06-03-2022, 11:19 PM
Your Discord Username: GCubed#4280
Your Discord User ID: 233778051480027136
Auttaja Punishment ID: 843870526992400
Ban Length: Permanent
Appeal Type: N/A
What would you like to tell us:
The most important thing about this particular ban is that it occurred on Sunday, April 25th, 2021 at 4:37 PM Pacific Time. All bans on Dinkleberg’s GMod Discord server are permanent because we use the bot known as Auttaja which apparently only supports this indefinite ban and soft bans that are essentially just kicks from the server. There are other bots that support temporary bans, it is not clear to me why we use this bot over another bot that would offer better moderation of the server, or at the very least to disallow communication for that user for some finite amount of time. Is it really necessary that every ban that is implemented on the server must result in a permanent ban and can only be resolved in a forum post such as this? Do I really need to serve more time?
It was clear to many others, including those who moderated some component of this community, that my ban was not necessary. Why is it the case in those scenarios where many agree that there was some error that I cannot resolve the ban privately? It is certainly true that one can report an individual anonymously that leads to a ban which is something I have experienced. I was not even able to defend myself, was banned, and was forced to go through the trouble that is an unban request.
I am also requesting that my strikes be removed. I hope that if I am unbanned that the next time something like this occurs that I am not instantly permanently banned and you, the reader, do not have to sit through another thread created by me. I firmly believe that many of the strikes I have earned shouldn’t have been accrued . Regardless, I’m not actually interested in arguing in favor of them and I think it’s fair to remove them given the amount of time that has been served.
The idea of “staff discretion” is something that should also be discussed. It might be surprising to hear but I understand the staff of this community are actually human and can interpret things differently from one another. I think this often creates confusion about what is actually allowed by members of the community. Something that I do or say is fine one day but on a future day, of similar degree under the exact same guidelines, is not tolerable. It actually is difficult to differentiate what actually is allowed, though when I say it I’m considered to only be trolling. I think the idea that “common sense” as a rule is particularly dumb. Something that is common sense for one may not be common sense for another. It can be argued that some of the things that are or are not allowed go against common sense. I do want to really stress that I understand that being staff of Dinkleberg’s GMod is a role that they choose voluntarily. It often goes unthanked and unappreciated. I’m certain that there are many times where they are put in unfavorable positions where they have to deal with either someone they consider a friend or a “respected member of the community” (not me). But I do think it is silly that my strikes are not with malicious intent and are not directed at people in general. I can only recall one time where I unironically insulted and argued with another member of the community, though I wasn’t even warned or striked for this. Surely, I’m not the only one who has at least some of these issues and there must be some way to work towards resolving them. I will not provide the solution here and leave it as an exercise to the reader.
My final strike was for pinging a member of the community a single time. This was after I accumulated strikes for “harassment” towards a separate member, so it led to an automatic permanent ban. I pinged them immediately after this individual responded to a different message (which would give the exact same result as if I just used Discord’s reply feature). I did not spam pings and I do not believe this counts as harassment.
Unironically, I have been with Dinkleberg’s Gmod for many years and enjoy my time here because I’m a degenerate. I appreciate all of the members; the great, the good, and the bad. Let me return to shitpost and make really bad jokes. Thank you.
Your Discord User ID: 233778051480027136
Auttaja Punishment ID: 843870526992400
Ban Length: Permanent
Appeal Type: N/A
What would you like to tell us:
The most important thing about this particular ban is that it occurred on Sunday, April 25th, 2021 at 4:37 PM Pacific Time. All bans on Dinkleberg’s GMod Discord server are permanent because we use the bot known as Auttaja which apparently only supports this indefinite ban and soft bans that are essentially just kicks from the server. There are other bots that support temporary bans, it is not clear to me why we use this bot over another bot that would offer better moderation of the server, or at the very least to disallow communication for that user for some finite amount of time. Is it really necessary that every ban that is implemented on the server must result in a permanent ban and can only be resolved in a forum post such as this? Do I really need to serve more time?
It was clear to many others, including those who moderated some component of this community, that my ban was not necessary. Why is it the case in those scenarios where many agree that there was some error that I cannot resolve the ban privately? It is certainly true that one can report an individual anonymously that leads to a ban which is something I have experienced. I was not even able to defend myself, was banned, and was forced to go through the trouble that is an unban request.
I am also requesting that my strikes be removed. I hope that if I am unbanned that the next time something like this occurs that I am not instantly permanently banned and you, the reader, do not have to sit through another thread created by me. I firmly believe that many of the strikes I have earned shouldn’t have been accrued . Regardless, I’m not actually interested in arguing in favor of them and I think it’s fair to remove them given the amount of time that has been served.
The idea of “staff discretion” is something that should also be discussed. It might be surprising to hear but I understand the staff of this community are actually human and can interpret things differently from one another. I think this often creates confusion about what is actually allowed by members of the community. Something that I do or say is fine one day but on a future day, of similar degree under the exact same guidelines, is not tolerable. It actually is difficult to differentiate what actually is allowed, though when I say it I’m considered to only be trolling. I think the idea that “common sense” as a rule is particularly dumb. Something that is common sense for one may not be common sense for another. It can be argued that some of the things that are or are not allowed go against common sense. I do want to really stress that I understand that being staff of Dinkleberg’s GMod is a role that they choose voluntarily. It often goes unthanked and unappreciated. I’m certain that there are many times where they are put in unfavorable positions where they have to deal with either someone they consider a friend or a “respected member of the community” (not me). But I do think it is silly that my strikes are not with malicious intent and are not directed at people in general. I can only recall one time where I unironically insulted and argued with another member of the community, though I wasn’t even warned or striked for this. Surely, I’m not the only one who has at least some of these issues and there must be some way to work towards resolving them. I will not provide the solution here and leave it as an exercise to the reader.
My final strike was for pinging a member of the community a single time. This was after I accumulated strikes for “harassment” towards a separate member, so it led to an automatic permanent ban. I pinged them immediately after this individual responded to a different message (which would give the exact same result as if I just used Discord’s reply feature). I did not spam pings and I do not believe this counts as harassment.
Unironically, I have been with Dinkleberg’s Gmod for many years and enjoy my time here because I’m a degenerate. I appreciate all of the members; the great, the good, and the bad. Let me return to shitpost and make really bad jokes. Thank you.
