Jasin wrote on Jul 15
th, 2025 at 9:00am:
Lol. Sad Kangaroo 🦘 got banned.
...and had a sook at Monk's over it.
It was honestly quite pleasant having you muted, but I noticed your reply quoted by Gnads, so I figured, why not throw a little of that attention your way? You've clearly been craving it, and starving for it.
And I'm actually glad you raised that point. Yes, I got a week off. No explanation from the mods, of course, but I assume it was for bypassing the swear filter.
I'd long suspected that most of the rules here were just decorative, window dressing to make it look like someone's in control. The sheer volume of abuse, personal attacks, and open bigotry that get waved through with a shrug seemed to confirm that. So I started testing it, seeing where the line actually was.
Turns out, the rules do matter, just not in any coherent or consistent way. I learned the hard way that the mods, and ultimately FD, make very deliberate choices about which rules to enforce and which to ignore.
So you can't call someone, accurately or otherwise, a C-word, even if you obscure it to slip past the filter, but you can be openly racist. You can use slurs. You can advocate for genocide or relentlessly vilify people for their race, sexuality, or disability.
As long as you're punching down, apparently, that's fair game. But swear? Heaven forbid.
What this reveals is not just inconsistency, it's complicity. It means FD and the mod team aren't just tolerating the racism, queerphobia, and hate that gets spewed across this place, they're actively protecting it. That's the one kind of speech that seems to enjoy immunity here.
So thank you, Jasin. I genuinely mean that. Your smug little jab helped bring all this into focus.
Sure it won't matter, nothing will change, but at least we all know the state of play.
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