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Don't get me wrong. I love this site and the articles and stuff. But some things here just rub me the wrong way, like too many depressing articles and certain views and stuff. What do you find infuriating about the site?
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#1
The downvoting system. Here's the thing: Downvotes here are NOT regular dislikes. Just 10 downvotes get you banned. The first time, for one day. Second time, 5 days. Third time... permanently. This information is in the community guidelines, but let's face it, this is not the first place most people check when they make an account here. Not to mention that it is TOO accessible and easy to click or tap; you could click it by accident. When something gets people banned, it shouldn't be THAT easy to click, and it should be clear that it can get people banned and not be disguised as just a downvote. And that silences active users that even generate content on this website. I got banned twice. The next time will be my last one. The first time, I expressed a different opinion and some people grossly misunderstood what I said. The second time, someone asked a question and I answered, trying to help. Yup, that got me banned. Nothing offensive, nothing inflammatory, and no spam. And I'm not the only one who has been banned for a ridiculous reason like that. Oh, and the email I got about being banned said I could reply if I thought this was a mistake. It's been almost 2 weeks and I still haven't heard back. And I keep going under downvoted comments and explaining that downvotes get people banned, doing the job that BP people should've done in the first place. And most people here don't even know that's how downvotes work! I even tried to raise awareness by asking pandas what comments got them banned unjustly and made a second post explaining the downvoting system, and neither of my posts got accepted. So... Yeah. I'm only here to do my best to spread the word before I decide I've had enough and leave, or get banned permanently, whichever comes first. My deepest apologies to all the people I downvoted and contributed to their ban. I didn't know. Now I do, and it feels awful being silenced for no reason. I am sorry.
Final score:
13points
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Sorry, I have to ask... so you tried to post an Ask Pandas asking which comments got people banned? Lol. I recently attempted to do exactly that, and it wouldn't publish, so I ended up with 7 drafts of it unpublished. Like the naive idiot that I am, I thought there was a technical problem. So they don't approve and accept such questions? Lame. --- Anyway thanks for posting this! I wrote something similar the other day in some other Ask Pandas but this one seems to be getting more attention.
Lonely Tentacle (Submission author) 3 years ago
I am very sorry you went to such lengths just to get basically shot down... :( That's very unfair, and I honestly don't even get this. We're trying to raise awareness within their own website, which is something they should be doing in the first place. Things like this is why I hate censorship, and silencing people who have things to say. :( Honestly, I was just trying to find a chance to say this, and when I saw the question I was like "heck yeah, finally!".
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Kim Contreras 3 years ago
I did not know this!!! I thought people down voted me because they didn't agree, not knowing they were merely trying to get me banned! What kind of set up is that!!! People disagree with you and ultimately you get banned for speaking what you think. That is true censorship.
Bored Goat 3 years ago
Oh yeah, that's what happens. People don't know, it's not obvious that downvoting can lead to bans, and I've seen a lot of people get surprised when they learn that downvotes are not just dislikes. :/
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Frank H 3 years ago (edited)
This needs to be changed! Doesn't make sense. Just introduce a 'report' button like every other chit chat platform.
Lonely Tentacle (Submission author) 3 years ago
Exactly! When you just present is as a very easily accessible downvote button it's misleading!
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Tina Kathrarg 2 years ago
I have accidentally downvoted and changed it to upvote, which is what I wanted to do in the first place. Does anyone know if they still count those accidental downvotes?
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#2
Censorship of nearly every swearword/bodypart below the waist Even when its just part of a different word in a different context................things like "charles d**kens" 🤔!!?!?
Final score:
12points
Barry The Frog 2 years ago
Cr ap gets censored, and even butt gets censored in comic strips. It's absurd, and it's one of the only reasons I'm not very fond of this site.
Kim Contreras 3 years ago
My problem is the opposite- so many things include words I would not share with anyone else. Ruins a perfectly good post.
#3
The downvoting system
Final score:
11points
Kim Contreras 3 years ago
Had no clue that there was a system to downvoting! Saw it as a person disagreeing, not as a means of censoring.
Sharon Van den Berg 2 years ago
i agree. what is the problem with disagreeing. just as important as agreeing. democratic me thinks.
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If it's in the FUNNY category it should be funny;
Final score:
9points
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Bruh I once saw some extremely serious current world political post in the funny section and I was like "....what part of this is funny?"
#5
BP blocks intelligent replies but allows the idiots to carry on with ignorance. .
