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If this is about my threads, I'll lay off the borderline glowfag posts for now.

Several accounts have been doing this since poal moved to the new host.

For the record saying someone deserves to be.... is not a crime nor a threat.

To be a crime or a threat it has to be

With all due respect, you don't get to decide what qualifies as calls to violence here.

This isn't the first time we have to interact on that matter. I hope we won't have to again.

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With all due respect, you don't get to decide what qualifies as calls to violence here.

Your site, your rules. I'm just explaining from my own understanding what I know about the law, which apparently is broader than the TOS, obviously to be safe. Guess I got to go read the TOS again.

I'm not trying to shit in your pool AOU, even if it is shitposting. I'm actually really grateful for the site.

I don't know about anyone else making posts, and I'm not responsible for them.

This isn't the first time we have to interact on that matter.

Don't recall the last time if we did. When was this?

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I'm not trying to shit in your pool

I know, but these kind of posts aren't really helping.

Don't recall the last time if we did. When was this?

Check our past PM.

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Check our past PM.

Ah fuck, you know how many PMs I have? How do you even handle moderating an entire site like this?

I know, but these kind of posts aren't really helping.

Then tell me what I can do to help, because I'm sick to death of no one doing anything and nothing ever getting any better man.

I don't think it's entirely true that what I write isn't helping. There are too many people afraid to speak without fear of consequences. People are fucking terrified, while the left and politicians who support them call for our deaths, rapes, torture, on a regular basis.

Sometimes you gotta be brave, and do things that are unpleasant, that you don't want to do, things that might have costs and consequences to yourself down the line, if it means helping people to find their voice in the face of blatant political suppression.

I'm grateful every day that you and people like you AOU, host sites like this, but especially you, because you've already taken risks hosting all of us here.

And this is what I mean by how self-censorship destroys people. The fact that one side has to watch its words, while the other side that supports the u.s. government gets fucking grants and federal contractors to DDOS and use shitposts to get sites shutdown and destroy the hosts and users.

And what does it do. It leads to the ever gradual encroachment on more and more things we can't say without risking everything to do so, until we're not allowed to say anything without becoming a face on the news.

I speak for those people and their anger that goes unanswered, for those people who won't speak for themselves, putting everything I have at risk every time, because who else will?

You know me AOU. Never met, but you do know me, because we've been on this journey for two years. You know I'm peaceful, and you know I hate violence. If you have access to our PMs and IPs then you also know my name, where I travel, my phone number, and what motives me. You know me.

Had I even known the last shutdown was because of my posts, I would have never even started posting.

> Check our past PM. Ah fuck, you know how many PMs I have? How do you even handle moderating an entire site like this? > I know, but these kind of posts aren't really helping. Then tell me what I *can* do to help, because I'm sick to death of no one doing anything and nothing ever getting any better man. I don't think it's entirely true that what I write isn't helping. There are too many people afraid to speak without fear of consequences. People are fucking terrified, while the left and politicians who support them call for our deaths, rapes, torture, on a regular basis. Sometimes you gotta be brave, and do things that are unpleasant, that you don't want to do, things that might have costs and consequences to yourself down the line, if it means helping people to find their voice in the face of blatant political suppression. I'm grateful every day that you and people like you AOU, host sites like this, but especially you, because *you've already taken risks hosting all of us here*. And this is what I mean by how self-censorship destroys people. The fact that one side has to watch its words, while the other side that supports the u.s. government gets fucking grants and federal contractors to DDOS and use shitposts to get sites shutdown and destroy the hosts and users. And what does it do. It leads to the ever gradual encroachment on more and more things we can't say without risking everything to do so, until we're not allowed to say anything without becoming a face on the news. I speak for those people and their anger that goes unanswered, for those people who won't speak for themselves, putting everything I have at risk every time, because who else will? You know me AOU. Never met, but you do know me, because we've been on this journey for two years. You know I'm peaceful, and you know I hate violence. If you have access to our PMs and IPs then you also know my name, where I travel, my phone number, and what motives me. You know me. Had I even known the last shutdown was *because of my posts*, I would have never even started posting.

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Could you clarify? Poalers with any sense are familiar with the legal definition of calls to violence and are onboard with you removing unlawful content such as "We should go kill Homer Simpson on Tuesday January 10th in 1992 in the library with the wrench" because that's an incitement to violence (or assault, terroristic threats, etc...the exact crime label depends on the jurisdiction). If Poal's ToS exceeds the legal definition, it's important to be very clear on what Poal's ToS prohibits to avoid damaging trust in the community due to a mismatch between the rules as written (calls to violence have a discrete legal meaning) and the rules as enforced.

TLDR: We love Poal and want to avoid a Reddit situation where people follow the rules and still gets the banstick because the site admin isn't enforcing the rules but rather "whatever the admin arbitrarily doesn't like depending on the alignment of the planets, which side of the bed he woke up on, and this morning's horoscope".