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Banned for hate speech

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MrsM1ggins · 03/01/2025 09:54

Thought I'd share my ban story since there's a Reddit ban topic.

I got a 30 day suspension from a well known UK motoring forum for stating that 2 boxers at the Olympics in the female category were male and that the IOC claimed that it is too difficult to know what sex people are.

Then I was permanently banned for posting again on the same topic after it came out that Khelif was XY and I pointed out that he'd have known that since at least puberty.

PH moderation decisions are a joke and they don't even have the courage to allow a right of reply. It's not misogyny though, it's just plain cowardice. It's a controversial topic and they don't want anything said on the board that someone external might kick up a stink about so they delete any comments that dissent from the orthodoxy, even when the truth is plain to see.

Pathetic.

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duc748 · 03/01/2025 13:00

I'm sure bans like this are pretty common. I got a month's ban from an Aussie forum for posting a link to the "she won" site that lists female athletes denied podium positions by males. Polite DMs to the moderators had no effect, except to promise a lifetime ban if further infractions were committed. So you can't reason with 'em.

lcakethereforeIam · 03/01/2025 12:44

I'm sorry that's happened to you. MN is the only social media I use so my knowledge of moderation on other forums...fora discussion boards is lacking. From posts I've read the ban hammer does seem to come down very quickly and very hard on certain topics. I've only seen it mentioned concerning topics that could broadly be labelled 'GC' or, as they would probably have it, 'anti-trans'. Although I'd argue Khelif vehemently denies being transgender and would probably hate being conflated with that subject🤔

I'd love an AMA from someone who was employed as a moderator. Perhaps the problem is they're risk averse (IK has threatened legal action) or precariously employed or even volunteers. So can't be arsed arguing with the tras, who certainly patrol MN and probably other spaces, reporting others for wrong think.