Today, I was given a 7 day ban from the Gamer Zone for calling someone a "fanboy". I have confirmed with the moderator in question that this is what resulted in the ban. There was no warning of any sort beforehand.
I am not here to vent or complain, but since this is a community site, I wanted to ask N4G users the following: Do you think that calling someone a "fanboy" in the Gamer Zone is worth a 7 day ban without any other warning? Is "fanboy" even really an insult, given that some people refer to themselves as one with some measure of pride?
To me, it seems a bit like killing a housefly with a hand grenade, but I'm obvious bias so I wanted to hear input from the community, such as we are.
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A ban from one small part of a gaming website, wherein there is another part that serves almost the same purpose, will have no lasting effect on you. In other words, it's not a big deal.
Furthermore, and insult is such because of the inherent connotation of the word, and the context in which it is used. As of yet, the word "fanboy" may have no inherent negative meaning, but if you meant it negatively, then it is insulting.
"Using words such as Xbots and Sony droids, OR other words from the console war VOCABULARY, is strictly prohibited in this Zone."
Well its definitely not allowed although I don't know if the 7 Day ban is a standard punishment for the offence.
I'm not sure if the mods have a policy...but maybe you just caught them on a bad day?
A 24 hour ban? Yeah sure thats really nothing but it would have sent the message
It's amazing how some can get a away with so much...yet you get punished for calling someone a fanboy
Depends on context. Some people are touchy bro. Personally I think your right with your housefly hand grenade analogy but I dont know what the reference is. If you said something like "You only think that way cause your fan boy" Then prolly insulting. If you said "Fanboys all feel the same way" IMHO not justified... As it could mean a number of things and possibly not even in direct reference to any person...
No worries though man.
your lucky...i got a 2 week ban...i dont even know what i did.
im sure i insulted some1 sumwhere in some thread.