Why bother appealing if you have not been punished then ? i mean why argue over a post being removed . I have had lots removed and can not see the point of appealing it and just thankful it did not end in a ban .
1 Like
There’s no actual point of appealing removed posts despite how unfair a post removal might be as mods who choose to censor posts wont change their action anyway.
However, it should be possible to request a decent explanation for the post removal. Right now posts that doesn’t fit the consensus are being flagged in east and west, and are being removed for being inappropriate as in “How do you dare challenge our consensus?” without actually violating the CoC. By being able to request an explanation, the mods hopefully will think twice before they remove posts what doesn’t violates the CoC.
2 Likes
IMO the system works fine, because:
The world of warcraft forums are often visited by people who are angry about the game. Those forums are also largely anonymous, therefore occasionally people chose to say things that are not appropriate and shouldn’t be said in public.
These forums, as well as the game itself, targets an audience of 13 years or older.
On the one hand, some 13 year old don’t know how to properly behave. At least I didn’t know at that age. I was a mess.
On the other hand, adults shouldn’t be negatively influencing younger people because it is a rather easy thing to do in a lot of situations.
The above, combined with the fact that these forums are extremely active and it would be impossible for a few people to read the entire content within reasonable working times, a somewhat-automated system is required.
Furthermore, the blues have stated that no ban occurs automatically. Only the hide. Which is temporary.
While I agree that sometimes it looks like certain people are targeted, I would imagine that a crowd-judging system like the flags often work as intended. I would also imagine that in the cases that it is targeted for no reason, no ban would occur.
I haven’t been banned on the new forums yet. But on the old forums, you usually received an email which explained the exact ban-reason. My last ban was in 2014 for trolling, when I posted a picture of my dog sitting at my laptop while WoW was running, along with a few comments about the state of the game back then.
Afterwards I received an email, quoting the exact parts of the Code of Conduct that I violated, along with the date on which the ban will be lifted.
2 Likes
I’m here speaking about whenever posts are removed without any additional actions taken towards the poster. If the mods only removed posts that actually violates CoC and gave suspensions, the amount of post removals would decrease radically.
2 Likes
I do not understand what you are trying to say 
Sorry to hear that
1 Like
Got silenced for “trolling” when I said the guy who got scammed while buying a boost deserved it and that I hoped everybody who buys boosts got scammed as well. just lol
Well… your post could have passed if it had be a tad more polite. As you’re describing your deleted post, it seems to be overly rude.
1 Like
Just found it funny that with the amounts of complaints about boosting on here and in-game there were people that were supportive of the person. And I still stand by my stance.
There’s a huge difference between being supportive of people who have bought boosting, and being politely critical about the issue.
1 Like
There’s also a difference between overly rude and what I said.
The system works fine. Although I’m not a fan of people abusing the flag system, the bulk of flagged posts are still ones breaking CoC, the most common rule flouting is swearing and attacking other posters. That is not to say we sometimes see people downvoted for no reason and IMO that is just a waste of moderator time.
I do love the idea that there is some forum illuminati out there with their council of downvoters deciding what should be hidden. However it seems rather unlikely that all of five flags would take any kind of mass coordination. Of course there are going to be forum regulars who have various places they discuss forum topics.
On the whole the system works. Posts that don’t break the CoC are not actioned, those that do break the CoC are actioned. Those who feel they were wrongly actioned can appeal.
I would like to see improvements to the system. Like recently in Twilly’s ‘Fat Elves’ topic I got a notification that a post had been flagged/hidden. I had to go searching to find what post it was. It would be better if that warning included a link to the post. I later got a notification no action was taken. I believe if action is taken against you, you get an email and that includes details. However if you are just flagged you do not get that information.
2 Likes
I’ve had one taken down on the Overwatch forum for saying how the obsessive and almost cultish peoples interest is in getting the Pink Mercy skin, just that. People literally were posting that they call up the charity associated with the skin, email them, spam them, demanding that the skin come back. But my post got removed for ‘trolling’ for commenting on that crazyness lol 
People here know how to handle limited time content, but not so on the Overwatch forum.
1 Like
The CoC is so long and big, it wil take ages to cover
2 Likes
that reminds me of a song … it is to big fit in here , to big fit in here 
1 Like
A look through your posting history tells me it can be your attitude.
You have a little bit of an antagonizing tone at times and circumvent the swearing filters.
Not that I saw something standing out that I would flag while glancing over it… but I can see why others would if you’d take it a bit further. You seem to be a bit emotional with all those caps and such.
1 Like
so you’re saying posting a damage meter of a particular class is trolling? huh…
1 Like
No she didnt say that at all far from it but you only read what you want .
If you did less of the caps and being angry all the time you would not be flagged .
1 Like
Not that many more details. At best a reason like “inappropriate” and a link to your deleted comment, so you can’t even read back what (part) was inappropriate.
It’s … pretty bad.
4 Likes
For bans you do but as for post removed and flagged you are correct sometimes they do sometimes they dont but atm the forum mods are a lot better in my view not so heavy handed with bans .
2 Likes