Bankpost

A goalpost‑moving tactic that demands the target demonstrate mastery of arcane financial or banking concepts before their economic views can be considered. The perpetrator insists that without a deep understanding of fractional reserve banking, monetary transmission mechanisms, or Basel accords, the target’s opinion is worthless. When the target does research and engages, the standard shifts to “real world experience” or “executive decision‑making.” Bankpost is a way to gatekeep economic debate behind specialized knowledge that most people cannot easily acquire.

Example: “She read three books on central banking to prepare. When she cited them, he said ‘that’s academic—you don’t know how it actually works in the markets.’ Bankpost: no amount of knowledge is ever enough.”

by Abzugal April 1, 2026

Banpost

A form of goalpost manipulation where the ultimate objective is to get a user banned—from a server, community, or platform. The banpost is the moving standard of rule-breaking, the shifting target that the user can never quite avoid. First, they're warned for tone. They adjust; now they're warned for content. They adjust again; now they're warned for frequency. Each warning moves the post, each adjustment is insufficient, until finally—inevitably—they cross a line that wasn't there before and are banned. The banpost is maintained by those who want someone gone but need the appearance of justification. It's rule-enforcement as weapon, standards as traps.

Example: "They wanted him out of the server, but he hadn't broken any rules. So they created the banpost: a new rule about 'tone,' applied retroactively to his old messages. He appealed; they created another rule about 'community fit.' He asked for specifics; they created another about 'vibes.' Eventually, he was banned for 'continued failure to meet community standards'—standards that had been created specifically to fail him."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026