the price for a ban is higher. You should do something really great to get a ban (let alone a permaban). That's why members looking and striving for power should never be made moderators in the first place since they will heavily abuse their moderator's position (too many bans for too little effort) and severely damage the forum reputation as well (i.e. as a place where different opinions are welcomed)
I am not really sure if this is a very smart bot, or just a lazy man copying others' posts. Whichever case it is, it is against the forum rules.
To be honest it wouldn't take a very smart bot. You could build a markov chain on a ton of posts from the site and it'd spit out posts that made sense.Talk is cheap, show us the code