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You’ve received a strike:
Corduroy said:Hey Rachel Jones8,
You have received an infraction on Reddit.
Reason: Trolling
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This infraction is worth 35 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.
Original Post:
http://www.reddit.com/showthread.php?p=52673888Quote: Didi said:Rachel Jones8, get it together. The world doesn't revolve around you.
Why all this rudeness and attitude?
Someone posts about links, but there aren't any links. And I'm the one who needs to "get it together"... like I need to realize the world doesn't revolve around me?
Honestly, you guys are overreacting in a really nasty way.
I don't read every single thread, so how am I supposed to know who moved what where or what a post is even referring to?Floki replied to my post in the thread about the CM. Since the posts were moved here later, you shouldn't be confused if you just kept track of the time.
Keep track of the time? What does that even mean? Like, if I'm not reading every thread and following every single move, and I can't tell why a post suddenly appeared or what it's talking about (since there's no quote, no context, and no note saying it was moved), I'm not allowed to ask what the post is about? It mentions links, but there are zero links.
Quote:All the best,
You're getting annoying, and I'm going to request you be removed from this subforum. Not tonight, but I'll definitely find the time tomorrow.
Fine, go ahead and request it...
...if I'm just asking the author what they meant, and if that's actually a valid reason for someone in charge to act, then sure... (if that makes you happy, I sincerely hope you're nicer in real life than you are here.)
I asked a question regarding this post— 9359—where someone is commenting on a link.
The first post above that actually contains a link is mine— ( 9355 ). Since the comment didn't make sense to me, I just asked a question— post br. 9369
this was my response:Didi said:Rachel Jones8, get it together. The world doesn't revolve around you. Floki replied to my post in the thread about CM. Since the posts were moved here, you shouldn't be confused if you just kept an eye on the clock. You're becoming annoying and I'm going to request you be removed from this subforum. Not tonight, but I'll definitely find the time tomorrow.
Since I wasn't reading any other threads—I just saw a comment regarding a link right here (and the first one above was mine; there weren't any other links in the posts)—I felt these accusations and comments were totally baseless and unfair. So, I responded in post no. 9372, and now I’ve been penalized for "trolling" with 35 points.
Why is trolling the label given to someone responding to rude, nonsensical accusations? Why am I allowed to be targeted with stuff like "get it together," "the world doesn't revolve around you," "watch the clock," or "you're being annoying and I'm calling for your removal," yet I can't defend myself against that without it being labeled as trolling?
I was just asking for clarification from the person who commented on the link (9359)... because I thought they were commenting on *my* link, seeing as there was nothing but my post (no. 9355) and their post (no. 9359) between us.
In response, I got this nasty attack from user Didi, which happened immediately after my post and was completely unprovoked and groundless. If someone had used a normal tone and explained that the comment had nothing to do with my link, but was actually about a link from another thread (which I hadn't been following), I wouldn't have felt the need to react to such a rude attitude.
At the end of the day, this isn't trolling; it's just trying to defend myself against malicious attacks and accusations.
Look, I know the world doesn't revolve around me, but is it really okay for someone to attack or threaten me—telling me to "get it together," accusing me of "not watching the clock," or threatening to have me kicked off the subforum—just because I asked a question about a post? It seems like it works, too... all because I asked a question and then stood up to those rude accusations.
I'm not appealing the penalty, not because I think it's fair, but because I know it's pointless. But I am asking if anyone (not a moderator, but someone objective) can explain where the "trolling" happened that earned me this strike?
And is it really okay that I ask a simple question because a comment isn't clear, only to be met with accusations and a penalty? All because I didn't realize a link had been posted in a different thread and the comment was referring to that instead of my link from three posts ago?
I'm asking... politely and respectfully. Instead of a civil answer, I get attacked and penalized. I just want to know what I did wrong. Am I supposed to follow every single thread on the subforum and know about links posted elsewhere just so I can understand comments in the thread I'm actually reading? Was I being "rude" because I didn't see them since I wasn't even looking at those other threads? I don't think it's my job to "watch the clock" and track every single conversation across the site just to know which link a comment is talking about. Being accused of something nonsensical just because I asked a question about a link I thought was mine... it's ridiculous.
If you're just trolling, my bad.