Genuine Question Here

[Nav_Fae]

Everyone's in favour of heavy moderation thinking that all the trolls will be gone, until one day you or your friend is hit with a permanent ban for a minor offence. Best be careful what you wish for.

I been on these forums since 2.X and that's exactly what happened back then. There was a boycott of the forums back then over it cause people's friends were getting banned. I remember there being a couple people who were getting 20 - 30 likes per post, and for lack of a better term, had simps following them. Then one day they got banned for reasons that were never really made aware. Then it happened to two or three more equally fan favorited people and then the forums started to not be taken as seriously after that. The forum echo chamber has always been here, it's just shifted into other directions over the years. But back when we did have moderation, there were other problems with the forums we were dealing with.

[Carin-Eri]

I been on these forums since 2.X and that's exactly what happened back then. There was a boycott of the forums back then over it cause people's friends were getting banned. I remember there being a couple people who were getting 20 - 30 likes per post, and for lack of a better term, had simps following them. Then one day they got banned for reasons that were never really made aware. Then it happened to two or three more equally fan favorited people and then the forums started to not be taken as seriously after that. The forum echo chamber has always been here, it's just shifted into other directions over the years. But back when we did have moderation, there were other problems with the forums we were dealing with.

Sad fact is, they're not really under any obligation to inform anyone they whack with the ban-hammer why they did so.

I mean, I was banned from the forum of a game I used to play - I was never informed why, but its more than fair to assume it was because I had the audacity to criticize the CM for producing, over a period of eight years, poor quality and badly written, blogs full of spelling mistakes and incorrect dates (as said CM would copy-paste text from older blogs but fail to amend the dates) and url links that didn't work. I guess it also didn't help that I said he didn't deserve the promotion he received too, since it was a clear-cut case of failing upwards. I did at least neglect to comment on how easily offended he was during the Livestreams he did, and how sarcastic and insulting he responses often were - but eitherway, said criticism earned me a permaban on that game's forum.