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AngryLittleAlchemist on 14 September 2017
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So i'm not trying to be rude or anything but I really have to ask about the validity of my recent ban.

I mean "oh shut up" is seriously something really worth moderating?

First of all, the context of that was not to be inflammatory, but to deflate the posters exaggeration. The same as waving a finger or a hand. It wasn't like "SHUT UP YOU IDIOTIC STUPID C*NT" (I'm only using cap locks as an example, not mad) , it was like "Oh shut up with that exaggeration". I can't explain it well, but i'm sure that that context has been used before when saying "Oh shut up"

Even if it was inflammatory though, is that seriously something worth moderating? "Shut up"? I mean, the guy and me - we had a perfectly fine conversation with no fights or ill will towards each other. And it's not like I was stopping serious discussion in the thread. I didn't respond to every user with "oh shut up!" My interactions in the thread were fine, whether or not you agree with my admittedly shitty opinions. The guy was a nice dude and we had a perfectly fine back and forth.

This was also a POLITICAL THREAD, whether it's called such or not. Political threads are usually filled with toxic behavior and usually warnings are distributed before bans due to the nature of politics. Yet I got a straight to a ban because I say something as mundane as "oh shut up"? I don't even think that's toxic really.

Like I can get if I literally replied with toxic comment after toxic comment, or tried to stop discussion with it over and over again. But it just seems like a really unfair and odd ban to be honest. I would have emailed the mod, but I couldn't figure out how to. I'm not really upset about not being able to post for 3 days, but given that I went from no bans for 7 and a half months to a ban over shut up - having that on my record just seems really disappointing. If I get banned again for a legitimate reason I'll have a much larger ban length over something that just seems trivial.

This is the post in question : http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8554646

I'll admit that looking back on it the comment is low quality and filled with bad arguments, but I don't really see anything wrong with the post from a moderation standpoint. Even the cuss words aren't used in a rude way.