Here's a good movie recommendation OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiohkY_XQYQ

Here before the Thread is closed.
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As an Israeli that saw the palestine "awerness" thread, I am glad they finally did something to shut it down.
This is a gaming forum, not a political forum, and I am happy they made this decision especially when the "awerness" thread was spreaded with propaganda and fake news.

The moderator's message explained it pretty well. I don't know what more you need from them. You want to use a word that is only used to demonize and dehumanize anyone of a certain nationality (in this case, Russians). The moderator even provided plenty of examples where the use of the word "orc" wasn't directed at looters, convicts, rapists (sometimes pedophiles), murderers, kidnappers, torturers, and terrorists, as you said in your post, but at random people who happen to be Russian. So yeah, the post was closed for a good reason—stopping further hate spreading on this website towards people you don't even know just because they are of a certain nationality. If you don't see what's wrong with that, then no amount of responses from moderators will change your mind, as you're firmly set in your beliefs and won't listen to anyone who says differently.

And no, orc and troll are not the same, as they are used for different reasons, which you seem eager to ignore to push your own narrative.

To link such closed thread in other threads is forbidden by the new rules...

Keep fighting the good fight

I think moderator is Hayley Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amuasRsx4Rw

Uruk-hai

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Before concluding, I think the management was appropriate.
　Also, the article has been Closed but the contents have not been lost.
You can keep it in your bookmarks and look back at it when you need it.
It will be useful to fact-check information and check the past.

　Alternatively, you can create a social networking group and have people come to that group and do it within that group.
In this case, attention should be paid to User Content No. 12 & 15.
It may also be necessary to refrain from linking directly to content that conflicts with advertising rules.

Things happen for a reason?

　The Ukrainian discussion served as a refuge for those who were unable to get information from major sites due to censorship by the "Russian government" in the early days, and until very recently it was tolerated.
　On the other hand, things concerning Israel and Hamas.
(I will refrain as much as possible here, as it may violate the guidelines)
　The Russian government is apparently bringing to this community the same things and many more things that have been done to Ukraine and Western countries in the beginning.

I meant to "speculate" too.

MSKOTOR(Ultra Moderator)
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xarabas(Junior Moderator)
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There is an explanation of what has happened as a support response to the Ukraine discussion.
It is true that often during the year there were those who made "inappropriate" or "insulting" remarks, as you claim.
But in the scrutiny, would you want to see "shocking images that the public doesn't want to mi" even if you volunteered or were paid to do so? There is also the aspect of
(I don't mind because my plate is off, but for the average human being it's a crisis of sanity.)😱

By the way, you can see my alert at the end of UkraineDiscussion.
　The Discussion on the topic of Israel and Hamas had given rise to the possibility of dangerous malware being introduced into the community.
Miraculously, by accident, I found it within a minute or two of posting and asked the poster to correct it, so I think the damage is minimal.
　However, it was also something that had been reported to have caused problems for the Ukrainian infrastructure by those who abused it.

If someone was harmed by the link in the discussion, what would happen if a claim for damages was made to SteamGifts?
Who would pay and who would be liable?
That is the kind of question we get to.
Well, the Terms of Service states....

https://www.steamgifts.com/legal/terms-of-service
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Your SteamGifts.com Account. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account and any other actions taken in connection with your account. You must immediately notify SteamGifts of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. SteamGifts will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

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This is how it is.
But let's imagine that the scale of the damage is so great that Steamgifts is really investigated to see if it was complicit with the person who committed the malicious act.

In some countries, people are advocating deportation.
For those volunteer supporters with whom there is no financial relationship, this is an issue that could destroy their livelihoods.

CG takes responsibility? I think there were about 50 patrons.
CG says this.

https://www.patreon.com/steamgifts/about
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Thank You
I wish to thank everyone who has taken the time to be a part of SteamGifts over the years. The site only exists thanks to those sharing giveaways, and volunteering their time to support the community.

