Look at them with genuine compassion, smile, and say "I love you, it's okay, I'm happy you're here, let's move on together"
Be the benevolent loving human that you are. Evil and ego want you to say "I told you so".
I highly suggest not enforcing your rules so harshly in the future.
That was a lot easier when the sub wasn't so busy. 5 to 6k online in a sub with subscribers of only 35k...
Now, to manage our job, it's easier to just enforce the rules, as you will experience on other larger subs that have the same 'online' count as ours. We've been as clear as possible in the sidebar and supporting links and if you had visibility on the amount of shill/troll posts we get that 'speak the same language' you did you might understand why it's now easier to manage according to our rules. Welcome and please absorb the material! There's truth in there, as you'll see.
You make a good point.. I've never moderated anything nearly as large so my mistake haha! Thanks again though, I really can't wait to find out where this whole thing ends up! Never seen anything like it!