The Moderator Thread

[vivster]

RolStoppable said:

vivster said:
I remember that time when they banned that poor bloke for 5 days because he made a lighthearted joke that could've been interpreted in any way. The mod's rational was that the person obviously hated the Nintendo Switch. That bloke went on to be one of the first people on this forum to preorder a Switch.

So yeah, sometimes mods moderate too much. Though I also blame the report system which is obviously flawed.

While one can feel for this specific poor bloke and his intentions for posting, using (future) console ownership as justification for trolling is incredibly flawed. Right now I am getting flashbacks of people who seriously said that they own a Wii, so they can bash it all they want. Of course this goes for any console, so just because someone owns a PS4 and XB1, for example, but repeatedly slams the PS4 in his posts, doesn't mean that such behavior should be tolerated and exempt from moderation.

In this particular case though there was no evidence that the poor bloke made this harmless joke out of contemption. It was merely conjecture. I bet that it didn't even occur to the mod that it could've just been a harmless quip in a thread that was already overflowing with contentless hype posts anyway.

While ownership might not be a reason or justification for flaming it definitely validates criticism. Firstly because that person actually owns the thing he is criticizing and as such has first hand information and secondly that it's an actual purchased product that demands criticism by the person who actually put money for it on the table, be it positive or negative.

Ownership might also be an indication that the hate for a certain product can't be too strong, especially in case of a preorder.