Another member was banned tonight, and a new subforum was created.
In short, a new member posted a couple of threads which advocated illegal activity. The new subforum is called the Moderators' Lounge. We have not deleted any threads yet. Instead, if anyone's posted excessively, we've moved it to the Special Abode. This time, we decided not to allow the threads to remain in sight of the regular public. The threads have been moved to the Moderators' Lounge where the "higher ups" can discuss the implications of what people are involved in. You can click here to see a copy of what has been posted. Contact information has been blotted out. Here's what I wrote to the other mods in the new Lounge subforum:
Nobody wants to be an asshole, but also, nobody wants to be trampled by strange people. Worse yet, nobody wants to be trampled by bots.
Our first member was banned for posting 28 threads in his first 6 hours. That was a no brainer. We have other members who've joined, and they seem to like to market things. Mainly, they've marketed sports attire and video game coins. It seems harmless enough, and we're trying to stay with the "free speech thing" as much as possible. With that said, nobody (to the best of my knowledge) is selling cocaine. Nobody (to the best of my knowledge) is trafficking humans for sex or labor. No child has been sold to a sweat shop. That would be bad, and that would not be allowable.
Today, we banned our second member. He was blatantly selling cloned ATM cards. Like I said, we don't sell cocaine, quaaludes, or heroine. We stretch the free speech thing much as possible, but we're still grounded in common sense.
The Special Abode was created for members who got wild about posting. No threads have been deleted yet no matter how much they look like span to the average person. This subforum here is created for Sheeple Gateway mods. If something is in poor taste or seems like spam, we put it at the Special Abode. If something seems fishy in the criminal or illegal category, we are putting it here. We can have discussions about these threads. We don't want ordinary members clicking on anything which will take them into a black market Rabbit Hole.
Also, why not have some fun? Mods can come here and talk about anything! It doesn't have to center around people or bots who don't behave. We have a place here we can get away to. Hopefully, it's fun. Hopefully, we don't wind up pulling our own hair out.
-- pumpkin....![[Image: silly.gif]](https://sheeple-gateway.com/images/smilies/silly.gif)
In short, a new member posted a couple of threads which advocated illegal activity. The new subforum is called the Moderators' Lounge. We have not deleted any threads yet. Instead, if anyone's posted excessively, we've moved it to the Special Abode. This time, we decided not to allow the threads to remain in sight of the regular public. The threads have been moved to the Moderators' Lounge where the "higher ups" can discuss the implications of what people are involved in. You can click here to see a copy of what has been posted. Contact information has been blotted out. Here's what I wrote to the other mods in the new Lounge subforum:
Nobody wants to be an asshole, but also, nobody wants to be trampled by strange people. Worse yet, nobody wants to be trampled by bots.
Our first member was banned for posting 28 threads in his first 6 hours. That was a no brainer. We have other members who've joined, and they seem to like to market things. Mainly, they've marketed sports attire and video game coins. It seems harmless enough, and we're trying to stay with the "free speech thing" as much as possible. With that said, nobody (to the best of my knowledge) is selling cocaine. Nobody (to the best of my knowledge) is trafficking humans for sex or labor. No child has been sold to a sweat shop. That would be bad, and that would not be allowable.
Today, we banned our second member. He was blatantly selling cloned ATM cards. Like I said, we don't sell cocaine, quaaludes, or heroine. We stretch the free speech thing much as possible, but we're still grounded in common sense.
The Special Abode was created for members who got wild about posting. No threads have been deleted yet no matter how much they look like span to the average person. This subforum here is created for Sheeple Gateway mods. If something is in poor taste or seems like spam, we put it at the Special Abode. If something seems fishy in the criminal or illegal category, we are putting it here. We can have discussions about these threads. We don't want ordinary members clicking on anything which will take them into a black market Rabbit Hole.
Also, why not have some fun? Mods can come here and talk about anything! It doesn't have to center around people or bots who don't behave. We have a place here we can get away to. Hopefully, it's fun. Hopefully, we don't wind up pulling our own hair out.
-- pumpkin....