Don't agree with this at all. It was pretty obvious what got you banned and what didn't after a while. Needless to say, the transparency on Era is very welcome still, especially for those who weren't long time posters or lurkers on that other site.
I can't say I agree on the posting thing. The strict moderation and intolerance for bullshit (which ERA will continue mind you) meant higher quality threads and replies. The intolerance for one word replies or just trolls was very refreshing in an age of social media where every moron can find his/her audience with minimal effort.
It isn't. If you were scared to post, odds are you knew your posts weren't that great. The other place was moderated well for the most part and so is Era so far. I do find the revisionism about the other place on here a little concerning. I lived through threads like "Summoning other players/NPCs in Souls makes bosses trivial and you should feel bad" but you were too terrified to post? Come on, be real.
Uh I mean I'm pretty sure that's toxic for MS fans and will still get you banned here. I agree the banning was too harsh though. I like the transparency and warnings here, though some mods give time limits (in the ban message), others don't?
Yea idk what that's all about. It is my hope that RE will be moderated similarly, just with more discretion and transparency.
I agree with you. I had some terrible gaming opinions and I defended a dude writing about Princess Peach and also complained pretty heavily about Kotaku and Polygon without catching anything. (Still got shit for that though, deserved)
Funny this is the same thing said over there and how they feel safer now to post.
I had 30k+ posts in the old place and cranked them out without a care in the world. When I see posts like "I was banned on there just for misspelling a word!" my immediate thought is that they're hiding the real reason they were banned. Not to say there was never an unjust ban by any means, but from my experience it was uncommon.
Truth. Posted tons of times on the old forum, copped a ban maybe once? Then again, if you never got even a day or week ban, you never truly lived lol
Agreed. Put mildly, I have my reservations about the "I can finally speak up" crowd. Especially when they spout revisionist nonsense about what they believe would have gotten them banned.
Well..depending if on you we're a junior, permabanning may have been much, but that abbreviation is pretty childish and stirs things up in a hurry.
Despite what others are saying, you're not at all wrong. Moderation makes or breaks a forum. What was once broken now appears to be corrected. It was eye opening going to Slaent after the old place and seeing how you can have a board free from racism, sexism etc etc without the oppressive moderation.
Sorry, but like what?
Seriously. This place is absolutely great. The moderation team and the people who got this forum up and running are amazing.
Transparency issue aside, I think many posters just can't distinguish what constitutes blantant drive-by system warring at the old place.
Yes, the owner has issue, we established that
Being "scared" of posting isn't quite as ridiculous as you're making it seem.
There is literally someone who is now a mod of this forum who was banned on only the shakiest of grounds on the other site. There is another mod of this forum who voluntarily left the other site after getting constantly attacked and accused of shilling because of his positive take on certain games. It's great that you had a nice experience on the other site, but I don't really see the value in combatively defending the place at this point.
Well, you're a very friendly, sunshiny person to make the new flock feel all welcome and all...
