[–] ChillyHellion [M] 5 points 10 points 15 points (+15|-5) ago (edited ago)
@AlphaWookie, your comments* have been brought to the modteam's attention, and they do fit the /v/gaming community's definition of harassment: purposeful and sustained bullying against a user or group of users which is highly personal and unrelated to the site. For this reason you have been banned from participating in /v/gaming
*Examples of harassment (both targeted and sustained) in /v/gaming:
Edit: I've always done my best to faithfully enforce the /v/gaming community's rules. Whenever I take action, I back i up with a clear reason and multiple examples when possible (even when removing spam). That said, rules are only a proxy of the community's will, and it's foolish to maintain a rule against the wishes of the community. For this reason I've reversed @AlphaWookie's ban and all (3) of my bans in /v/gaming that only cite harassment as their cause. Please accept my personal apology.
I would like to go one step further and repeal rule 3 entirely, but because /v/gaming's rules belong to the /v/gaming community I have to approach the community with any request to modify the community rules. I've done that here: https://voat.co/v/gaming/comments/1211755
[–] SaneGoatiSwear 6 points 12 points 18 points (+18|-6) ago
i'm disappointed.
while i disagree with your rule, and while i disagree that mods on a default sub have any right to ban for something like this. (this is voat, not fucking reddit), and while i believe that this action has thrown us down the slippery slope to censorship,
i gotta say
if i'm reading your extended rules correctly,
"If a user is receiving messages or replies which are causing them genuine distress, we will deal with that." (1)
that means the user(s) being targeted would have to complain.
from what i see here:
https://voat.co/v/gaming/comments/1204471/5955518
it doesn't sound like dabork is distressed over alphawookie being a troll, i think he's clearly stating here he couldn't give a shit.
so while alphawookie is totally being a troll, as far as the rules are concerned in this sub as they are, if dabork doesn't care, then it's not harassment.
THAT SAID
this rule is unacceptable, and as YOU say (1), this is a community driven rule model, so as a gamer and a voat v/gaming community member, i say fuck this reddit-style rule in the ass, and get it the fuck out of here.
hurt fee fee safe spaces are for reddit, not voat
you have just made v/gaming into r/gaming. undo the damage by undoing the ban, removing the rule and replacing it with a statement to the effect: voat is not a safe space. if your fee fees are hurt there are plenty of mainstream sites to frequent.
(1) https://voat.co/v/gaming/comments/388319 v/gaming extended rules cited above
[–] Disappointed 3 points 11 points 14 points (+14|-3) ago
Did you give this user a warning? How long will the ban last?
[–] Code-x 4 points -1 points 3 points (+3|-4) ago
Shut up retard.
Banning someone for saying shut up. Few times to the same person? Where the fuck do you think you are you shit eating cunt bitch.
You have to be a huge fucking bitch to think what he did constitutes as harassment and causing distress. Get the fuck out of here.
Thanks for providing the instances of his crimes to display how much of a dumbass you are
[–] CheekyMonkey 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I was wrong, It was 5 minutes till bedtime.
[–] nogods_nokings 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
holy SHIT there's more?? this guy is hillarious
[–] CheekyMonkey 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Yeah man. OP linked to a playlist.