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Mod note: (this note is a duplicate of the note in candleflame's 'I Need Help!' thread) candleflame, we have issued a temporary 7 day ban on your account due to your inappropriate response to moderation. Sometimes the moderation team needs to review or address something a the thread before the threa...

Mod note:

In general we do not delete posts or accounts except in a very few specific circumstances. If you would like to have your account deactivated I can take care of that for you.

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Responding as a mod, If your post requires a long warning that doesn't fit in the title it would be better to provide a full-word, complete warning at the top of the post. The only time that you are required by the rules to include a tw in the thread title is if your thread contains nazis or white s...

You may have noticed that we edited a few of our rules to make them more clear, and in one case to correct an instance of ableist language. Rule 3.3 has been edited and expanded to provide a clearer understanding of our "No Body-Shaming or Diet Talk" rule. It now reads: No body shaming or diet talk....

Mod note: zirness, we don't have a policy on a specific way to handle covered text that includes tw and spoilers. As long as there is clear warning of both the tw and the spoiler it should be fine. Any of your ways here would be acceptable. The first and second seem like the most accessible for ease...

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Thanks for your suggestion! I don't have any answers for you right now but we will consider it.

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Mod note: Grangiest, we are issuing a 24 hour temporary ban on your account. You were just issued warning for derailing to push back against moderation, and now you have responded to that moderation by failing to read the message and demanding information that you were given in the moderation messag...

Speaking as just one mod (not a full team message) they haven't been specifically encouraged or discouraged. It's not an official designation.

Thank your for your suggestion! We don't have a resolution for you yet, just wanted to let you know that we have seen this :)

Hello everyone! We're well into end-of-year-winter-holiday busy time now. This is to let you all know that moderation might be a bit slower than usual for the next month or so. Mods may be attending events, doing major end-of-year projects at work or school, might be out of town and away from comput...