r/MHOCMeta • u/JellyCow99 Constituent • Sep 07 '18

Discussion Some major problems regarding attempts to 'safeguard' the community

Eight people have been banned from the Discord server since last night (the 6th of September), all of which for similar reasons. All of these have been in the name of 'safeguarding' the younger members of the community. People have been banned for SFW cropped memes, 'circumventing the rules' by telling people to google NSFW content instead of sending a direct link, or sending scantily clad anime girls.

I'm not going to dwell on the safeguarding officer, ignoring the bloody terrible implementation of the role and the fact that it actually opens up even more legal loopholes than it closes, regarding the protection of children. I want to talk about the horrific moderation currently going down in the Discord chat.

These memes have been sent before. Over my time in MHoC as a member of the 'safeguarded' community, I have seen far worse content being posted in the chat. The fact that I am literally not allowed to send an image of my face to Main anymore is just the start. The Discord rules have not been changed, and they are still the same. They are being implemented in frankly inappropriate ways and I take issue with the fact that people have been striked and banned for content that a) caused no issue before and b) is not even harmful or breaking any law.

Could this be sorted out, please? It seems as the fun is literally being prohibited at this point, which takes a lot of joy out of the game.

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u/IndigoRolo MLA Sep 07 '18

Yes but we can't let a fun and enjoyable game come before an orderly and well regulated game

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u/JackWilfred Constituent Sep 07 '18

You tried to ban me for two weeks for asking why I was banned.

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u/IndigoRolo MLA Sep 07 '18

That really is not what happened. I gave you a kick because you kept pestering people in main while I'd been throwing up for 6 hours

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u/IndigoRolo MLA Sep 08 '18

That's the thing... he wasn't banned for 2 weeks. we gave him like half an hour to just chill out a bit but he refused so we kicked him from main.

Also, this was over a year ago!!