Final score:
8points
#6
Deleting a post should mean exactly that - it should be gone - especially if BP messes up and double posts.
Final score:
8points
girlsrock4ever 3 years ago
What I have a problem with is that you can upvote and downvote deleted comments. This can get people banned. If it's not going to disappear, the upvote/downvote buttons should, at the very least.
#7
The arbitrary truncation of threads. What's the reason for posting the 30 top responses, then requiring readers to click a link for the next 2 or 3? Threads with fewer than 50 posts shouldn't be truncated. Also, why stop a thread at a pount before just the last few?
Final score:
7points
Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago
also, when you go back to your own comments through your profile, and some comment was to a list entry after the cutoff, you have to click on the "load the entire list" link again so the jump to your comment works.
Kim Contreras 3 years ago
And calling it a list of say 50 items but a bunch of those 50 are just repeats.
#8
BP tends to exaggerate how great things are. Every cartoon is groundbreaking for the way it doesn't portray women as one dimensional characters, and it places performative activism and actual activism in the same level of importance. Also, no one on here cares you don't want to have kids.
Final score:
7points
#9
The draconian and puritanical censorship of fine art infuriated me.
Final score:
7points
#10
The people posting junk and nonsense yet think they are interesting!
Final score:
6points
#11
Idk where the report button is and I needed to report someone awhile ago
Final score:
6points
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Ah geez, I figured it out a bit ago but I forgot now and I lost it, umm when I figure it out again I'll let you know
#12
At the bottom of every post below "see also on BP", for me, the image is always, yes I say, ALWAYS the image of the freakin' pregnant lady beach selfie that makes her look like a roast freakin' turkey. I never dug it to begin with or clicked on it but it's burned in there and maddening. MADDENING I SAY! What did I do in another life to be so cursed? Please BP wizards make it stop! 😭🚫🤰🍗
Final score:
6points
Lonely Tentacle 3 years ago
I always see that on my phone too. And both on my phone and my computer, I see that bridezilla one. Like, don't those post ever change? I'm so tired of seeing the same things all the time too!
#13
My pet peeve is that when there is a list of something I am interested in only the beginning items on the list include information about it. Then the rest are just nothing but the item. Either do the whole list with accompanying info or don’t bother at all. You shouldn’t have to Google every item that BP doesn’t include explanatory info.
Final score:
6points
#14
Posts filled with complete lies and Ask Panda's lists getting shortened. My favorite thing on this website is Ask Pandas with 100+ replies.
Final score:
5points
2763MilesAway (Submission author) 3 years ago
Actually? Just lists in general getting shortened. Also, you can't edit your posts.
Lonely Tentacle 3 years ago
Not being able to edit posts is another annoying thing in itself...
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downvote system, tbh. it is like random downvotes get u suspended.🙄🙄🙄. other than that, i love the site.
Final score:
5points
#16
Censorship, words like rape I've seen be Censored,and I've experienced it,the only ages that can't see swears need the parents to get onto the bp app or website,why do then censor WHY
Final score:
5points
#17
I always find it annoying, when it's clearly stated that some article contains "the best answers" from reddit or twitter or whatever, yet there are always people in the comments who adress the author of the post directly, as if it was an "ask pandas" list.
Final score:
4points
Robert Chandler 2 years ago
I can hardly ever get the articles to load anymore.. don't have any other problems with websites or apps.. but the Android app the articles won't load 90+ % of the time.. you lost a regular user and contributed.
#18
App doesn’t always work well. For example the button to show more at times doesn’t work
Final score:
4points
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah but don’t even get excited about it, it's supposed to be... not so great.
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I wouldn’t say this infuriateds me but it does make me bothered when there is so much one way bashing and it’s perfectly acceptable while anyone with opposing views or comments are ridiculed. Freedom of speech really ought to go both ways
Final score:
4points
#20
Blocking other users so you stop them stalking you, or having to see their idiotic comments
Final score:
3points
#22
When I try to see a reply to one of my comments, click on the notification I got from the reply, and then it only takes me on the thread where I commented, not my comment. Might just be my phone tho.....
Final score:
2points
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
Happens to me too. If your comment is not on the final list, but either in the general comments section (bottom) or in the "older pics" (after the list has been shortened), you have too scroll aaalllll the wayyyy to find it...
What do you think ?
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 3 years ago
That they ban you, but never tell you why. I've sent emails asking what I did (so I don't do it again), but they never reply
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 3 years ago
That they ban you, but never tell you why. I've sent emails asking what I did (so I don't do it again), but they never reply
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