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I personally would like to see the guidelines amended to include language that guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion, as well as language that allows events that are rooted in commonly known local cultures and religions, but I understand that this was done out of a sense of urgency.

Guideline

If you notice a user not following our guidelines, do your best to politely explain our rules with relevant links or quotes to our guidelines when appropriate. If they do not take action or deny any wrongdoing, please submit a user report ticket so we can take action if necessary.

In any case, in the future, it would be correct to report what should be reported based on the guidelines.
At the very least, I don't think the discussion was closed in bad faith.
With that understanding, the right thing to do would probably be to close the discussion and then ask questions about the other parts of the support ticket that you don't agree with, rather than violate the guidelines and bring disgrace upon yourself.

May things settle down for good.🌻

The word, is not the problem, that is the use of it, so, if you use it to show hostility, hate, xenophobia, racism, threats, harassment, hate speech, etc. You can get a suspension for disregarding the 2nd community guideline.

As for closing threats, that is only if the people discussing in them, do so with hostility. At least, that is how I interpret the new rules so far. We have yet to see if that is the case, or if certain topics are forbidden even if they are discussed without hostility.

"Troll" is a pejorative based on behaviour someone chooses to engage in.
You use "Orc" as a pejorative based on where someone happened to be born.
Those things are not the same.

Troll isn't really a slur and whether a word is used as a slur should be judged based on context.
Orc isn't a slur either, unless it's used against an ethnicity/nationality.
It's ok to judge people for their behavior (trolls) but you shouldn't insult anyone for where and who they were born from, even if those people are currently represented by the biggest piece of shit.

Oh hai! :)
Actually I didn't know orc was an actual slur or slang. I simply inferred that you meant the Russian invaders, not the civilians.
So I googled it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_(slang)
It states "to refer to a Russian soldier" who is active in the current war. I don't see how it is used against ethnicity or nationality as some comments suggest. It says literally it is towards Russian military personnel aka the actual aggressors and not the civilians.
So if that's the actual meaning behind the slang I don't see anything wrong with it. As I read it, it is towards people who are actually fighting in the war, just like a troll is also "fighting" on the internet.

Moderator team has a russian member, and he is known for abusing his power to punish Ukrainians. That's all you need to know about steamgifts.

WAAAAAGH!

Let's play a game together, read all the comments and ask ourselves which of the following rules are used

[Twitter] - 15 rules of Russian disinformation🧵
1# Deny it
2# Accuse others of what you do yourself
3# Demonize your victim
4# Practice the victim role, even if you are clearly the perpetrator
5# Know your target audiences
6# When unable to convince, confuse
7# Spread not just one but many lies to create as much confusion as possible
8# Motivate others to spread your lies
9# Ridiculous propaganda helps make your more subtle lies appear more legitimate
10# If it gets tough to deny, use whataboutism
11# Amplify all voices that support your narratives
12# Repeat your narratives as many times as possible so that your audience can parrot them
13# Be aware that less informed people are more vulnerable to disinformation
14# When your fabricated content triggers emotions, people will spread it even more
15# Make your audience feel special, in the sense that they are well-informed, while others are just "decadent Western sheep"

Call me paranoid if you want but taking over a gaming site isn't as pointless as it seems. Gaming sites host many IT guys to target.
It's not just a problem of dictatorship bots, if moderation and administration are under the influence of a dictatorship. Imagine if the whole place is used to collect data or expose yourself to unknown hacks and malware.

Some of you may think "Why are you so worried? It's a kind of the same thing on Twitter". Twitter is different because Elon Musk isn't a " doer", he's just an owner. Twitter has always been under the scrutiny of the US intelligence services, so I hope they'll react if Elon Musk's bad influence goes too far.

Steamgifts' recent moderation choices and the chronology of these choices give me serious reason to doubt. I'm leaving, perhaps you should do the same if you're offended by Rashist Russia behaviour.