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It's actually sad to see how this gets handled in an absolute unprofessional manner.
The discussion showed support from all over the world, and was actually useful to bring such an important topic to people that are younger, maybe not really aware how hard the situation for Ukraine is, after russia raided them like thugs and that this can harm other countries too!
Not only for me but as I recognised for a lot of people, steamgifts is their day to day site and the discussion was burning hot for more than a year.
Obvious there where some "bots" but also some really deranged and indoctrinated people.
We know you are and its not a secret, and I feel very sad for you. I can't imagine listening to mind boggling shit every day.
So people had their safe zone and yes of course there where also some fights, but when it gets heated up, there might be fire. In my case, yes I went overboard and went down to a personal level.
It's sometimes so hard to believe that there are really humans that behave like this, spreading lies, support pure evil like the hamas for example, that I explode almost. This mocking and being openly racist and to see that a Mod even protects the thread and bans users for reasons that are unreal when you think about what this person has done. Even to the point that the owner just decided to block - ban - censor "sensitive topics"
Yeah my ass, that's so lame.

There is a big difference between the Ukraine awareness Thread and the fully packed with lies, propaganda, with openly anti semitic and racist statements and links filled Palestine thread.

And now look at this guy, he will vanish like crazzzeeey

Sad to see that steamgifts lost our Ukrainians friends that had their home here, to feel that they are not alone

Great work MsKotor, inb4 banned

It would have been easier to ban the hostile and divisive people for some time, or maybe perma?
I missed all this backlash so I really don't know how bad was that thread and despite I wasnt following the Russia - Ukraine war thread I feel It was a way for people to spread their concerns and give them some words of encouragement.
This feels like a Mully's prophecy now.

Unban Konrads

It would be a refreshing change from the current discussions

This thread seems pretty emblematic of some moderation shortcomings here. I'm not bashing. I appreciate mods' work and I bet it's not easy. However, even inside this very thread which is the hottest topic right now and involves both cg and many mods, the user that instigated the whole thing still maintains their original problematic thread and purpose within here. This gives a sense that in spite of having the tools to deal with the problem the most that can be expected is a weak and ineffective slap on the wrist (assuming a ticket is even handled in a timely manner and not after the whole place burned down). I mean the problematic thread has been closed ffs - how many warnings does a user get before you do a consequence?

Is it because you're going so by-the-book that you wanna make sure you're exhausting every type of slap on the wrist in your arsenal before really deterring users who for most of us are clearly- clearly- just trolling and stressing the system in order to slip thru the seams?

Well. The Awareness threads are now condensed onto this thread. It is admittedly a bit more efficient having them all in one place now.

Thanks for all of the feedback. I'm closing this discussion because there will be a new announcement tomorrow with revisions.