I Got A Warning In The Boards For Harasment

Rainfall··6 votes·652 views

For telling someone to
Man up this is the internet anyone can tell you anything http://imgur.com/a/kKX9H

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ModUlanopo8 votes

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I think your post failed two out of those three criteria. If you didn't have anything productive to add to that thread, you could have stayed out.

Moooose32 votes

Where's the fun in that though?

PandaPenyihir1 votes

the world ain't all sun shine and rainbows, you won't be finding true, kind and necessary things every where, the world isn't your big college campus safe space.

Friendly Ram1 votes

you forgot fun. fun is always good.

NinjaGuy691 votes

I think your post failed two out of those three criteria. If you didn't have anything productive to add to that thread, you could have stayed out.

Do you ever get tired of responding to the trolls who feign ignorance over a punishment or people who come on the Player Behavior board just to complain in general? I told Nami that she should probably sticky a lot of the stuff she says (especially about Naming and Shaming because people don't read the rules). It would probably make the work a lot less tedious and repetitive for you.

What's your end game here Ulanopo?

ModUlanopo1 votes

Tired? Not really. I mean, I've been around forever. If the repetition was going to get to me, it probably would have done so long ago.

As for the tediousness, that's an interesting question. I created the Knowledge Base back on the TBI for just the purpose you describe, It both worked and it didn't, if that makes any sense. It informed a lot of people and helped spark the volunteers in the TBI, but using macros turned out to be cold and distancing. Keyru is very much against macros and I'm pretty much there myself. Some things require a routine response, but that doesn't mean formulaic.

I can't speak to my end game, as I don't have one.

Eternal Torment1 votes

i really hope you don't mind me "borrowing" this Picture for future "Research" purposes >_> huehuehue

######i regret nothing, senpai

ModAttysu The Poro3 votes

Hello! I was the one who posted the warning, and I admit I most definitely should have explained the reason for removal better. That is a mistake I made, and I will use this mistake to improve myself in the future.

However, I feel context is needed to understand why this post was removed. The post in question is here, in which a player explains that someone made a joke about their father in game, who died in front of him. It was a sensitive topic to him, and he was clearly upset. You then proceeded to comment, "Man up this is the internet anyone can tell you anything."

Telling someone they have to stifle their emotions from something that is sensitive to them, especially a death of someone dear to them, is very damaging to a person in terms of their experiences. It's almost demeaning to them, as if what they're feelings are somehow unjust or unnecessary. That is why it was removed. If you have any other questions, we are free to talk in the Boards Moderation Discord, and I do again apologize for not being 100% clear on the reasoning in the original deleted post.

scazzman1 votes

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Hello! I was the one who posted the warning, and I admit I most definitely should have explained the reason for removal better. That is a mistake I made, and I will use this mistake to improve myself in the future.

However, I feel context is needed to understand why this post was removed. The post in question is here, in which a player explains that someone made a joke about their father in game, who died in front of him. It was a sensitive topic to him, and he was clearly upset. You then proceeded to comment, "Man up this is the internet anyone can tell you anything."

Telling someone they have to stifle their emotions from something that is sensitive to them, especially a death of someone dear to them, is very damaging to a person in terms of their experiences. It's almost demeaning to them, as if what they're feelings are somehow unjust or unnecessary. That is why it was removed. If you have any other questions, we are free to talk in the Boards Moderation Discord, and I do again apologize for not being 100% clear on the reasoning in the original deleted post.

that still doesnt beat the time i got me a 24 hour boards suspension for saying how if i were to lose my account to a permaban i would likely kill myself. and the mod told me "its not a cool thing to joke about" and threatened me with a permanent boards suspension

i actually had to check myself into a mental ward that night

ModAttysu The Poro1 votes

I'm sorry that happened to you! Unfortunately we can't help you with that kind of situation, and sometimes when things like that are brought up, we take it down and reach out to the player about resources they might want to use if they are feeling that way, as the responses you could get could negatively impact you or others on the boards.

