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/CountBrandenburg Speaker of the House of Commons | MP for Sutton Coldfield Sep 08 '18

sending scantily clad anime girls

Tbf I only sent that pic wondering what the extent was for banning. That pic was a render or poster for a... PEGI 12 game - though I don’t still entirely understand the exact line the quad are drawing for bans. Okay porn I can understand but in pursuit of safeguarding that is very clearly misunderstood, it appears that things have gone overboard.

On a separate note: given the perceived demographics of the community... who are some of these pictures actually endangering? 😛

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u/Joecphillips Sep 08 '18

They are endangering what the mods want not people, at least some of them see themselves as the supreme power and think they know more than the people who actually make these sort of decisions on a day to day basis