Let's talk about shitposting & political posts.

But konrad was on another level. How to forget his tries to get back to steamgifts lol.

Konrad wasn’t banned for threads but for multiple accounts...

Thanks for Skyrim.

Every time konrad gets mentioned I feel like I've missed out on some important SG experience (since I only joined 3 months ago) 😄

Also, why are you lumping politics and harassment together?

I believe it should be left to the mods to decide what belongs here and what doesn't.
If you don't approve of a thread, report it.

As for the thread you mentioned, at least one mod explicitly said it was fine.

If someone has a habit of posting useless threads, they should be dealt with. Especially if that thread leads to things like a user encouraging suicide.

I visit the forums far less than I used to simply because of all the shitposts. It used to be a much more fun place.

They should add a category for shitposts

Or a way to hide discussions

Or we just should get rid of off'topic all together and keep forums about SG and video game stuff only :)

I don't think they got banned for the shitposts, but something else.
As long as shitposters don't infringe any rules, why ban them ? Just ignore the threads i guess. But SG should have a built in feature to hide posts.
Thread that should ban the users should be threads full of blatant lies ("true" lies, which can be dismissed by facts, i'm not talking about opinions threads, since they are opinions and not truth).

Define shitposting really, some try it with a bit of humor, hide a giveaway in it, nor do it often. Should those be banned? No.
Only a very few are taking it too limits as the banned users in the example. Should those be banned? Yes.

And that's not an option in the poll.

I think that as any public medium, we should be able to be autonomous and show a minimum of self-governance. I personally think that politic and social post should be allowed, and even encouraged as these things have an influence on us in life. SG is not a safe space. If you are triggered by social post, don't open them. If you do not agree, try at first to read and understand the point of view of the user. If your only participation is in degrading, making fun of, or disregarding the OP point of view, you should refrain from posting. If you do post, don't expect anything for your disrespectful use of your freedom of speech does not mean you'll be respected in return.

This goes for both sides. I often see /reada lack of respect coming from everywhere. The key here is to take a minimum of time in rereading yourself before posting as sometimes emotion takes the better of us.

At last, IMHO, as we are a kind of community, we should at lest show each other a minimum of respect, patience and compassion. But this doesn't mean that we won't get offended by posts. So, as another user wrote earlier don't bump shitposts, don't answer, just pass your way and forget about it; everybody will be better off.

Oh, and by the way, don't forget, you are on the internet, you CAN turn the computer off and go elsewhere, nobody is tying you to your chair to read/respond to everything you see here.

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I don't have a problem with political posts. If I'm not interested in a particular post or topic, I just ignore it and move on.

We don't contemplate the option of not entering the threads you dislike?

I like how misandrist threads get praised while threads that parody them get locked. Sounds fair. Either allow all political threads or don't, but this double standard is disgusting indeed.

These are not the droids you seek... :-p

To begin with, I think shit posting and political posts are two very different things. Also, freedom of speech.
Either way, there's a very simple solution to anything you don't find interesting in the forums: just don't click on those threads-- problem solved.

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in my idea they have to let ppl to post what they want to in off topic area .... you know because it is said off topic.. but if they post went form good to battleground they need to lock it and no one can post anything about it for a week .

I'll just leave my suggestion: press the eject button and let the rotten personalities rot this forum.
I was happy when I found this place til it rot due some users. Steamgifts used to be a VERY good place and VERY user friendly site with general happiness and some sporadic effortless hate here and there (which was fun as hell deal with them). Since decadence due high activity by some rotten users, I feel way happier after decide to abandon forums (except deals section which is a great section that didn't rot yet, despite the efforts to the rotten ones). It is waste of time and resourses fight against natural consequences. The sooner you accept, the sooner the problem will be solved.

To be honest, I don't mind 'shitposting' as I can find it amusing/entertaining in its own way.
But it would help if there was a clearerdivision between such threads and 'regular threads' so the community doesn't have to tear itself apart whenever there's another batch of threads that seperate people into two distinct groups.