axumblade said:
I was looking through my PMs and I didn't see anything about that specific instance anywhere near the date you said you send the response. Did you send me a specific PM or did you send an email to the mods@vgchartz.com email? That email no longer works is the reason which I ask. |
It was a specific PM, direct reply to the moderation message. 11th of February 2013 from my view (I'm Australian, so it might be 10th for you).
But anyway, my point was that my ban was for using the word "fanboy", even though it wasn't meant as an attack (the purpose was to say "you know Sony", with that fact being used to then say "Sony contradicts your argument"), while the other person's use of the word, which was ignored entirely, was a broad attack on multiple people. Yet I also said I didn't want him banned, because even his wasn't meant as a full-fledged personal attack, but as a rhetorical device. I explicitly just asked for recognition of the facts in the case, in the hopes that it might spark some discussion amongst moderators. Which I suppose is the same sort of thing as the reason why Rol made this thread.
There seems to be an automatic rule being applied that any use of the words "troll" and "fanboy" in direct reference to another person leads to a warning or ban (even if the use is either blatantly accurate or entirely non-insulting), while broad but indirect uses, and statements that effectively call people them without using the words themselves get a free pass.
In short, I think there needs to be a little less "letter of the law" and a little more "spirit of the law". When it says "Do not personally insult other users. This includes calling them fanboys or trolls.", the key term is "personally insult", not the words "fanboy" and "troll". I would assume that the rule was established to say "keep the discussion civil". That doesn't seem to be how it's being applied, though, as people seem to get away with rather blatant attacks, just as long as they keep away from certain words, or at least keep from using them in direct reference to a specific member.
