Agree, and more information when guidelines are enforced. I got a pm indicating I'd gotten points for something that was apparently either political or religious, but no mention of what exact post it was or what was egregious. It seemed like a auto-generated message. I have to assume whatever it was, the action was in response to somebody reporting it.
I can't avoid repeating a violation if I don't know what it was.
I posted a non-political article from a website that apparently some people don't like. They reported it, but I didn't get points and as far as I know, the article wasn't removed. The moderator made a comment on the thread, but when I asked the mod what the guidelines were for posting articles He had no idea what I was talking about. I guess if you can't remember a post from 15 minutes ago then you are getting way too many people reporting things they don't agree with.
Oh HECK no!!!!
All news websites have a political bias but not all articles on those websites are political This article certainly was not. If certain websites are going to trigger people than no articles shoukd be posted at all. I was just agreeing with your original post that people will report anything they dislike.
The Terms and rules can be found at the bottom of the page. Read the rules and guidelines -- they are pretty clear and easy to follow. There is an explanation about points at the bottom of the Guidelines page. When someone posts something that breaks the rules, usually they first receive a warning to let them know that what they did was wrong, so they can avoid it in the future. It depends on the level of the infraction. Sometimes it can be something obviously huge and deliberate -- when a warning would be too little, too late. If points are given, the poster will receive notice of this and the reason why. This is not arbitrary or deceptive. Mods are not trying to mess with you. We are trying to keep these boards running in a peaceful, family friendly way. Does this make sense?
Makes sense. Except I have been banned from a thread with no explanation at all from whichever mod did it.
It would probably be the mod in charge of the board where that thread resides. At least, that is where I would start looking.
Thanks. I'll start a conversation with the usual mod for there and see how it goes. I suspect it wasnt that mod that did it though as others have said they are usually good at communicating the reason in advance and generally sticking to the guidelines you mentioned.
