My entire thread was deleted without explanation: "Be a Santa Claus - pack a New Year's gift

Look, I want a straight answer: how exactly did a chill New Year's thread violate the forum rules?!

The whole thing was posted in Off-topic, so it was just harmless, good vibes. I honestly don't get why everyone is acting like there's some massive witch hunt going on.

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Wait, you seriously think we’re all just idiots here?

You start a thread specifically to go after the mods and admins, and then you actually have the nerve to whine about your post getting nuked?

Just stop doing that already so we don't have to step in with actual disciplinary action.

Is there seriously no room for a little joke around here? And let’s be clear—not a single swear word or insult left my mouth!!! 🤷

Besides, you weren't the only one called out, and you definitely weren't the point of this whole discussion

The whole vibe of this thread was supposed to be lighthearted and fun, so you could have easily given me some sass right back in the same spirit 🤷

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Look, don't try to brush this whole thing off as just some "big joke." Even if it was, it was a pretty damn shitty joke.

Seriously though, I'm telling you again—just don't do stuff like that.

Alright, so can I just start a thread and put a disclaimer right in the opening post saying, "Moderators and Admins are strictly forbidden from participating in this thread!"?

Look, this whole thing is meant to be a massive joke, and I'd hate to see it get shut down prematurely.

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Just reach out to the Off-topic mods, shoot one of them a PM or whatever, and see what they have to say about it.

Can I weigh in for a second? 😁

I just hopped online to drop a comment on the Ethan Morales22 thread and realized it’s been locked!

Yeah, okay, there were gifts for the mods, but since when did they become some protected species where you can't mess with them like everyone else on the forum? 🤷

If you shut down his thread because you thought it was going to be strictly for moderators and admins, can I ask someone to reopen it? Maybe we could specify there are no gifts this time, just stuff for us regular users. Honestly, the thread was just fun and lighthearted—just a harmless Off-topic thing before the holidays where people could virtually swap gifts. It's a shame it got closed.

So, can we get the green light to start a similar thread?

edit: Just saw the last post! Ethan Morales22, go go go! 👋

Every single one of those provocations is going to be deleted, just like always.

Jeffrey Garcia6 said:Every single one of those provocations is going to be deleted, just like always.

Fine, if someone actually breaks the RULES, go ahead and delete those posts then, 🤷

You can even cite the RULES from the intro post if you really want to be that guy. 🤷

So, can I call up Santa Claus again? Maybe give him a heads-up on a few dangerous things before he starts handing out punishments? 😉

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Jeffrey Garcia6 said:Every single one of those provocations is going to be deleted, just like always.

What's that supposed to mean? 😁

Can we actually start this thread or what?
Look, I agree that being provocative should get you penalized—nobody's arguing against that—but can we just open the topic or not? 🙂

Listen up. But...

Any mention of the moderators is going to be flagged as a provocation, even if you just put it in the thread title.

If you think we lack a sense of humor, don't look at us—you’re the ones who caused this.

We need to maintain 😁

Jeffrey Garcia6 said:Listen up. But...

Any mention of the moderators is going to be flagged as a provocation, even if you just put it in the thread title.

If you think we lack a sense of humor, don't look at us—you’re the ones who caused this.

We need to maintain 😁

thanks 🙏

OK

Before you guys go ahead and lock this thread down, I just wanted to POINT OUT (since I’m not supposed to say it in the main thread 😁) that we should probably avoid mentioning the mods or admins, and definitely don't go sending them gift baskets 😳

Seriously though, folks—keep the jokes strictly lighthearted! 😳

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