This is a question for those of us who post on forums other than The Escapist. Are you afraid of running afoul of the mods for posts you feel are acceptable? The sort of posts you would make on other forums without issue?
I say this because in my ten years plus of forum posting, I've never seen a forum quite as "policed" (for lack of a better word) as The Escapist forums are. I've seen many users warned and banned for infractions that I feel really aren't that major, like low content posts. Hell, on most forums I'm a member of, you have to do something major to get the mods to swing the ban hammer, stuff like posting pornography, getting into an overly heated argument, posting links to piracy, stuff like that.
But I'm not here to debate the policies of The Escapist forums, that's their own business. I'm here to ask you, fellow forum infidelites: do you post in fear that you'll one day accidentally bring the mods upon your head? I find myself having to double-check my posts all the time, mostly due to the low content issue. Even if I feel I've contributed a rather sharp bit of witticism that would be enjoyed by all, I'm still afraid that I will run afoul of the rules, so I need to pad my post out and make sure there's something related to the topic in there.
Bah, it looks like there's a bug if poll options are too long, so here's your choices:
A) I post in multiple forums and am afraid I'll incur moderator wrath for making the sort of posts I make elsewhere
B) I post in multiple forums and I feel safe in my postings
C) I only post in The Escapist forums and I didn't read the first sentence of this thread.
I say this because in my ten years plus of forum posting, I've never seen a forum quite as "policed" (for lack of a better word) as The Escapist forums are. I've seen many users warned and banned for infractions that I feel really aren't that major, like low content posts. Hell, on most forums I'm a member of, you have to do something major to get the mods to swing the ban hammer, stuff like posting pornography, getting into an overly heated argument, posting links to piracy, stuff like that.
But I'm not here to debate the policies of The Escapist forums, that's their own business. I'm here to ask you, fellow forum infidelites: do you post in fear that you'll one day accidentally bring the mods upon your head? I find myself having to double-check my posts all the time, mostly due to the low content issue. Even if I feel I've contributed a rather sharp bit of witticism that would be enjoyed by all, I'm still afraid that I will run afoul of the rules, so I need to pad my post out and make sure there's something related to the topic in there.
Bah, it looks like there's a bug if poll options are too long, so here's your choices:
A) I post in multiple forums and am afraid I'll incur moderator wrath for making the sort of posts I make elsewhere
B) I post in multiple forums and I feel safe in my postings
C) I only post in The Escapist forums and I didn't read the first sentence of this thread.