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The WoW forums have a moderation policy known as the "Penalty Volcano."
It's kind of how things are set up here. Â Little things get deleted. Â More serious things get you a very brief ban (like, several hours or days). Â More serious things incur more serious punishments - several weeks or months. Â Extreme things net you a permanent ban.
However, lots of little things can add up to a more serious punishment, and lots of fairly "eh" things can eventually net you a permanent ban if (and this is a big "if") you ignore the final warning you're given before that permanent ban. Â To make sure that you aren't unfairly judged based on your past behavior, they delete all of your previous posts when you receive that final warning (which is generally accompanied by a long forum vacation) so that no one can go back and report them to try to get you permanently banned.
However, in general they don't give a fig for attitude - you can be as snarky and mean as you want, as long as you don't engage in personal attacks, harassment, name-calling, doxxing or real-life threats. They also won't moderate posts unless someone specifically reports the post in question.
Some people really hate that style of forum moderation, but I'm so used to it at this point that sometimes I blink when I see what's moderated here, because it's just so strange to me.
It's kind of how things are set up here. Â Little things get deleted. Â More serious things get you a very brief ban (like, several hours or days). Â More serious things incur more serious punishments - several weeks or months. Â Extreme things net you a permanent ban.
However, lots of little things can add up to a more serious punishment, and lots of fairly "eh" things can eventually net you a permanent ban if (and this is a big "if") you ignore the final warning you're given before that permanent ban. Â To make sure that you aren't unfairly judged based on your past behavior, they delete all of your previous posts when you receive that final warning (which is generally accompanied by a long forum vacation) so that no one can go back and report them to try to get you permanently banned.
However, in general they don't give a fig for attitude - you can be as snarky and mean as you want, as long as you don't engage in personal attacks, harassment, name-calling, doxxing or real-life threats. They also won't moderate posts unless someone specifically reports the post in question.
Some people really hate that style of forum moderation, but I'm so used to it at this point that sometimes I blink when I see what's moderated here, because it's just so strange to me.
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