Why are people allowed to make overt threats without penalty?, page 1
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Topic started on 25-10-2011 @ 03:10 PM by stereologist
Here is a link to a post at ATS which the mods have allowed to stand.

www.abovetopsecret.com...
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post removed by staff.


It is clear that this poster is making a threat, yet it stands.

I believe that there is a choice on the part of the mods to penalize me and allow others to make threats and call me names.

In another thread the mods allowed a poster to repeatedly call me stupid. The poster wrote you are stupid. In another thread where I wrote something indistinct and not about a particular poster I was penalized. I responded to a post where someone claimed that some believe X and I wrote that someone would have to be really stupid to believe in that.

I was fined 1000 points and several other posts where the name calling was directed to me was allowed to stand.

So now we have a case where a person makes a strong threatening statement directed towards me and it stands. Not only does it stand, but the post isn't removed due to its off topic nature.

There is a double standard that I see as a conspiracy on the part of the mods.

edit on Tue Oct 25 2011 by DontTreadOnMe because: (no reason given)



reply posted on 25-10-2011 @ 03:35 PM by Gemwolf
If you have a question for the moderators - such as the one you've presented here, please make use of the complaints feature or alternatively you can use the Alert! function when you have a problem with specific post. Option 3 is to message one of the moderators directly.

There is little point in posing your question in a public thread, seeing that members generally are not privy to the discussion(s) that go on (and went on) behind the scenes.

Remember that this is an extremely busy board. We cannot always respond to each and every query about a post not being removed. Sometimes a complaint slips through the cracks. If a post you complained about is still about after a couple of hours, it's okay to make a query/launch a second complaint. If the post still remains intact, then it should be obvious that the staff discussed the complaint and found that the post did not break any terms or conditions, and you’ll need to accept the fact.

I think some members would be surprised to see how many people complain about their posts...

Also remember: YOU are responsible for YOUR POSTS

Any additional questions can be sent directly to the staff.

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