Poll: Reading hidden posts.

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M0rp43vs

Most Refined Escapist
Jul 4, 2008
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I do. sometimes, when I see "person got suspended for___" I click and see usually to learn what not to post/see what got this guy in trouble but they are usually just one word answer or something boring like that
 

TwistedEllipses

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Nov 18, 2008
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Always. They might not have anything worth saying, but they could have been banned for other posts or perhaps unjustly (in my opinion). It's worth looking...
 

CleverNickname

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Sep 19, 2010
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It's the best way to learn. Both what not to do, and what the mods are doing wrong. Also, I'm simply morbidly curious.

On another forum I read all the locked threads so much for so long that I knew the rules so well after a point that they made me a mod :D
 

SonofaJohannes

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Apr 18, 2011
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I want to see what they did wrong, so I won't make the same mistake. Besides, it might be something controversial. I love controversial things.
 

Casual Shinji

Should've gone before we left.
Legacy
Jul 18, 2009
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Well, why else would they hide them behind such clickable banners if not for us to "CLICK" them?
 

The_ModeRazor

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Jul 29, 2009
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Well, yeah. I'm a curious person.

Oh goddamn fuckfucking shitcunt motherfuck I almost forgot to use some fucking profanity. Fuck.
Although I can't help but wonder just why the fuck do I use so many bad words? Maby I am bad person :(
 

Toksyuryel

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Mar 20, 2009
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I definitely read them, to find out why. Occasionally I am confused as to why the specific post got the person suspended/banned when it appeared quite reasonable, but then when I find a later post by them in the thread it becomes clear that the mod just pointed to the wrong post as the reason.
 

Verlander

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Apr 22, 2010
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It's a good way of learning a lesson. Sometimes I see people blocked for very minor things, or things that I can't decipher at all, and that makes me very careful and sometimes stops me posting for a while. I think that while the strictness of The Escapist is a nice thing to have in order to protect us from dicks, it can also be a liability, and puts off some normal posters
 

player3141

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May 16, 2011
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I read them all the time, sometimes I wonder why some of them were banned, but most of them I agree that they should be banned. Just like the people who comment on a 5 minute video less than a minute after it is posted.
 

Nouw

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Mar 18, 2009
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Always do, always will.

It's kind of like an automatic action now, I do it without thinking.
 

Gilhelmi

The One Who Protects
Oct 22, 2009
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It is hidden, so part of you feels that you must look to know why it is hidden. Hidden things will be reviled. Though most of the time it is just boring a "Low-content" post.
 

Artina89

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Oct 27, 2008
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Yeah, I click on hidden posts as I am curious as to what the poster has written. It's like if you see a big red button and there is a sign that says "Do not push" and you really want to push it just to see what would happen. That's the feeling I always get when I see "[user] has been suspended for this post" or "This post is blocked".
 

TheYellowCellPhone

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Sep 26, 2009
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Before the new rules, when people would be temporarily put on probation, I'd never read those posts that got them probated. However, since they're a lot more uncommon, I usually read everyone I come across and follow ones where people were suspended.