Are anti groups allowed?

[Downhill Dino]

White & Nerdy has said that the bronies have been affiliated with mods in the past, and there's evidence:

Now what to make of it...

 

[Tornado]

White & Nerdy has said that the bronies have been affiliated with mods in the past, and there's evidence:

White and Nerdy said it? Oh boy. Then it must be true.



And by the way, if you are going to claim some grand conspiracy, you would be better off finding something a bit more substantial then a thrown-together list that I basically inherited from the previous thread starter and have been planning on dumping anyways (mostly so I can cram more pictures into the OP), because look what I see right now:

Oooooooohhhh. You and White and Nerdy are on the list, and since the list is ironclad evidence apparently, you two are obviously Bronies.

 

[boiltheocean]

White & Nerdy has said that the bronies have been affiliated with mods in the past, and there's evidence:

If you dig further into the thread you find TB was added to that list by mistake. As proved in his response later.

Successfully Captured and Converted Bronies WIP
TB

The hell?

As for Famine I can't be bothered to search through that thread anymore however I'm pretty sure he will side with the AUP over Bronies or Anti-Bronies.

 

[TB]

White & Nerdy has said that the bronies have been affiliated with mods in the past, and there's evidence:

Have you bothered to actually look at Famine's or my posts in that thread or are you simply going off of a list created by someone and then relayed second hand?

Odd, too, is the fact that if I'm "one of them" that I was the one who banned their founding member.

Can we all be done with this nonsense now?

Edit: Double treed.

 

[Bigbazz]

wtf is a brony?

 

[White & Nerdy]

As to ParkourVeyron's comment in your thread: CALM DOWN! The group has multiple lines of defense that make such vengeance needless. The group leader can kick people who oppose our mission and joined just to troll, and if it gets too bad, there are mods. If serious troll ops begin, I trust they'll deal with it.

 

[Jordan]

Unlike the rest of the comments here, I'm actually going to address the OP:

Title summarises the inquiry and to be more punctual I want to refer to this situation:

Anti-Bronies group

You will not behave in an abusive and/or hateful manner, and will not harass, threaten, nor attack any individual or any group.

Now as you might have noticed I'm a brony(sort of) therefore my opinion can be biased at the time of exposing my arguments, however while not offended or interested in such group I should address that its existence and content go against the basic rules of AUP, which makes me wonder if such thing is allowed.

One of the situations I find interesting in the group is that it doesn't go against a concept(which is allowed) but it rather goes against a group of people (which is not allowed, and in punctual terms it can be defined as "racist"), now if such group were to exist it would be acceptable, however the concept itself is based against the AUP rules, but far from being a simple group the problem is that its allowance could widespread the existence of anti-groups of individuals(which is not allowed).

I do get the reasoning of the existence of that group, I also understand the continuity of such group, however I'll like to see the opinions of the moderation staff and their thoughts about this, because it is an allowance of a group which is not allowed under the rules of the AUP (which regulates the common behaviour on the forums).

And no, I don't want to start I fight, I'm just simply genuinely interested to see mods position on this kind of "situation".

The short answer is that yes, in this context, "anti" groups are permitted within reason. The mere existence of a social group of members that disagree with or do not like fans of a television show is not "harassment", it's not a "threat", nor is it an "attack" as prohibited by the AUP. If that group is used as a vehicle to do any of those things, then it will be shut down.

As mentioned, context is very important in these cases. Groups "against" an individual or group's inherent characteristics are, obviously, not allowed, along with anything else myself or the staff deems inappropriate.

To discuss the issue at large, I agree with the other staff members that some of the comments against MLP fans are pushing and too often exceeding boundaries. This feigned "outrage" over the show's popularity is tiresome and, frankly, many of you are looking stranger than the people you're trying to disparage. It's in your best interest to drop it, now.