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Moderation complaint

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Jxg

Player Valuation: £35m
I received an infraction due to "inappropriate language" by a moderator who goes by the name "Groucho".

Original message:

Dear Jxg,

You have received an infraction at GrandOldTeam.

Reason: Inappropriate Language
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Language
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This infraction is worth 10 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.

Original Post:
http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2497440
F*cking hell Howard just send it if you have no other options...

All the best,
GrandOldTeam



I attempted to dispute the incident, but received a seven-day ban for doing so. I said (and I still stand by the fact that) nothing I said was illegal or offensive (unless, for some religious reason, you find "hell" offensive, in which case I sincerely apologise). I did not directly or indirectly insult anyone and I did not use any bad language at all.

I was prepared to accept this as harsh moderation and move on. All people interpret things differently and, who knows, maybe the moderator was having a bad day. However, I came across this thread:
http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/64854-ALAN-MYERS

In here, a message not dissimilar to my "offensive" one was posted. An image of the incident can be found here:
http://i60.tinypic.com/34i4f2f.png

Right underneath, a moderator has posted. Not only that, but it is a direct reply to the post. The "word" that I'm assuming I was banned for posting is repeated in the post and, via a reply, clearly its use is accepted by this moderator.

I'm not aiming to have this other person receive an infraction too, but rather, for there to be a fair standard of moderation across the forum. I used to use the Blueroom a lot. Poor and controversial moderation is what killed that forum and I wouldn't want it to happen here.
 
I think a lot of attitudes towards swearing are ridiculous, they're just words and with everything its all about the context.

There's swearing, and there's abuse. The 2 often come together but simply instering swearwords into a normal everyday sentence is harmless.

"What the hell was that pass" VS "What the (swearword) was that pass" : it shouldn't matter.

But thats my view on swearing in general, i'm not complaining about it being discouraged on this site so as not to upset google.

Must admit its difficult for me because i swear loads in general and often just type what i'd say, and that involves quite a bit of swearing so i have to actively remember to edit them out or change them.
 
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I suspect that Google are pretty good at determining context of what is written on here. That's their job after all (although the scouse lingo may befuddle them).

The thing is, with Google there isn't really much right of reply, and certainly a whole lot less with them than you fellas have with us here, so it really does pay to play it safe.

It ain't just them.
 
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Whew.

I thought that was a bit out of character for you. Had me wondering for a sec.

No, we're mostly adults and I think that stuff would pretty much go by the wayside if there was a choice in the matter. I'm just not down with Google strong-arming the internet, although maybe it's not them. On the flip side, they could also tell advertisers to take their money elsewhere but you can't see that happening.
 
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No, we're mostly adults and I think that stuff would pretty much go by the wayside if there was a choice in the matter. I'm just not down with Google strong-arming the internet, although maybe it's not them. On the flip side, they could also tell advertisers to take their money elsewhere but you can't see that happening.

To be fair, advertisers have every right to have a say on where they're paying for their adverts to be listed...
 
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