If the criterion for punishment is “annoying” 3/4 of the board would be gone starting with the mangers of this construct. Annoying is par for the course for a message board. Respectfully The criterion has to be something else.
given your screen name and your writing you don’t appear to be a bath person so you can shed that persona. Liberate EC. DO YOUR JOB and kindly quit the overzealousness
This is Twitter level overzealousness. You have guys cursing at each other and EC makes a tasteless joke and he’s gets semi-banded? The over moderation is going to kill the board.