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Member Since: 2/20/2012
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Originally posted by Giorgoc
I don't get why some clearly offensive comments remain without warning points.
Is there a reason for someone saying "She looks like a pregnant camel" and not getting a WP instead saying "Already Reported" for a MONTH? The user got banned that day but shouldn't he accumulate those WPs? He had the most trolling thread I've ever seen with at least 15-20 downright hateful comments and personal attacks yet one month later he's back.
If getting banned stops the other reported posts from giving deserved warning points how does one gather 20 of them? Just wondering!
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Once I asked a mod about that and got this as an answer.
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From the looks at the time line of things, he was given his 10th point and sent to banland before a moderator got to this report. We don't continue to warn users after they have been sent to banland even when they still have reported posts.
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I know, they should be warned but only if they are recent posts so they can accumulate 20 active WPs and get permabanned.
I'm not a mod or anything so I can't help anymore about this issue/question.
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Member Since: 4/27/2012
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Was there a legitimate purpose in changing "TOP THREE" to "Top Three" in my rate title?
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Explain what? No one is saying there hasn't been white men shot and killed by police officers? How is this relevant? Even so, one white man being shot and killed by a Latino cop is still a drop in the bucket compared to the myriad of black youth who have had their lives taken from them.
Nice try at deflecting though, racist.
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Girl, what? How is this abrasive? I can't call a racist a racist now, mods? But that mess with the troll in his avatar can make Gabourey Sidibe threads solely to make fun of her dark skin and weight? He can came into a thread applauding every time a black person gets shot by a white cop Goosey can rationalize the murder of a black twelve year old? DivaDown can throw around the word "thug" when it's fully and blatantly obvious they want to use a racial slur? Gross.
I'm not even asking for it to be revoked, boo hoo I have a WP, whatever. But if you're gonna throw around warning points, be fair about. Mods have been protecting these racist twinks for far too long.
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Originally posted by ViTiLiGO
god i swear a black person can be a murderous beast and someone can say something in the lines of "he's a murderer" and you people will claim that person is racist.
GET OVER YOURSELVES.
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Originally posted by lancelovesgaga
Why do you all always cry racism when ever there isn't?
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Are we allowed to use gifs of people flipping each other off, like this:
Considering there's a smilie on the website that does the same thing?
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Member Since: 2/20/2012
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PSA:
To those complaining about warning points, it's not that serious. This is ATRL we're talking about.
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 1/6/2010
Posts: 4,761
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Yes can we start giving Warning Points for those that just like to insult others who have a different opinion 'Racist' when there is nothing racist about their post. What is going on here?!?!
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ATRL Moderator
Member Since: 3/18/2009
Posts: 35,164
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Originally posted by konaa
Girl, what? How is this abrasive? I can't call a racist a racist now, mods? But that mess with the troll in his avatar can make Gabourey Sidibe threads solely to make fun of her dark skin and weight? He can came into a thread applauding every time a black person gets shot by a white cop Goosey can rationalize the murder of a black twelve year old? DivaDown can throw around the word "thug" when it's fully and blatantly obvious they want to use a racial slur? Gross.
I'm not even asking for it to be revoked, boo hoo I have a WP, whatever. But if you're gonna throw around warning points, be fair about. Mods have been protecting these racist twinks for far too long.
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Give me a damn break. Why is it that everyone always comes in here with righteous indignation and completely false comparisons when they don't like a warning point they got?
You were given an abrasive warning point for the name-calling at the end of your post.
Meanwhile, if someone is making racist posts and threads, please report them, so we can warn them for the offensive content. We're not clairvoyant. We need you to bring this stuff to our attention, because it is, by the way, explicitly against the rules of ATRL.
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ATRL Moderator
Member Since: 3/18/2009
Posts: 35,164
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Originally posted by Giorgoc
I don't get why some clearly offensive comments remain without warning points.
Is there a reason for someone saying "She looks like a pregnant camel" and not getting a WP instead saying "Already Reported" for a MONTH? The user got banned that day but shouldn't he accumulate those WPs? He had the most trolling thread I've ever seen with at least 15-20 downright hateful comments and personal attacks yet one month later he's back.
If getting banned stops the other reported posts from giving deserved warning points how does one gather 20 of them? Just wondering!
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You can't warn a post once someone is banned. The only workaround is to give them a profile warning, which you all can't see.
Someone can acquire 20 points if they return from a ban with 10 multi-month points that have not expired yet and then receive 10 more before any of those expire.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by supaspaz
Meanwhile, if someone is making racist posts and threads, please report them, so we can warn them for the offensive content. We're not clairvoyant. We need you to bring this stuff to our attention, because it is, by the way, explicitly against the rules of ATRL.
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You can check the books, sis. I do consistently if others haven't already beaten me to it and they always go unwarned. But ch, let me make fun of Britney's busted knees and I'm warned within fifteen minutes. OK.
Like I said it's whatever, I don't care about my WP, you can keep it. But know that I will continue to call them racists. You can go ahead and give me my next seven points if that's an issue.
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ATRL Moderator
Member Since: 3/18/2009
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Originally posted by konaa
You can check the books, sis. I do consistently if others haven't already beaten me to it and they always go unwarned. But ch, let me make fun of Britney's busted knees and I'm warned within fifteen minutes. OK.
Like I said it's whatever, I don't care about my WP, you can keep it. But know that I will continue to call them racists. You can go ahead and give me my next seven points if that's an issue.
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I don't know what specific posts you've reported that have gone unwarned, and I can't account for the actions of other moderators, but if you'd like to PM some examples, I will gladly discuss them further with you.
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Can I get warned for writing "Happy Thanksgiving" + an iTunes position?
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That thread was finally closed, I don't get why it had been kept open in first place
In the end it was based on a rumor with no source
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While we're at it, did you guys know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?
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Not the "please come to Brazil MO" posts on that thread I legit cackled
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That moment when you're ready to clock the lessers and...
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Sorry, this thread has been closed.
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I hope all the trolls received points and were banned from the Beyonce base but alas, I highly doubt any of that will happen...
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Something that has been ongoing on ATRL for quite some time now is that known trolls will make an excessive amount of troll threads and will sometimes admit in those threads that they are trolling or just straight up post flamebait threads again & again, without any hesitation.
Sure, they get warned and are finally banned for 30 days. But then they comeback after 30 days and do the same exact thing again within the 1st hour of their arrival from banland.
Then the whole cycle starts again of them getting warned & eventually banned etc.
My question to the Mods is, why aren't those trolls permabanned when they do the same thing again & again?
There are a selective few trolls on this forum...and everyone from all fan bases knows who they are, and call them out all the time yet no severe action taken against them?
Why is that?
Why aren't those people who only troll on this forum, permabanned?
Why are they allowed to comeback after every 30 day ban period to do the same thing over again?
Why don't the Mod team take serious notic of it & put an end to their constant trolling?
I'm pretty sure dealing with the trolls & continually closing troll threads is a nuisance for the Mods, so why don't they put an end to it?
This is especially peculiar since there are many strict rules placed against certain things on ATRL, which make sense, YET one of the most prominent & excrutiatingly annoying activity is sort of allowed, in a way.
Why is that, Mods?
P.S. You guys do do a great job moderating the forum, but its just odd that something hasnt been done about a problem that ATRL is constantly riddled with when there is a solution for it...
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