Incident user was placed in time-out a week ago due to bullying. At the end of the time-out user posted a targeted homophobic slur and was placed in a further 28 day time-out. User acknowledged this and immediately continued with their targeted posts. User was banned.

Note this post is part of a trial to expand active transparency with moderation. Although we have always been open for discussion on the topic, misinformation had been spread unfairly, making it difficult to address without escalating the situation.

In the past we have chosen to not openly advertise bans as it invites unessesary public debate and a large percentage of the community have expressed distaste towards these types of posts. These updates will only occur with manually initiated bans unrelated to self promotion as there is a general consensus regarding spam.

This is to illustrate the substantially low number of account bans and the process which lead to their removal. The names and specifics will not be advertised to avoid glorification of the incident however if you'd like to discuss specifics, please only do so via DM with me.

I've received some comments that people think it's unessesary to document bans such as the one above as homophobic statements are clearly unacceptable.

This process is to improve visibility over account termination decisions, especially in cases where a dispute has been made in public and the ex-community member has chosen to omit key elements.

In the case above, the user has chosen to suppress the fact that they used slurs and targeted someone, citing the incorrect belief that moderation was based on a personal choice and was unrelated to the terms of service.

⚠️ A monthly reminder that if you've been auto-warned by the bot for bad avatars, promotion, advertising, cross-posting, spam etc please don't ignore it and especially DO NOT TRY to bypass the bot by modifying your post or having others post it for you.

I can't lift account suspensions for those inevitable ‘OMG I didn't think it was serious’ situations. If you don't know the guidelines, don't post and ask for forgiveness later.
Any general questions, head to nomadlist.com/settings - any moderation questions, send me a DM.

Nomad List guidelines can be found at nomadlist.com/faq#guidelines

We seem to be getting a spike in posts that are spammy. The main culprits are rentals, jobs and general self promotion. Posts of a promotional nature that are unrelated to the current discussion are deemed spam and are unwelcome in general chat.

If you want to advertise a rental, please do so in #_for_rent.
If you want to advertise a job, please use remoteok.io|remoteok.iobr />I'd you'd like to share something that isn't spammy, please do so in #_show-and-tell.

All other forms of self promotion is unwelcome and if you're unsure, DM me.

1 user has been placed in a 6 month time-out for breach of the ToS.

Incident   user has been placed in time-outs in the past for breaching the Terms of Service. The latest occurrence was due to the user trolling/disrespecting the community immediately after being warned.  Additionally, the user had been spreading misinformation about the moderation process.

To clarify:

• Having a healthy debate about something does not breach guidelines.
• Messaging Nomad List representatives does not breach guidelines.
• Asking questions about the guidelines does not breach the guidelines.
• Discussing COVID does not breach the guidelines.
• Trolling, disrespecting, abusing and showing disrespect does breach the guidelines.
• Purposely trying to bypass the ModBot does breach the guidelines.
• Spreading misinformation about COVID does breach the guidelines.
• Bullying members by threatening to report them to moderators does breach the guidelines.
If you feel someone is breaching the ToS, report them directly to me and do not engage them in public. By doing so, you may also be breaching the guidelines.

⚠️ A monthly reminder that if you've been auto-warned by the bot for bad avatars, promotion, advertising, cross-posting, spam etc please don't ignore it and especially DO NOT TRY to bypass the bot by modifying your post or having others post it for you.

I can't lift account suspensions for those inevitable ‘OMG I didn't think it was serious’ situations. If you don't know the guidelines, don't post and ask for forgiveness later.
Any general questions, head to nomadlist.com/settings - any moderation questions, send me a DM.

Nomad List guidelines can be found at nomadlist.com/faq#guidelines

1 user has been placed in a 1 month time-out for breach of the ToS.

Incident:. User was warned about ongoing inappropriate behaviour and immediately chose to disrespect the community by mocking those who reported the incident.

⚠️ A monthly reminder that if you've been auto-warned by the bot for bad avatars, promotion, advertising, cross-posting, spam etc please don't ignore it and especially DO NOT TRY to bypass the bot by modifying your post or having others post it for you.

I can't lift account suspensions for those inevitable ‘OMG I didn't think it was serious’ situations. If you don't know the guidelines, don't post and ask for forgiveness later.
Any general questions, head to nomadlist.com/settings - any moderation questions, send me a DM.

Nomad List guidelines can be found at nomadlist.com/faq#guidelines