scazzman1 votes

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I'm sorry that happened to you! Unfortunately we can't help you with that kind of situation, and sometimes when things like that are brought up, we take it down and reach out to the player about resources they might want to use if they are feeling that way, as the responses you could get could negatively impact you or others on the boards.

the mod thought i was joking. and then when i publicly called them out and said i wasnt joking, they slapped me with a suspension i assume to intimidate me into shutting up. im almost tempted to sue them for my hospital bill

ModAttysu The Poro1 votes

While I do not believe you can sue, if what you are saying is true, we would most likely want to further look into the situation. I'd advise you come to the Boards Moderation Discord to discuss with us the moderator who did so, etc. Do you know if it was a Moderator or a Warden/Arbiter, etc?

scazzman1 votes

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While I do not believe you can sue, if what you are saying is true, we would most likely want to further look into the situation. I'd advise you come to the Boards Moderation Discord to discuss with us the moderator who did so, etc. Do you know if it was a Moderator or a Warden/Arbiter, etc?

this was before arbiters had mod powers, and im 99% sure it was curator that issued the suspension

this was after i had gotten a 25 game chat ban, and had to uninstall the game because im literally afraid to play the game or i'l lose my account

Scary Door1 votes

It may not be a sensitive response, but that is their opinion. They didn't curse, they didn't use pejoratives and, let's be very candid, even though it was said in a harsh way it is sound advice.

If you're going to be on the internet you have to be able to endure the slings and arrows that others will hurl at you from time to time; it's a cruel world out there and unfortunately the OP was (albeit not the nicest they could have phrased it) quite accurate in their assessment.

I gave a response like that the other day, excpet I phrased it like this, "I usually just laugh it off, you can't take what people say to you in an online video game seriously, I've had death threats, been told to kill myself, get AIDS and every other possible slur and slander you can imagine, just laugh about the fact that someone is so pissed they would say something that stupid to you in the first place". I basically said, "man up" but used a different tone.

If we're punishing people on the Boards for 'tone' then that's just a sad day in forum moderation history.

ModAttysu The Poro1 votes

We're punishing because not only was it not constructive, did not truly add anything to the situation to help to OP, but it was also a very negative outlook on a negative situation. Even in the real world, if you walk up to someone and say what was said, most people would consider that very disrespectful, and said with no tact. I am all for being blunt or honest, but there is a large difference between "you have to learn to deal with it," and "your feelings are wrong get over it," which is what most got out of that comment.

Butter Cookiezzz1 votes

I feel theres a little bit more of a context.

Butter Cookiezzz1 votes

well yeah that is stupid.

Jorencice1 votes

I used to get warned all the time for calling toxic people assholes.

1 time I got a 2 week ban because I called someone who was bragging about throwing games on purpose an asshole.

That's it. Didn't harras him multiple times or anything.

Simply said. Wow your an asshole for trolling.

ModPeriscope1 votes

Maybe you named and shamed a player. That type post would not be allowed.

PandaPenyihir1 votes

This is riot we are talking about you know.

You really can barely talk about anything, say anything, or do anything, without being deemed "exercising inappropriate behavior" despite being on the internet.

It's quite literally like a college campus, only say nice things or you are an evil bad person. pretty sad

Xidphel1 votes

Man up this is the internet anyone can tell you anything

I concede that yes, anyone can tell anyone anything. I can even drop every slurs and swear word in the English library on you if I want. Doesn't mean you're free from the consequences of doing so.

Last avatarname1 votes

If I were you I would edit the imgur into the original post

Scary Door1 votes

I got a warning on the board because I told someone (exact quote), "you deserve to be banned. People that intentionally feed have no place in competitive play and it looks like you got what you deserved".

So, now, whenever someone complains that they got banned for intentionally feeding I tell them that I think it's wonderful that they fed and that I have no problem with it at all... given that, apparently, speaking out against intentional feeding is frowned upon.

There's some pretty interesting enforcement on the Boards. Pretty interesting indeed.

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