Accusation of Moderator misconduct.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

From the "how many have been vaccinated" thread;

MX5Biologist said:

My posts won't exist for much longer, as I have requested my account to be deleted. At least one of the moderators has been banning people for reporting posts that contain objectionable content, ie a moderator is seeking to promote objectionable content. I cannot be part of that.

The inference is that anyone who reports a post/poster for spreading questionable science/propaganda is then being banned themselves.

Is this open for discussion? It's quite an accusation to make and certainly not something I'd imagine our fearless moderators to get up to.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Without getting too involved in something that doesn't involve me, I can quite confidently say that nobody has been banned for reporting a specific post or type of post and that the moderating team are not, and do not, ban people for holding a particular belief unless it is used for trolling/misinformation.

I think if MX5biologist feels this is incorrect they should contact Ben who would look into it further but I feel they are maybe overreacting slightly to the situation.

[valiant]

As you’re here Rotrex, can you give us an insight into Byker being instantly banned from the Trump thread, a thread that you yourself as a mod have posted on numerous times, and why Rule 16 seems to have been invoked almost on a whim as his posting style and content hasn’t changed in all the time the Trump thread been active?

[The Rotrex Kid]

valiant said:

As you’re here Rotrex, can you give us an insight into Byker being instantly banned from the Trump thread, a thread that you yourself as a mod have posted on numerous times, and why Rule 16 seems to have been invoked almost on a whim as his posting style and content hasn’t changed in all the time the Trump thread been active?

I can't comment on that at the moment, it's an ongoing discussion.

[anonymous-user]

the interactions i've had with the many banned posters, really doesn't suprise me. They are probably the experts in the field, but this is a gen pop forum, and they end up coming across very condescending in their responses and forum activity.

[bitchstewie]

It doesn't seem unreasonable to ask what can and cannot be posted from other sites.

I don't want to be banned or see threads deleted (mine or anyone else's) for posting a tweet for example which is public by their very nature but might fall foul of rule 16 depending how it's being interpreted.

[valiant]

bhstewie said:

It doesn't seem unreasonable to ask what can and cannot be posted from other sites.

I don't want to be banned or see threads deleted (mine or anyone else's) for posting a tweet for example which is public by their very nature but might fall foul of rule 16 depending how it's being interpreted.

You wanna be careful. It’s insta-ban nowadays.

[The Rotrex Kid]

I think the original question has been answered for now.