Every time I post a reply to a thread, the moderators swarm all over me like enraged hornets! I am, once again, currently “under review for posting privileges”.
Tell me, are the only questions/statements/thoughts allowed on this forum those that fit within very narrow politically approved guidelines?
Someone explain how that fits in with the "Diversity is our strength"and “We are united in our diversity” slogans? Or does “Diversity Rules” only last as long as it fits a very narrow self serving agenda?
Just don’t be a Dufus.
GQ is for questions with factual answers (opinions, not so much).
Threadshitting and trolling are frowned upon.
Attacking other posters is (mostly) forbidden.
etc, etc.
I’m not sure where you’re getting those slogans, but this board’s slogan is “Fighting ignorance since 1973; it’s taking longer than we thought.”
On that note, as others said, you’re going to want to read the forum rules and post appropriately-themed posts in the proper forums. If you want to go off on a political tangent, keep that in Great Debates, Elections, or the BBQ Pit.
Since the OP is really a question about the Board, it’s rules, it’s policies, etc., this one needs moved from General Questions to ATMB. So moved. Seconded. All in favor–I.
If you’re posting that link to reinforce your argument that your particular political views are being repressed, it’s an exceptionally bad example.
In the GQ forum, political jabs are verboten, doubly so if they are totally off-topic political jabs. Like others have said, it’s probably a good idea if you read the rules before you complain about how they are enforced.
Playing nice means exactly the same thing it meant in kindergarten, be respectful, try to follow the rules(every newbie(me)makes mistakes), admit when you are wrong, be prepared to back up your arguments with facts(we like citations) and have fun
OOOO KKKK, I’m studying the rules, I’ll shut the fuck up for a while… It’s a lot like the shows on TV about prison life…sheesh, I’ll smuggle in a tattoo gun and charge all you guys extra!!
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Forum member needs to buy a clue
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Put a link in your OP next time and people would more easily be able to answer your question.
There are sticky threads in every forum explaining the rules. Read them. Follow them. If you violate the rules in a particular forum you will be smacked by a mod…and, eventually banned. My guess is you are already on thin ice, so you might want to think about that, assuming you want to stick around here.
The thread was in GQ…you are pretty clearly in violation of the forum rules and deserved the mod smack you got. See? That was easy.
Nope…it has more to do with following the rules, which you didn’t. You obviously didn’t even know there WERE rules for the various forums out there…you didn’t bother even asking or checking into it before weighing in on a thread in GQ with a political rant that had nothing to do with the question being asked in the OP and totally disregarded the rules you didn’t bother looking for. :smack:
There are posters on this board from all the points on the political compass, including compass points in lots of other countries that don’t remotely resemble those in the US. The key to surviving on this board has nothing to do with what your political orientation is…it has to do with how good an argument you can make, how good you are at making it, how good you are at backing it up…and whether you are smart enough to learn the rules and the boards ways and modifying your posting style to accommodate both factors. Or whether you don’t, and you bull ahead without regard to the rules or the boards culture. In which case you’ll be banned and can move on to some other board. The choice is yours.
Since the OP has now been suspended for 30 days for repeated rule violations (which he has already had explained to him several times), I am closing this thread.
Perhaps by the time the suspension is up he will have bought a clue.
On just about every internet forum, there’s a Registration Agreement and/or Terms of Service article that you’re supposed to read before you sign up. These articles are usually in the first forum listed.