Let's say someone here PMs another poster with a credible threat of violence or even murder. What would be the appropriate response? Should the mods be alerted? Or the police?

What would you do?

You did write credible, but I’ll partly ignore that, and say that there are three main options with various ways to handle it, even inside those three:

1. You see it as a tough talk, banter, and either ignore, go for peace, or respond in a similar way.

2. You do see it as a really angry nasty attack, but they live far away, so you’re not afraid they will come to your house. However, it might be time to notify the mods.

3. It’s a credible, legit threat, you fear for your life. The bar for this should be very high on RM. But if you genuinely do, notify the mods and the police.

Standard RM policy would require a run of bad song puns be involved at the very least.

What the fuck

Sorry

Is the threat directed towards the recipient or a third poster?

Challenge then to a duel

The mods can't help you, what are they going to do? I mean, if rudd was standing next to you, he would definitely help you. But he's many miles away. You should tell the mods so they can ban the user, but also take precaution in the real world

I think you’re underestimating ruddo a bit.

I hope this didn’t really happen, Jorge

this happened to me. Lenny threatened to jack my jaw.

We're speaking strictly hypothetically here, mostly

What kind of real world precautions? Like a shield or something?

Some kind of body armor? What do you mean

Reveal your truth, Jorge. What happened here?

A gun, a hired guard, pepper spray, move apartments, whatever you need to do. Stay safe, we need you

Do we need to start shopping around for a replacement Jorge?

"be the bigger person and ignore it"

Thread title sounds like a Jeremy Saulnier movie

The list of possible suspects is incredibly long.