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DirtBasedSoap posted...

yeah but arent they literally just suspending him for complaining about getting suspended?

LinkPizza posted...

SusanGreenEyes posted...

I don't understand why a user can't talk about getting suspended.
It makes no sense to me.

I think you can talk about it. There's no rule against it, AFAIK.

It's always been against the rules to talk about moderations. The idea being that they modded your post in the first place because they wanted whatever content was in it off the site for some reason, and by bringing it up again, you're just putting whatever they modded right back up again (or at least alluding to it). They rarely enforce this, though, unless the poster is posting screenshots of their disputes, or just have an absolute garbage moderation history.

Technically, it's actually considered flaming/trolling to complain about the mods at all, because the mods ARE also users her (flaming), and the assumption is that the sole purpose of doing so is to stir up trouble and try to prod a reaction out of the mod who dealt with you (trolling), but they rarely enforce that one either. Usually they'll only go after someone if they have a terrible record and someone marks them for it.

Speaking of which...



Hard_Light posted...

then the third suspension was for posting "spoilers" despite everyone else in the topic talking about the thing with no spoiler warnings either

What you (and most people who complain about "unfair" moderations) never seem to get is that yes, you CAN get modded for something other people are doing and getting away with, because mods don't scan entire topics looking for things to punish. Most of the time, they never initiate moderations at all.

Mods deal with posts because other people mark them. The more people mark a specific post, the closer to the front of the queue it moves, and the faster mods will deal with it. If you're getting modded for things other people are doing and getting away with, it means people are marking your posts and not theirs.

If the unfairness of it all bothers you, just go and mark everyone else's posts that are doing the same thing you did, in the hopes that they'll also be dealt with. Just be aware that on a board that purges topics as quickly as PotD, they may not get to their posts fast enough to matter if you're the only one marking them. Also keep in mind that, when other people DON'T have a constant history of deletions, warnings, and suspensions on their user map, they can usually get away with things the mods will come down harder on you for, because in their eyes you're clearly a troublemaker.

If you're constantly getting modded all the time, it implies you've annoyed at least a few people on the board enough that they're probably constantly marking any post you make that's even remotely close to being against the ToS. Which implies you might want to tone things down a little, at least until people get over it or at least your moderation history clears over time.


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