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I for one do not want an environment where the weaker members of the community feel threatened and are abused for the sake of so called civil liberties and the freedom of self expression.
In my opinion sky do right by moderating the forums on here and should continue to do so in the same vein.
I help run a very big forum elsewhere, & you'd be horrified if you saw some of the stuff we have to Delete. Racist & sexist comments, puerile trash talk, bullying, threats, grimming.
I've no idea what they get here at Sky Poker, but I for one don't want myself, or the Players here, to be exposed to that sort of nonsense.
That's not censorship, that's common sense.
What I can say is that is it not in Sky Poker's interest to chat-ban ANYONE, unless there is good reason. They NEVER want to, but sometimes they have to.
It's also very hard to get Chat-Banned, as there is a totting-up procedure. It starts with a quiet word, then a firmer word, followed by first warning, 2nd warning, da de da.
I'm hopeful that in due course, anyone who got themselves Chat-Banned will return, & become part of this ever-growing Community.
a) It is nothing to do with you or me. We don't have a right to know!
b) It would be improper & unfair for Sky Poker to divulge the details, especially as the other party might not be in a position to put their side of the story.
When we sign up to a site like this, we have to agree to abide by the Terms & Conditions. If we do not, we have to suffer the consequences.
"puerile" means juvenile, childish, immature. Inability to express a view strongly without resorting to swearing is puerile.
It has been suggested that "we are all over 18", so it's OK. In fact, it's quite the opposite. A sensible & adult Poster would not have to resort to swearing to convey their point forcibly. If I want to insult someone, I will - but it'll be a bit more adult that sticking an f-word in their face.
These, of course, are my personal views. I hope they reflect Sky Poker's position, though.
• Make unfounded or unproved allegations (especially of wrongdoing) against a person, organisation or group.
• Contain swear words or language which may offend. This may include swear words with asterisks replacing some letters.
• Break the law, or encourage/support breaking the law.
• Advertise goods or services including other betting and gaming sites and affiliate websites.
• Include URLs of third party websites which may contain offensive or illegal material
• Are racist, sexist, homophobic, abusive or otherwise objectionable.
• Include personal details (yours or someone else's, such as phone numbers and addresses).
• Are made to appear as if they have been posted by someone else (impersonation).
• Are repeated more than once (spam).
• Deviate wildly from the topic of the thread or blog.
Any threads, postings or remarks which could cause offence to other players for whatever reasons will not be tolerated within the Sky Poker Community, and all such threads will be removed.
Please note that each user is solely responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of content that they post. We accept no liability for false, misleading, inaccurate, infringing or other actionable material.
As the community owners we reserve the right to monitor and remove any content that breaks the rules set above. Any user that repeatedly breaks these rules may be permanently excluded from participating within the community.
These are the official community house rules, i think theyre fairly clear about whats acceptable and what isnt. I do think though perhaps if a post is pulled and somebody wants to know why then it could be clarified by a suit, i.e. which of the rules it broke.
Having a "toxic waste" section would be paramount to sky making these rules (for good reason) and then turning around and saying these things are unnacceptable on here, but if you want to see this garbage we've moved it here...a bizarre suggestion in my opinion.
You're not likely to find many forums on the internet which dont have rules, because without them it would soon develop into a maelstrom of nastiness.
good luck at the tables, steve
Steve's Post explained it far better than mine.
I'd hardly call those rules "imaginery".
It's a bit of a leap of imagination to go from the rules of a Poker Forum to Civil Liberties & Freedom of Speech!
And please how can you break a the rules a "little" ?
If you want to find out how people really feel about your issues why not set up a poll asking the pertinent questions?, but to be honest im thinking this whole thing is more to do with the recent incident and talk of civil liberties and self expression are merely a smokescreen.
regards , steve