Problem with news articles comments

[NixxxoN]

I got a message: "Sorry, you do not have permission to post comments to news articles."

Why? I dont reckon doing anything bad or posting any abusive comment! Nor I did receive any PM notice regarding this.

 

[Famine]

I dont reckon doing anything bad or posting any abusive comment!

You've made 24 comments on blog articles and I can find you abusing other members in three of those - all three coming in a recent five day period that covers your most recent eleven comments. If it helps your recall, you referred to some members as "pathetic", called another member a "smart ass" and chose to refer to another member's content as "bullcrap". You also made another comment which never made it to the blog after you used an expletive to refer to something.

The blog is GTPlanet's most public face and we don't appreciate it when members choose to use it in this fashion. The AUP covers blog comments every bit as much as it covers the forums:

Your use of any public services (collectively, the “forums”) hosted by GTPlanet and its affiliate sites indicates your acceptance of the GTPlanet Privacy Policy, those terms found on the registration page and in the Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”).

You are not alone amongst members who've posted to the blog in a manner that would see them get infraction points on the rest of the site and found their ability to contribute to it removed.

 

[NixxxoN]

Okay so this site has limited freedom of expression and you must speak extremely polite all the time... I get it.

Is there any way to be able to post again? I will be polite of course...

 

[Famine]

Okay so this site has limited freedom of expression

Yes, it's called the Acceptable Use Policy.

You knew this when you signed up. You agreed to this when you agreed to the AUP as a condition of you signing up. I'm not sure why it's suddenly so shocking that when you abuse other members your privileges to do so are removed.

 

[NixxxoN]

Yes, it's called the Acceptable Use Policy.

You knew this when you signed up. You agreed to this when you agreed to the AUP as a condition of you signing up. I'm not sure why it's suddenly so shocking that when you abuse other members your privileges to do so are removed.

I dont think I abused other members, just some not very polite words, thats all.

 

[Famine]

I dont think I abused other members

If it helps your recall, you referred to some members as "pathetic", called another member a "smart ass" and chose to refer to another member's content as "bullcrap". You also made another comment which never made it to the blog after you used an expletive to refer to something.

"Not very polite words" aimed at other people is abuse.


You agreed not to do this, and yet you're calling other people "pathetic" and "a smart ass" and posting expletives to the blog. One in six of your comments is unacceptable, so now you can no longer make them.

 

[NixxxoN]

Please link them to me so I'll explain one by one why I think they're not abusive. I never attacked anyone, only I disagreed other's opinions, not very politely as I said, but I never directly attack members.

 

[Famine]

Please link them to me so I'll explain one by one why I think they're not abusive. I never attacked anyone, only I disagreed other's opinions, not very politely as I said, but I never directly attack members.

They have been removed from public view - but remain on record.

Disagreeing with opinions is fine, but calling someone a "smart ass" or whole groups of members "pathetic" is not disagreeing with opinions, it's abuse. Do it on the forums and you'll get infraction points, eventually having your ability to post removed. Do it on the blog and you get your ability to comment on the blog removed.

This is what happened. One in six of your messages (including the one where you used the f-word) was completely unacceptable and so now you cannot make them any more.


This answers your question entirely.