This was me. I just told him that no one cares anymore. Neg-rep is something he cares about apparently so I gave him one.
A persistent pattern in problem users has been an unwavering belief that the moderating team has to put up with any abuse that they can dish out while simultaneously the mods should constantly bend over backwards to never show them the slightest bit of unkindness. That's essentially what you're seeing here. HH's stock in trade at this point is to wage a one-sided vendetta against a particular moderator over a long period of time over an issue that, I think everyone agrees, is completely trivial. The scope of that mission has apparently expanded to include colton, a person who basically doesn't have a malicious bone in his body. At the same time, complaining about anything and everything that the mods do to him is, of course, fair game. And apparently EVERYTHING the mods do, including taking steps to tell him to just knock it off, is an example of how we're being mean and unfair to him. At the end of the day, I know that I don't care enough about HH's contributions to the board to worry if he's a happy user. I suspect a good chunk of the board doesn't either. That's the downside of being abrasive and devisive.
