Those warnings can stack up really fast sometimes. I got warned twice for 5 messages in the span of ~30 seconds, they were counted as spam and both times the chat was pretty slow.
That’s what I’m talking about on warning because you have to, even though I never meant to ““spam”” the chat.
(note that this is what I recall on the warnings, so my experience may be biased in my favor)
Mic/Text spamming/@'ing spamming (making loud or continuous noises over the mic) is forbidden. Spamming in any form is prohibited. Examples of spam include, but are not limited to:
Sending a small amount of text per message continuously to make a sentence. A full paragraph sent by sentence by sentence is fine, so long the sentence is not small.
To clarify, this was back in 2018 before the new guidelines. The rules were much less clear. (in my opinion). And yes, I did read the rules.
Do I think it was slightly petty? Yes. My opinion is that the mods are there to punish rulebreaking posts intended to break the rules (like disrespecting another user, THAT is deserving of a warning.) I don’t think someone accidentally sending too many messages is deserving of a permanent warning. (this was before the appeals system)
And even now, I still don’t think it’s deserving. If they did it accidentally, let them know. Most people will be like ‘oops, sorry, my bad!’. Be empathetic with them, they did it on accident. Let em know they did something wrong, if they did it completely INTENDING to break the rules, that’s deserving.
I clarified that that was before the new clarification. (clarifiception?)
It doesn’t really matter on that front, I’m not seeking justice for any of that. But as I hear, the same general practice is still done. I think the discords should be a place fostering discussion, you shouldn’t fear a warn every time you send a message.
also, philip_forth was the best mod. he would always out reach and help people the best way. other mods i have tried contacting for issues either, have me blocked, or privacy settings or ignored me. philip was best