US PoliEra 2024 |OT 1| Doom Eternal
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Imagine getting banned for presenting nuanced facts, I swear we would look as dumb as r/antiwork on Fox News if ResetERA mods ever represented us on mainstream media outlets
Inflammatory commentary is often the most vague ban reason and we never get a clear answer on what it actually means. It's very frustrating.
Nice timing, too, almost right after the SotU when rhetoric was just starting to become more encouraging around here again. Guess we're not supposed to feel any positivity about the upcoming election, while the doomers are given free reign to cast their pall everywhere.
This ban, quite frankly, is bullshit. The moderation here lately has been all over the place and I'm sure I'll get in trouble for pointing it out. Its plain as day that some moderators specifically have a very clear bias and are waiting to pull the trigger on anyone they can remotely interpret negatively to justify a ban.
I don't even agree with some of the posts, but holy shit, can people not share their perspective as long as it isn't supporting atrocities? There has to be some margin of discourse that's allowed where people can disagree and debate without it just being banned. I know I've personally disengaged most threads as it's very obvious that certain mods will ban anyone they can interpret negatively with zero allowance for discourse.
What does inflammatory commentary mean? I don't understand
I can safely assume we've lost here the plot when we have mods who are defending hamas (and I imagine many of us know exactly who those mods are). I'd hope there would eventually be a moment where they'd grow up and realize the world is way more nuanced than "America bad, therefore anyone who hates them is good", but it's pretty apparent that's not going to happen.
It wouldn't surprise me if this forum just ended up on a watch list for antisemitism some day, with how things are going.
the commentary was made specifically to anger/rile people up.
If a good-faith argument angers/riles someone up, that sounds like a problem with the person reading it, not writing it.
Yeah I had the same thought. It was nice while it lasted I guess.
Meanwhile, we have posters on this forum freely accuse other posters here of literally "supporting fascism" without valid evidence and are allowed to skate with no moderation whatever. Somehow, that's not "inflammatory", though. Jfc
In the SOTU thread there's someone who said that it felt like the people praising Biden didn't care about Gaza. Nah, that's not inflammatory at all.
It seems odd to me that a post is so inflammatory it's worthy of a one month ban, while that same post afaict had zero replies to it.
View: https://x.com/atrupar/status/1766194429507805283?s=61&t=q8xEhzK9saAgepqotan8qQ
Biden should just say yes and put the onus on Trump.
Ownership should really just come right out and say what the official Era position is on these things.
I'm actually surprised I wasn't banned for saying "Hamas also refuses to agree to the ceasefire under negotiations with Egyptian and Qatari intermediaries."
I'm actually surprised I wasn't banned for saying "Hamas also refuses to agree to the ceasefire under negotiations with Egyptian and Qatari intermediaries."
I've definitely been posting less and less here ever since 10/7
Entirely plausible that a bunch of users mass reported that post and a mod knee-jerk banned Brady because of it. It happens far too often and nothing is addressed for that.
The length probably takes his history into account, but you have a point about how can it be inflammatory if no one even reacted to it.
I know you're in the thread, but in the Community Discussion thread people have asked several times for clarification on whether people are allowed to call for the destruction of Israel with no answer.
Unless they've changed things, it takes more than one mod though.
But we've been told that bans are a group discussion...
That's the way it always was when I was a mod. Even Cerium would report posts for us to discuss instead of unilaterally banning people.
I absolutely agree. I'm not a super poster here by any means and I mostly lurk know BECAUSE of the shift in moderation over the past few years. Specifically a few who seem to operate without any consequences. It's deflating, uninviting, kills discourse, and is, frankly, immature.
Everyone is just guessing what's appropriate and what isn't. The bans have no consistency. And even questioning things or bringing them up can get you banned or a target on your back. There a huge need for:
- Better communication
- Better transparency
- More mature responses and engagement from mods
- Accountability for admins and mods TO the community
- Room for discourse
- Clear guidelines on what is allowed and what isn't AND what will happen if it isn't followed
Yes, but if you know, you know. I think mods are "assigned" threads that probably overlap with their own interest. I remember someone popping up in the NFL OT to warn someone about trash talking, and that kind of resulted in widespread confusion for a second, and they said they were the Sports Guy. (I think.)
Besides, it's a group decision anyway, I thought.
Brady gets actioned because factual information is "inflammatory." Meanwhile, comments like the above are totally fine, apparently. What a joke.
I wonder how many would even report that though. Like it is more tame of a post that will be here than most regarding the I/P conflict.
When I was in, it wasn't like it was an official thing, but like if there was something lin like the NBA thread, we might wait to get the opinion of the mod that posted in there a lot as they're more familiar with the community dynamics and the back and forths that go on.
Yep, that was exactly what Sports Mod said. Basically word for word. So that policy seems intact.
Hey, can you actually report that sort of thing please? We'd very much like to ban people who say that.
In this case I'm curious as to what was unanimous about it.
It's not really a discussion forum anymore. It's not a place to learn about the world or people who have different life experiences, knowledge, and opinions the way it used to be. Resetera has become a support group that exists to reinforce a specific, pessimistic, fringe political ideology, and exclude any users and facts that contradict it.
I've reported people for anti-semitism. I think the button might be broken.
How about this one?
AP: Democrat voters angry at Biden back him anyway to stop Trump
yeah, it was heinous - but that's the dem party. they're doing it now with muslim voters, and from the tone of this thread, its working thank you the amount of people professing antifascism while fully accepting it when its coming from their team is...well, decisively liberal also this...
www.resetera.com
No moderation action taken. 🤦♀️
If posts are reported but no action is made, how would we know?
Reported, but I didn't do it initially after my report for Chief Malik calling ResetEra his enemies was ignored.
There's really a feeling like one side gets to shit on the community and push back get ignored or punished.
Also, while you're here, can we finally get clarification on whether members are allowed to call for the destruction of Israel? It's a nation that has existed for generations at this point, longer than many other nations that I have to imagine would be harshly banned if members called for their destruction.
Last night I reported the comment I posted further up on this page. No action. If Brady's comment meets the standard for "inflammatory," I'd love to know how that one (or others like it) doesn't.
Seems like the issue isn't on the user's failing to report offending posts, but the lack of communication regarding reports that are not actioned.
I stopped reporting most thread derails and trolling posts a long time ago when nothing happened with them. Guess we just have different definitions.
Posters I can ignore, easily. Not looking to ban anyone, just to keep threads from being shitted up all the time.
Posters I can ignore, easily. Not looking to ban anyone, just to keep threads from being shitted up all the time.
Shit, at least it wasn't perma. Just gotta wait a month to get Brady's valuable takes on polls.
I used to get angry about this stuff but there's no stopping it, y'know? On a long enough timeline everyone on this forum gets cooked eventually. We're a unity of convenience. Enjoy engaging with others here while you can, and build relationships with people in reality as your primary goal.
I used to get angry about this stuff but there's no stopping it, y'know? On a long enough timeline everyone on this forum gets cooked eventually. We're a unity of convenience. Enjoy engaging with others here while you can, and build relationships with people in reality as your primary goal.
Funny thing is there were more inflammatory posts made by Brady before that DIDN'T get actioned. If it was something more heated in rhetoric, then I'd at least get it. This is just him explaining the situation as somewhat objectively as possible.
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