"My Warning is unfair! Admins suck!" 馃馃檮
We see several scenarios where...
1) A [b]user intentionally breaks our Terms of Service[/b], causing significant trouble like posting inappropriate contents or offending everyone
2) Admins become aware (through Reports to us), remove the inappropriate contents, and put [b]Warning + Restrictions[/b] on the user account
3) The [b]user creates a public post[/b] playing the victim and trying to turn other users against the admins
4) And in some cases, the user also contacts us, [b]pretending they don't understand[/b] why they've been warned/penalized
This is something we keep seeing happening often, and we wonder what is the goal when someone does this...
There are [u][b]two ways[/b][/u] the user can handle this:
1) [b]Admit the mistake and quit doing[/b] the same in the future (and optionally contact the admins to apologize and [b]likely we'll listen[/b] to them and reduce/remove the penalty in some cases)
2) [b]Perpetuate the problem[/b], pretend to be the victim and complain about the admins
Please be sure that when you go with option (2), all you're doing is make the admins SURE that their Action/Decision was deserved, and we won't be accepting any apology/appeal. And very likely, we won't "forgive" any future offenses/conflicts, as your account (and any alternative accounts you might create) will be [b]flagged[/b].
As most of you know already, [b]we try to give users as much Freedom as possible[/b], and many mild/once-off offenses are "ignored"/forgiven by us, depending on the impact caused, by us simply sending a Notification to the user, or by keeping the report logged for future reference when dealing with that user again.
However, [b]if someone receives a Warning[/b] on their profile, [b]and account Restrictions[/b] for it (and in most cases, associated Notifications with details about what those exact offenses were), most likely it was NOT an "unfair" and "automated" action by the system -- with most certainty, [b]it was after days/weeks/months of Reports accumulated by many different users and a member of the staff analyzed and decided that these actions were necessary[/b].
1) A [b]user intentionally breaks our Terms of Service[/b], causing significant trouble like posting inappropriate contents or offending everyone
2) Admins become aware (through Reports to us), remove the inappropriate contents, and put [b]Warning + Restrictions[/b] on the user account
3) The [b]user creates a public post[/b] playing the victim and trying to turn other users against the admins
4) And in some cases, the user also contacts us, [b]pretending they don't understand[/b] why they've been warned/penalized
This is something we keep seeing happening often, and we wonder what is the goal when someone does this...
There are [u][b]two ways[/b][/u] the user can handle this:
1) [b]Admit the mistake and quit doing[/b] the same in the future (and optionally contact the admins to apologize and [b]likely we'll listen[/b] to them and reduce/remove the penalty in some cases)
2) [b]Perpetuate the problem[/b], pretend to be the victim and complain about the admins
Please be sure that when you go with option (2), all you're doing is make the admins SURE that their Action/Decision was deserved, and we won't be accepting any apology/appeal. And very likely, we won't "forgive" any future offenses/conflicts, as your account (and any alternative accounts you might create) will be [b]flagged[/b].
As most of you know already, [b]we try to give users as much Freedom as possible[/b], and many mild/once-off offenses are "ignored"/forgiven by us, depending on the impact caused, by us simply sending a Notification to the user, or by keeping the report logged for future reference when dealing with that user again.
However, [b]if someone receives a Warning[/b] on their profile, [b]and account Restrictions[/b] for it (and in most cases, associated Notifications with details about what those exact offenses were), most likely it was NOT an "unfair" and "automated" action by the system -- with most certainty, [b]it was after days/weeks/months of Reports accumulated by many different users and a member of the staff analyzed and decided that these actions were necessary[/b].
