I have already explained this before. Literally on previous page. Creating new threads in several areas was disabled to reduce the excessive amount of spam that we were experiencing this year. What other subforums do you mean?
I keep having the same issue. It's not a big deal but it's a bit annoying.
I think it's a quite big deal, especially because the message doesn't show immediately.
Yeah that sucks, it also makes me accidentally double post sometimes because my brain acts before I realize it's just the fake error message
I got banned for calling Nemo a man. The ban came after a warning because I questioned whether Red Sebastian was “male or female” and “gay or lesbian”
That is not true, Romeo. I would never let anyone from the Administration ban someone who has been calling Nemo a man, who he biologically is. Nothing wrong with posting so, but your responses were crossing the line of hate speech - on purpose or not, but it was enough to take a decision and issue a 3 day ban. People are different, and on a Forum like this it will always be impossible to agree with everyone, and that is normal. The thing is that nowadays more and more people all around the world are identifying themselves as non-binary, tomorrow a group of people will start identifying themselves as foxes and rabbits and I am afraid there is not much you can do about, it's the global flow and it just is what it is. As long as you stay respectful to others (Forum members, ESC artists etc.) and do not infect threads with hate speech, it is no big deal that you do not accept any of this concept - which is also absolutely fine. I also do not accept it just like many other things but I do not make a fuss around it, I just move and and do what I enjoy on this Forum rather than focus on the negative. Our Forum is not spinning around the ESC 2024 winner, it has much more to offer like online contests which are fun. We are going to host some additional ESC-related games and tournaments very soon as well. For your own well-being, you can take a break, collect your thoughts - it is okay to log out for a moment.
I was warned once for asking is red Sebastian was male or female / gay / lesbian. Then I replied to someone who said ‘this is old and been done before’ talking about Malta. I replied with “Nemo was a man in a dress, he was spinning on a lazy Susan, screaming, all had been done before but Nemo won last year”. (Slightly paraphrased because I cannot remember my exact words).That is not true, Romeo. I would never let anyone from the Administration ban someone who has been calling Nemo a man, who he biologically is. Nothing wrong with posting so, but your responses were crossing the line of hate speech - on purpose or not, but it was enough to take a decision and issue a 3 day ban. People are different, and on a Forum like this it will always be impossible to agree with everyone, and that is normal. The thing is that nowadays more and more people all around the world are identifying themselves as non-binary, tomorrow a group of people will start identifying themselves as foxes and rabbits and I am afraid there is not much you can do about, it's the global flow and it just is what it is. As long as you stay respectful to others (Forum members, ESC artists etc.) and do not infect threads with hate speech, it is no big deal that you do not accept any of this concept - which is also absolutely fine. I also do not accept it just like many other things but I do not make a fuss around it, I just move and and do what I enjoy on this Forum rather than focus on the negative. Our Forum is not spinning around the ESC 2024 winner, it has much more to offer like online contests which are fun. We are going to host some additional ESC-related games and tournaments very soon as well. For your own well-being, you can take a break, collect your thoughts - it is okay to log out for a moment.
You were warned not for asking about the artist's gender but for breaking Board Rule No. 1.5, - last sentence (in bold) coming across offensive to other members of the community. Given the amount of your previous posts that were removed from the public view, it was enough to make a decision and issue another warning.
What I have already stated above, your ban has nothing to do with calling Nemo a man. It was issued for the offensive messages you left in different threads, and based on your previous warning history – you have 4 and that is a lot.
When issuing bans and warnings, we do not have that much field to write an essay in. If it says persistent rule breaking, then it means that Board Rules were being broken on a regular basis. The responsible Super Moderators have already explained this to you.
This has been fixed long ago.
Without actually being informed how am I supposed to know?
As Alevender has said already, you were given a reason. And judging by your posts in this thread, you seem to know what that reason is. Let’s not pretend that you don’t know that several of your posts were removed because they were brought to our attention; you have received several warnings (of which you have already acknowledged yourself) so the next step was unfortunately a temporary ban, where a reason was also provided - which you have also indirectly acknowledged. Whilst we understand you may have religious beliefs as well as an autism diagnosis, the rules are in place for a reason and exemptions from said rules are simply not possible… We make every effort to ensure that this community remains a safe space for everyone. If you still disagree then we can agree to disagree, however the rules remain the rules and if infringements continue, as well as other members of the community finding your posts distressing or offensive and bringing them to our attention, then action will be taken.
Let’s just be clear… you assume I know the ‘infringements’ because I mentioned I asked if red Sebastian was male or female / gay or lesbian?
