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Date: 10/12/22
Moderator: SupaDudz
Best.Korea has been banned for 7 days due to excessive toxicity(trolling) in forums and the advocation of pedophilia. To be clear, trolling in of itself is not a bannable offensive, but when combined with illegal activities that could get the site in trouble, that crosses a line
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@ILikePie5
It is currently an on-going case and will be evaluated privately. But I am hearing every evidence out to make an informed decision
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@Best.Korea
When you violate the CoC eventually and then get banned, do not come crying to me when you don't listen
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@ILikePie5
That was one of the key reasonings as to prove they were not a chat bot
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@ILikePie5
We did a case by case analysis, and after the first review, we deemed there was without a reasonable doubt that Shila was a chat bot.
However, after a second review where Shila pleaded their case, when we reviewed new and old evidence, the moderation team deemed that there not enough conclusively to prove without a reasonable doubt Shila was a chat bot
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@Best.Korea
There was no mistake. It was a second review of the case at hand, which is not about their belief, conduct, etc.
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@Best.Korea
It wasn't censorship by any means. It's funny to me how you consider what I did as censorship despite my very much anti censorship approach to modding, which means you are extremely unintelligent in your view of me and my policy.
It was not censorship. Censorship is haulting what people say based on a disagreement of policy. I halted his posting privilege's due an issue that could cause harm to the site if not dealt with properly. If I was pro censorship, you would've been banned long ago...
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Date: 10/11/22
Moderation: Joint decision
After a thorough investigation done by countless people, input from our site owner, and a message of defense from Shila themselves, the moderation team have made the decision to reinstate Shila's privilege's and reverse the decision made on October 10th, 2022. While examining the case, we have decided that the evidence of Shila being a bot does not meet the criteria for a revocation of privilege's due to the lack of attestable evidence. Sure there are discrepancies that are glaring, but we can not prove without a reasonable doubt that Shila is a bot, and thus vote to reinstate Shila privilege's to be able to post
In regards to Shila's behavior, they have received an informal warning
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That's not the reason in which they were muted, but sure thing. Did someone not get their pacifier today?
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@Novice_II
Chat bots are human programmed too and created by humans. Your perception of AI is way to simplistic and short minded. The way they reply is a simple copy and paste strategy with uses advanced AI. There are inconsistencies to which they post on certain items.
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@RationalMadman
I understand the reasoning as to why it it may seem they are not a bot, and I have given it a good amount of thought into the reasoning with my fellow mods, but there were 3 things to me that stood out
1) No response in the DM yet response to me in forums. They were actively online into which I DM'd them about certain inquiries to prove they are not a chat bot, however, they have failed to do as such before and after the announcement was made. This made me to believe there bot was not programmed to respond to DMs.
2) The sure absurdity of the forum posts. They have been active on the site for a month and have already achieved 2.5k forum posts in a month. In about 30 days, they have posted over 83 times a day, to which the only time those numbers occurred was during mafia, and which 83 for mafia in one day was highly unlikely.
3) The time and schedule to which they post is always the same. This was an observation whiteflame pointed out, and feel free to ping him for question
I leaned on the belief and the evidence acquired that they are a chat bot. This will certainly be re-evaluated at some point when adequate time has passed
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Date: 10/10/22
Moderator: Joint decision
Shila's account has been indefinitely restricted from creating topics, posting in the forum, and posting debate comments due to the strong speculation and correlation to Shila using or being a chat bot. This is due to the mass volume in which they reply to forums, the monotone and repetitive answers they will say on any unrelated forum post. Until said user can confirm they are not a chat bot, there account will be locked from these privilege's and if they do not comply with the regulations sent, they will be subject to immediate ban.
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Greetings from the Moderation Team!
On October 19th, the Moderation team will be commencing the fourth annual DART Hall of Fame. The DART Hall of Fame is a process in which we honor users, forums, and debates that have made an impact on the community as a whole. This tradition was carried over from Debate.org, and we have continued it from there to here. Below will explain the process of the Hall of Fame...
October 19th through October 22nd - Users can nominate three of the following from each selected category (users, debates, and forums). The nominees with the most nominations will enter the final voting stage
October 23rd through October 26th - Users will select three nominees from each category that they believe deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. The nominees with the most votes will be selected for the Hall of Fame
In addition to the main categories, there is also a miscellaneous category for which you can nominate funny moments, a certain post, or anything that doesn’t fit the requirements of the main categories.
