How to avoid getting banned in this forum?

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Originally Posted by Knot_D

Last time I got banned from responding a troll that makes me get a first ban because of hate speech... And it's funny because this guy I responded still not get a ban despite how much hate speech they do.

So can I ask for tips and trick how to avoid getting banned here? Or is the answer is just... not responding them? :confused:

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LMFAO

I wonder if it was TitanMen, considering your name.

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Originally Posted by M0rrigan

People taking this thread seriously when it's just one of the many titanmen's accounts mocking the forums because he obviously never got banned or removed for his constant and obvious trolling. Look at that avatar with the face and the same hat lol.

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Nah, OP isn't TitanMen. The most hilarious thing for me is to see random bystanders being accused as TitanMen alts though. That shit is funny.

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Originally Posted by M0rrigan

People taking this thread seriously when it's just one of the many titanmen's accounts mocking the forums because he obviously never got banned or removed for his constant and obvious trolling. Look at that avatar with the face and the same hat lol.

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you can get banned for the weirdest things, though
I got a week long vacation for a funny meme, for example, it didn't insult anyone
friend got banned for politely defending herself against someone that insulted her and accused her of stalking - that person didn't get banned
multiple people, who 100% got reported because they insulted others for various reasons, didn't get banned
hell, my second vacation was for saying that someone and their FC are possibly mass reporting in a thread because everyone but their instigating posts got removed (and FC members then afterwards coming into the thread to insult multiple people that thought the same lmao)

the moderation is very weird at times

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Originally Posted by kpxmanifesto

Hate speech typically refers to discrimination against someone for their ethnicity, sex, religion, etc. When you say it's not that extreme then it kind of makes me wonder if that person was merely giving their opinion about something. For example, I can say something like: "I hate omelettes, I think they're vile and disgusting." These are pretty strong words but they don't classify as hate speech. Do you remember what the topic of discussion was?

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If I remembered correctly, it was on the thread about chip shortage one...

I got banned for half a day because I was replying to someone saying their sources are incorrect in the most polite manner. My more sinister replies are still out there so I don't even know how they decide if something is against the rules, but hey, I'm not complaining lol

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Originally Posted by Knot_D

Last time I got banned from responding a troll that makes me get a first ban because of hate speech... And it's funny because this guy I responded still not get a ban despite how much hate speech they do.

So can I ask for tips and trick how to avoid getting banned here? Or is the answer is just... not responding them? :confused:

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How do you know the other person didn't get a ban? Was it an alternate account of yours?

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Originally Posted by Pells

How do you know the other person didn't get a ban? Was it an alternate account of yours?

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He still can post at another thread,and I won't mention who is it. Even I have alts, I'm not that no life lol...

Don't let people bait you into anger.

Don't call people idiots, apparently that is considered offensive language.

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Originally Posted by Rinhi

you can get banned for the weirdest things, though
I got a week long vacation for a funny meme, for example, it didn't insult anyone
friend got banned for politely defending herself against someone that insulted her and accused her of stalking - that person didn't get banned
multiple people, who 100% got reported because they insulted others for various reasons, didn't get banned
hell, my second vacation was for saying that someone and their FC are possibly mass reporting in a thread because everyone but their instigating posts got removed (and FC members then afterwards coming into the thread to insult multiple people that thought the same lmao)

the moderation is very weird at times

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Can confirm.

A certain poster had a few of us point out they were an alt of another poster that got banned for some really nasty stuff aimed at people here on the forms, and the dev team. I ended up getting a vacation due to a prior post I made addressing the original account, which they 100% dug up as a means of trying to retaliate. Despite me not using offensive language, calling their behavior something appropriate based on the vile stuff they were saying was enough to get me hit.

It really depends on the moderator who looks at it, and also who reports first. Basically has made me just decide to stick to only certain threads in the OF, as I've seen the moderation going downhill for years now - and that was kind of the last straw for me in terms of my faith in it improving.