Post #7574 by albaby1 on the US Policy board

NEW FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT

I'd like to explain the new Ban User button being released today. For background context, previously you were able to hide posts left by any user, just by clicking the frowny-face beside their name, which leaves all of their posts hidden to you. This feature was popular, but numerous readers have written to me suggesting that the hide feature did not go far enough.

I'm now upgrading the feature to single-handedly block users from posting entirely! Shrewd'm is getting shrewder.

HOW IT WORKS: All you have do is hit the usual unhappy face to the right of the author's name whilst reading any post, and they move to your ignore list. The part that is new is that when a user is in the ignore list of just 3 users, then BOOM! - the user is not just ignored, but banned from Shrewd'm - instantly and permanently.

They have no way to return, becuse I'd rather trust the judgement of the wonderful Shrewds here, than get involved myself.

Free speech has advantages, however there can, at times, be nothing better than simply making certain people vanish from Shrewd'm entirely, and instantly.

This feature is a keeper.

Thank you to everyone also for all of your other suggestions over the years, which has led to this wonderful community remaining civil. The new Ban User feature will help take Shrewd'm to another level. Shrewd on!

- Manlobbi

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But I wonder if she testifies what will come out of her loony mouth. She seems genuinely delusional.

Yes. It seems like it would be child's play to impeach her on cross - she's made so many public statements that are ridiculously false that any competent defense attorney should be able to tear her credibility to shreds.

I suspect that the value to prosecutors is less her testimony, and more as an example. That's a pretty light plea deal - no jail time or even house confinement, just probation. That's a good deal. And even though she may not be great on the stand, now that the DA has one high-profile cooperating witness they'll be able to get a lot of information about conversations with the other defendants that they might not have had access to before - so even if Powell is useless on the stand, she'll be a gold mine for discovery and trial prep. Those things should get some of the other defendants thinking about whether they want to try to get a no-jail plea.

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