There are no prerequisites or eligibility requirements for users to participate in the Hall of Fame nominating or voting processes, except that they have an account on DART and are not voting/nominating from more than one account. Importantly, coordinating votes or severe spamming of votes is prohibited. This will result in all votes that were deemed as spam nullified. You may argue with people on their choice if warranted, but mass campaigning is prohibited. Private PM's with groupchats is prohibited. This process is about awarding those with merit or importance, and not about awarding those who can cajole the most voters. Also, more exact start and end times will be made clear in the threads in question, to ensure there is no ambiguity as to when the processes begin and conclude. Please be sure to check these times
I am posting this update now to (a) brief you on the process, (b) give notice about the restrictions placed on campaigning and vote coordinating/rigging, and (c) give you time to consider who/what you would like to nominate, come October 19th!
Finally, I understand that this is a bit later than usual and I apologize for this, but hopefully we can have an active engagement in honoring those who have benefited the site
Finally, I understand that this is a bit later than usual and I apologize for this, but hopefully we can have an active engagement in honoring those who have benefited the site
Sincerely,
SupaDudz and the rest of the Moderation Team
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@RationalMadman
I get randomly logged out after a certain period of time has passed, especially on my phone. That could be the reason but I wouldn't know the full logistics. When I log into my account on a separate device it didn't log me out on the other devices
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@RationalMadman
I would agree. I never saw the issue, maybe it could be exposing if positioned in that would be revealing of genitalia, I don't know.
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@Novice_II
Shila has not made a vote or comment on any debate, so your point is negated there
In a civil society and especially in a civil case, there are levels to punishment before resorting to the final blow, a ban in voting, an one and done deal is an authoritarian approach that creates a level of restriction that is not sustainable for a debating site. I also do not see how any of the accounts you mentioned are trolls to a degree.
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Going outside and touching grass
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@Novice_II
This is simply not true. If there were to be an user who constantly troll voted, obviously there is action done and has been action done in the past. However, we allow a system that allows multiple chances to correct a behavior. It is not a major violation that would lose privilege's immediately and the way you are thinking is an extremely authoritarian way. That is also a reason why in order to vote on some debates, there can only be certain users that can vote if they really wanted to
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@Novice_II
Immediate loss of voting after 1 troll vote? We don't live in an authoritarian state. Chill out
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@TWS1405
Self love is important to a more loving life
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We are pretty delayed with it. Personally, I am working on a ton of other projects within my future career + school work + social life. The procedure itself is relatively the same as before, it's just about when we have the time to oversee it
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Communism is the reason "Comedy" should be a subforum topic
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If you immigrate from North Korea, then you can be honest with yourself
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@Lair77
By mentality, I mean like creativity
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@Lair77
I compare Kanye West to a lion. A lion is not the strongest, fastest, or biggest in the jungle, but is still the king due to the mentality he has. That's how i feel about Kanye
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@ILikePie5
He's an easy fight tbh. Kinda like the Cowboys
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@IwantRooseveltagain
It’s the same with Jews and blacks. MAGA REPUBLICANS hate Jews and blacks in general but when they speak favorably of Trump, like Candace Owens or Diamond and Silk, then they are welcome to speak.
The opposite speaks for itself, if a black man has views that are not of the Liberal agenda, the left excommunicates them WORSE than anyone on the MAGA side
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I would say statically speaking, there is examples of white privilege in society, but there are also other privileges society for other races as such.
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@Ramshutu
So your telling me kidnappers, robbers, people who commit second degree murder, and arsonists, should be allowed to roam free without bail?
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The problem with adding people from YouTube advertisements is that major advertisements usually attract a certain audience of people in which they promote the impacts of cancel culture and whichhunting based on public opinion. I believe we should advertise, but by sponsoring/collaborating with debate youtubers who's audience would promote intellectual discussion versus a twitter fight
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@ILikePie5
I don’t live in Illinois for 8/12 months so I don’t really experience it
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Holy hell, I don't think there is a cognitive braincell by any democrat. I don't think democrats allow the ability to critical think. A law that removes cash bail for almost every crime? This is a purge law
The democratic party, destroying the states we live in just for their stupid PC social justice. Don't know how these morons still have a job
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@RationalMadman
I would agree
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@RationalMadman
I simply wouldn't care. If they are both pilots then they are certified to fly me
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Not during the debate, but maybe after depending what I am arguing. (I stopped debating awhile ago)
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I think Andrew Tate is very correct about issues such as improving yourself and understanding how to improve yourself, and that is the stuff in which Andrew Tate is 100% correct. I also think that traditional conservatism values of man and woman are not mysoginistic by any means. Granted, I do not agree with this to the extent in how traditional conservatism couples work, I think it should be, but not for the extent in which Andrew Tate goes.
My problem with Andrew Tate is some of the comments he says about women not being better at their jobs, he was quoted in saying "if there's a male and female pilot, I am picking the male pilot." Why don't you just pick the better pilot?
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@Vici
If i was an adult i would be banging hoes and getting finna lit instead of being couped up talking to internet people
You would also be paying taxes and worrying about your student loan debt
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