Amiga.org Moderation Policy has been Updated!

[SilvrDrgn]

The official moderation policy of the site has been updated.  You can find it in the "AO Information" section under the System Info menu on the left hand side of the site.  For convenience, here is a direct link -

Moderation Policy

The policy is a work in progress, and it contains a direct link to the Posting Guidelines page.  In fact, both pages contain links to each other, respectively.  The moderation policy can and probably will change in the future, with or without notice to the users (though we'll make every effort to post a notification).

Thanks for your time!

The Amiga.org Staff

[CodeSmith]

Looks like your basic "treat others how you'd like to be treated" guidelines.  What changed?  :-?

[Glaucus]

neo-nazis?!? anti-semites?!? The generic rule against racism isn't enough? And what exactly are neo-nazi ideas and views these days, I haven't been keeping up with their propaganda as of late...

  - Mike

[Damion]

neo-nazis?!? anti-semites?!? The generic rule against racism isn't enough?

Hmmm....I was also curious as to why there are several rules
applying to the same general topic, seems a little excessive for
a computer forum (is there an excess of neo-nazi amigans out
there or something?).

seems a little excessive for

Keep in mind please that the "Coffee House" forums get 3x the traffic of the actual computer-related forums on this site.  In those forums, there are those who continually seek to express neo-nazi (and other extreme) views which a good number of our patrons find offensive.

[melott]

I am a selective reader ;-)
They can write whatever they want...
I reserve my right to READ it or NOT.

[sumner7]

I have read it and I agree with some of it, but not all of it.  :-D

[MarkTime]

Hey I wrote some criticism and now I'm banned from the site!!!!

How am I writing this then?

Oh ya....good point.

Well, first let me say, that Amiga.org probably should remain focused on the amiga platform of computers and not on neo-nazism.  However, for having place that in the document, we are discussing that, far more than I would have expected.

The other thing is....ya'll really are NOT free speech advocates..I would just remove all the free speech talk, since its a red herring.  If you can just label someone as a nazi, or as having insulted a moderator, then you really have no safeguards for speech, at all.

And maybe you won't.  tis ok, its just an amiga board.

Marktime,

What the hell are you talking about?

Wayne

[huronking]

I could be wrong here, but my guess is
the stuff is specifically banned because
it is a pretty serious crime in Germany.
(At least it was when I was there.)

It may be similarly criminal to voice
neo-nazi views in other European countries
so it makes sense to me that the policy is out
of respect to our European amigans and their
laws.

[MarkTime]

Wayne wrote:
Marktime,

What the hell are you talking about?

Wayne

The document mentions the subject of free speech, but it isn't clear how free speech is protected, and indeed it seems that commitment to free speech doesn't extend far beyond simply stating that we have it.

I would recommend removing the references to free speech and admitting that this is not a site for free speech.

Sigh.

[MarkTime]

@huronking,
hey just noticed you are from nashville...cool.
good to have another nashville resident on board.

[Cymric]

@MarkTime:

I side with Wayne here. There isn't a single country in the world where true *public* free speech exists. Not in Europe, not even in the US. Genuine free speech exists only in the privacy of your mind. I'm sure that the meaning of the phrase in the Policy runs along the lines of 'what is commonly accepted as public free speech in real life is also accepted here in this public virtual community'. I think it's a bit silly to argue that the phrase suddenly should mean 'genuine, unrestricted free speech' when in almost all cases, it doesn't. Therefore there is no need to write down the elaboration, it is implied and understood. Deal with it.

[that_punk_guy]

What happens when moderators make racist comments?