It has been ZERO DAYS since a moderator actually did something in General Discussion

[DamianFatale]

Regrettably, without sufficient moderation, posting about LGBT+ on this forum is a bait thread with a toxic subject. Even if the original poster has genuine good intent, all the anti-supporters and trolls come to it and the mods let it simmer for days if not weeks.

(Edit to add: This is not to say it isn't a bad thing that they choose to ignore so many other threads while closing that one. But they aren't just picking on a topic that gets discussed nicely.)

The thing is, they have ignored all the hate threads about women, toxic masculinity, and alt right views, but selectively picked the LGBT+ forum post to close. It's a common mindset that straight people have, and while it often means well, it can be harmful, and limiting to discussion. Often the haters will strawman the idea that they won, and got the LGBT+ thread closed. I already saw people saying that on here. The moderators should take a step back and make sure that they aren't just shutting down LGBT+ pages that get out of hand, but also shutting down the straight ones, or else you're just unknowingly adding to the piles of rampant homophobia, racism, transphobia, and sexism in our game community.

On top of that, they need to make a firm stance that homophobia, racism, transphobia, and sexism are NOT allowed period. We know its in the ToS, but unless they actually come out of the woodwork and say it once in awhile, these hateful minded people will often act like they are entitled to be awful to us for whatever stupid reason they can come up with. Like I said, even when its parody, it often mimics, and becomes reality. It's very common for things to be a joke for awhile, and then suddenly become real, or for it to already be real. I wish people were more aware of this, and made smarter behavior choices.