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Gofarman
Canada646 Posts
If you think before you post there is nothing to fear. | ||
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Bereft
United States1007 Posts
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RLTY
United States965 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2011 03:00 Gofarman wrote: If I wouldn't say it to someones face I wont post it. If you think before you post there is nothing to fear. I can't apply both of those at the same time. I censor myself more here than most times IRL, depending on the situation. I'm actually not too afraid of banning, because I try not to be a jerk on other people's forums. (Relatively public ones have been known to be a slightly different story, based on the specific rules.) | ||
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Thall
Switzerland214 Posts
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baumer
United States34 Posts
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
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oob
Sweden630 Posts
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ghostsquall
United States187 Posts
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MichaelJLowell
United States610 Posts
The problem that a lot of heavily-moderated forums endure is that the ground rules for the forum don't eliminate discourtesy. Know how sports leagues banned fighting and dirty hits, which ultimately allows dirty players to become dirtier because they won't face any real repercusion? Moderation often simply changes the way forums go to flame war, i.e. "lol ur a dumbass" becomes "I do not wish to call you a dumbass at this time because your parents are trying to get you into a nice school and I do not wish to harm your emotional capacity and how it will impact your future endeavors, even though I would usually do so." It changes the playing field in a way where people can be really vicious with a smile. And that drives a lot of people nuts. I don't see much of that going on here. Maybe it happened at one point, I wouldn't know. I'm not qualified to speak about it. Since I've been posting and reading on these forums, the moderators have been pretty off-handed about letting people get their points across, so no qualms here. That said, if anyone here thinks the TeamLiquid moderators are a daily death march kind-of crowd, I can assure you: There are web sites that are far, far, far more strict. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22258 Posts
On April 03 2011 03:28 Silmakuoppaanikinko wrote: Mods are humans, and as such they have their ignorances, I've seen a lot of cases on fora where someone who was right was basically banned. I've seen cases of people being called trolls because they tried to explain the physical concept of tunneling and how there is a slight chance you can step through a wall. This is true, mods didn't know, how could they? It sounds incredible, but it's true, so they got banned while being right. It never fails - I see someone complaining about moderation, check their history, and sure enough, they've racked up quite a few warnings/bans. Hint: I'm talking about you. I will also make the connection that your "observations" are actually based on yourself, not on others. We will NEVER ban someone for simply "being wrong" (or what we perceive as being wrong) in an argument. In fact, I know there are plenty of times I've banned someone who I ever agreed with, in terms of the content they were trying to present. However, no one is banned for the argument they were trying to make. They get banned for their attitude, their delivery, their offensive/aggressive nature, etc. etc. You can be right all you want, but if you have the attitude "I'm RIGHT and you guys are fucking idiots, stfu", then guess what? You're getting banned. So, let's review your history since I guarantee it's 100% relevant here... 1st warning - created a new topic for something there were MANY existing topics on. Content irrelevant. 2nd warning - Bring up an argument in a thread were it was unrelated, thus derailing that topic. The mod even recommended creating a new topic on it. Again, content irrelevant. 1st ban - Insulting post directed at a specific contributing and long time member of the community. Content irrelevant. 2nd ban - Sarcastic/smart reply in a thread. Content irrelevant. See a trend here? None of the disciplinary action has ANYTHING to do with how "right or wrong" you were. Why? Because it doesn't matter. And if you try to claim that your vague generalizations are NOT about you, please by all means, link me to some examples. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
The one forum was for DC Universe Online, the ban was for 24 hours, and the reason was for overt hostility towards the mods when they pissed in my cheerios by changing my name (Hell apparently being inappropriate on their forums, even though it was in in-game dialogue.) I was also being incredibly hostile toward the terrible customer support and patch support the game was getting, on their forums. Bans are hard to get usually. | ||
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gongryong
Korea (South)1430 Posts
In short, just keep it level and keep things in perspective. It would truly be an anomaly to just be banned for nothing. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
HOWEVER, I think they are appropriate when they are tasteful and followed by a post that is relevant to the discussion, written in a good manner. For example, most of my posts are in the format of: One-liner Anyways/Jokes aside/Nevertheless... discussion Also... more discussion words words words Then again, I tend to write way too much to convey relatively mundane topics. Oh well. | ||
micronesia
United States24740 Posts
On April 04 2011 02:02 Facehugger wrote: I've been reading TL for years, but the strict moderation always kept me from registering here. I am not retarded poster, but sometimes I write something silly or what I think is funny, that's just the way I am, but from my internet experience I wouldn't be banned for that anywhere, except TL. My point being, TL moderation team made some kind of iron curtain from the rest of the internet. But maybe that's the main goal of TL staff? Less active users won't generate more page visits or more sponsors. Everything else is pretty much great on TL(especially the e-sports coverage), but more easy atmosphere would be appreciated. Most of the users are literate and read the first commandment when logging in, but do you really throw away guests from your house when they make an occasional joke? Just because you are grumpy it doesn't mean everyone else didn't like it. TL doesn't value money and sponsorships over the quality of the community... even now. TL also doesn't ban people because they 'make an occasional joke'. A lot of the things you enjoy about the community would be worse if there was the 'easier atmosphere' you wanted. I'm not saying there aren't always better ways to make the community more accessible to new users or anything like that, though. | ||
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Marl
United States694 Posts
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micronesia
United States24740 Posts
On April 04 2011 11:38 Teogamer wrote: I got warned for the first time for posting a picture of Bobby Kotick amidst a few pages of people raging about LAN when the 40minute MVP vs dimaga game DC'd. Pretty lame IMO, don't see how that could offend anyone that doesn't not want there to be LAN. Er we don't allow people to just post a single silly picture on any thread except for the funny pic thread... | ||
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Zieg
Canada4 Posts
Apparently, it offends German users. Every time it's by that Kennegit kid. User was banned for dodging a ban. | ||
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LaughingTulkas
United States1107 Posts
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micronesia
United States24740 Posts
On April 04 2011 11:40 Zieg wrote: I got banned for the username "Sieg" Apparently, it offends German users. Every time it's by that Kennegit kid. Actually you've been warned/banned by several mods over several accounts... and it's no surprise really with the attitude you have. LOL "Kennigit kid" | ||
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