I spend a lot of time at 4chan and slipped by saying one of their memes over here. It's so beyond ridiculous that no rational person would think it was being said seriously. so I thought. The ban hammer non fren bopper was fast and furious. I deleted it and stated my case and the mods had mercy on my wretched soul. I used the experience to warn others if they were starting to joke in a similar way.
I've also found a word will give your post a shadow ban. Using an ethnic slur, even if it is a direct quote from someone of that demographic, will get a shadow ban. I actually thought of that as silly because people dance around the slur all day by changing letters or the slur and it's all ha ha good sport. It was crystal clear I wasn't making a racist remark. it was actually 180° opposite. I wasn't even counselled by a mod about it. I just found out that there was no "edit" button for the post. So I wasn't sure and wanted clarification without bothering a mod, and honestly it is such a trivial thing it would be stupid for a mod to take the time to counsel me. I made another post and used an a instead of an r and sure enough I could edit the post. I did learn a lesson from the experience. Free speech isn't free for all races or religions. So my honest post regarding my learning about racism, from people from that race, using the exact word on the cover on that person's comedy album with the word uncensored is taboo. But making clearly racist remarks by dancing around the the offensive word by changing a letter is peachy keen. I'm fine with how the rules work. It's such a minor rule and it makes our site better because of it. If I felt a burning urge to use the word there are 1000's of places I can write it. Hell, I can use the word, hard r and all, with my friends of that demographic when the context is appropriate.
Tl;dr free speech and discussion of religion is still taboo for some demographics. Learn to dance.
I spend a lot of time at 4chan and slipped by saying one of their memes over here. It's so beyond ridiculous that no rational person would think it was being said seriously. so I thought. The ban hammer non fren bopper was fast and furious. I deleted it and stated my case and the mods had mercy on my wretched soul. I used the experience to warn others if they were starting to joke in a similar way.
I've also found a word will give your post a shadow ban. Using an ethnic slur, even if it is a direct quote from someone of that demographic, will get a shadow ban. I actually thought of that as silly because people dance around the slur all day by changing letters or the slur and it's all ha ha good sport. It was crystal clear I wasn't making a racist remark. it was actually 180° opposite. I wasn't even counselled by a mod about it. I just found out that there was no "edit" button for the post. So I wasn't sure and wanted clarification without bothering a mod, and honestly it is such a trivial thing it would be stupid for a mod to take the time to counsel me. I made another post and used an a instead of an r and sure enough I could edit the post. I did learn a lesson from the experience. Free speech isn't free for all races or religions. So my honest post regarding my learning about racism, from people from that race, using the exact word on the cover on that person's comedy album with the word uncensored is taboo. But making clearly racist remarks by dancing around the the offensive word by changing a letter is peachy keen. I'm fine with how the rules work. It's such a minor rule and it makes our site better because of it. If I felt a burning urge to use the word there are 1000's of places I can write it. Hell, I can use the word, hard r and all, with my friends of that demographic when the context is appropriate.
Tl;dr free speech and discussion of religion is still taboo for some demographics. Learn to dance.