[Snowman]

think the uh. general gist of it was that, specifically, there were cases of 'edgy/dark criticisms' of women that made folks uncomfortable.

hence that being singled out in the announcement to not. ykno. do that.

i think 'dont harass anyone' is pretty clear regardless. the specific situations that the announcement was concerning were specifically about women and lgbtq+ folk. hence them being mentioned.

not as a slight towards 'the other side'

whatever the other side of criticizing women is.

should've watched more sonic sez growing up

Yeah, probably. But I wasn't much of a sonic fan.

Either way, I understand the context. I just wished it wasn't worded the way it was. Thanks for the shrimple discussion, by the way, I do appreciate the info exchange.

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I'll be honest, it's disheartening to hear that people have this little faith in the GM team. We pour a lot of time into making sure that the community is safe, and this announcement was a measure we had to take, with how frequent and comfortable people have become with making certain remarks against minorities and women.

If people cannot see the good intentions behind our actions and focus on the made up scenario of how we're going to start muting for no reason?

I don't know how to feel about that.

I'll be honest. The majority have faith in you. This quickly growing thread shows that. I'm simply a jaded person. I do believe you have good intentions. But like I said, sometimes mistakes can be made.

This critic isn't an insult you. I just want to make sure no else can have these feelings brew by clarity.

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Homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, racism, ableism, and all of the other -isms and hate of any kind don't deserve a platform.

I started typing out how I understand that GMs might start using this to punish something, but found that I couldn't reasonably finish that sentence in a way that made sense. Punishing edgy jokes? Punishing . . . Things you probably shouldn't be saying in a public forum? I think people (myself included, at times) get too comfortable saying things online that they never would in person, forgetting that there are other humans behind the screen. Not to mention that historically, the team has been overly lax in enforcing the rules, and players tend not to report whenever they're the victim of said behavior. People tend to get away with bad behavior for months until resentment builds, explodes, and sets the player-base on fire.

What I'm really wondering is what prompted the announcement in the first place. I know I'm terrible at keeping up with the goings-on of the community and I get a nice little shock at just how bad things can get every time #gm-ban-log lights up, but was there really rampant hate speech while I wasn't looking?

I'm not trying to make a platform for it if that's what your implying.