It's your space, so you have every right to set whatever rules and boundaries you need. Personally, I try to give a warning if someone is crossing lines (insulting people, or coming off as trolling). I've found that setting those boundaries and enforcing them actually cuts the abusive comments down to almost nil. I still have to ban-hammer someone occasionally, but it's much less frequent than you'd expect.
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It's your space, so you have every right to set whatever rules and boundaries you need. Personally, I try to give a warning if someone is crossing lines (insulting people, or coming off as trolling). I've found that setting those boundaries and enforcing them actually cuts the abusive comments down to almost nil. I still have to ban-hammer someone occasionally, but it's much less frequent than you'd expect.