RIU being censored or did i miss some rule?

NorthwestBuds said:

I think considering the childish antics of the users here, the Mods do a great job here.

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There has been a whole history on thread closure's deleted posts and straight out banned for life shit that goes on.When its questionable they have a meeting [discussion].They shut down the stupid revolting shit too.Chiceh nuked a dude who cloned me on here one night.Rules are rules bro.Not u NW

GrowTech said:

Threads get closed when inappropriate, spam, etc. Users get banned when underage, or the infractions add up, or if the user joined just to troll threads. There are rules that moderators follow, and there are guidelines that are clearly defined when you join to the site.

Mods are not randomly going around and closing threads they have opinions against, and they are not banning members for no good reason.

If you are looking to advertise your website whether using a banner, or your forum signature - visit this link

Either way, everything is in the rules... When we catch someone breaking the rules, we resolve the issue, and when someone reports another member breaking the rules, we handle it. Aside from that we like to post and chat

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I have nothing against that, still doesnt answer why my sig was deleted, as far as i can see i wasnt breking any rules.
Wasnt spam, wasnt advertisement, wasnt offensive, wasnt porn...

valuablevariable said:

I have nothing against that, still doesnt answer why my sig was deleted, as far as i can see i wasnt breking any rules.
Wasnt spam, wasnt advertisement, wasnt offensive, wasnt porn...

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Yeah, I don't know who removed it, and I can't say why as I don't recall what your signature was.

Your question was answered in the beginning of this thread. The rule you apparently broke was "No external links in signatures." (ie. links leading away from RIU.)

This is a standard policy for many forums I have seen, not all that surprising. Just because the link was not selling anything hardly makes it an exception. Most if not all of the links you see in signatures here link to existing pages still on RIU, like journals.

Take care

weedaweedaweed said:

I think there's a rule that says "no outside links" so that could be the problem.

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^ this

"Potroast" deleted my sig, my sig was somethign like "everybody should watch this" (plus a link to youtube).
I know there have been questionable deleted posts and bans, just what im wondering about is why something that isnt really anything offensive, illegal, bothersome etc gets deleted.
I dont quite buy into the "no outside links" rule, if it exists then ill accept that but seeing as i doubt theres such a rule im confused as to why it was removed.
A whole website (forum) where you cant link to another website, not to sell anything or to a competing forum, but to link to some information is pretty absurd.
Also Potroast said "dont put any link like that here again", seeming to mean that links are allowed but not this type of link. So what type of link was this supposed to have been?

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yourlocal420 said:

Censorship! Are you kidding me? Rollitup owns the site he employs whoever he sees fit to run the site. I personally believe it is one of the best sources of information for new and experienced growers. If you don't like the way the site is ran don't post here! This thread just takes up space where something useful could be. Enough said!

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A. " Censorship is suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material" so yes it could be considered censorship.

B. I never said anything against the content/information of the site. Ive contributed as much as i could in the past myself.

C. Stop trying to act as if you know everything. I had a question and was asking for an answer, seems reasonable enough to ask in a thread.

Chiceh thanks for the info, like i said i agree with deleting trash, misinformation, unethical, unappropriate, spam, abusive, links to competing sites, copyright material etc. I still didnt break any rules mentioned.

It just seems like a mod saw my link, thought to himself "oh not another crazy 911 conspiracy" and deleted it.
All it was was an engineer and architect talking about physics of structures and no crazy conclusions.
Im not dissing the site, its just somewhat bothersom when somebody else decides what your allowed to say or not say based on their own opinion.

valuablevariable said:

Chiceh thanks for the info, like i said i agree with deleting trash, misinformation, unethical, unappropriate, spam, abusive, links to competing sites, copyright material etc. I still didnt break any rules mentioned.

It just seems like a mod saw my link, thought to himself "oh not another crazy 911 conspiracy" and deleted it.
All it was was an engineer and architect talking about physics of structures and no crazy conclusions.
Im not dissing the site, its just somewhat bothersom when somebody else decides what your allowed to say or not say based on their own opinion.

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Pass the crack pipe already man.

Gotta love the people sayin derogatory shit to the OP tryin to get brownie points.

Louis541 said:

Gotta love the people sayin derogatory shit to the OP tryin to get brownie points.

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Haha right......thats exactly what I was thinking

Pff, really cant cant get any real answers besides from some smart ass wannabes.

Your answer is in the rules I posted earlier. If you have that big of an issue, speak to the staff member directly. I am sure he left his name when he messaged you.

valuablevariable said:

Pff, really cant cant get any real answers besides from some smart ass wannabes.

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Chiceh said:

What does that mean?

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Each one is unique!

The rules are hardly enforced consistently. Is what I meant.

I'm certainly not pointing a finger at anyone in particular. There are a lot of posts! That's for sure.

Chiceh said:

Your answer is in the rules I posted earlier. If you have that big of an issue, speak to the staff member directly. I am sure he left his name when he messaged you.

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alright, I guess I have to spread more rep around before I can give you more..... but I like how you keep your cool....

TeaTreeOil said:

The moderators are questionable at best.

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I totally agree

I have gotten infractions from one particular moderator, although I have seen numerous posts in which he does the same thing he gave me an infraction for...*rolls his eyes*

RIU is on the same path as the USA.
*peace*
thats my 2 cents, which is actually worth 3 cents a couple decades ago

i love how i went through four pages and you have yet to get an answer! i think he just used his emotion to delete it and didnt go by the rules! sucks but its life! i would put my link back! FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS!