Because the way it works now, taking a break from the forums for personal reasons is enough to lose TL3. That’s actually how I lost it initially; I went on vacation, didn’t keep up my posting, and came back after a few weeks to find out I couldn’t post the special stuff any more.
So if you know you’re about to lose it anyway in the near future, what’s stopping you from deciding that this would be the perfect time to act out?
This got weird fast…
I understand this. However, I still feel it’s grossly aggressive.
I believe both are capable equally of compassion, because my experiences have shown me as much. While I won’t fault you for having that view, I do encourage you to look outside the proverbial box. The world can surprise. It certainly surprises me every day, and in a good way. 
That isn’t true. In fact, you are more likely to be report/flagged if you are in a thread agreeing with blizzard than if you are critizing them.
The old forum made that extremely obvious since you could see reports.
It is. And obviously I disagree with that stance if only because human error occurs all the time, and even CMs imposing penalties can make mistakes. Therefore, these penalties should not result in permanent consequences.
depends on the person reporting really.
In irl I have been called prejudiced. Imagine the look on their face when my wife comes up. She is Japanese. Like Japanese Japanese since I live here now. Me I am white but a mix of a few races.
Now my kid is the fun one. FIll out a form. Please select applicable race(s). Okay…good for like 3 checkmarks there depending on how they word the races.
Side story because it’s amusing: my woman and I met on WoW. And when we first met, she thought I was a woman because of the name “Shadina” and because we were on an RP realm at the time. Apparently, I write a convincing woman.
It’s odd then if you are a man that people are accusing you of toxic masculinity. A lot would probably accuse you of being a beta if you are compassionate and kind.
I’ve gotten Trust level 3 twice, lost it the first time with a 24h ban but gained it back several months later. After my second 48h ban it looks like I was capped at trust level 2 and couldn’t get level 3 no matter what I did. After my third 72h ban, it seems my account is locked to trust level 1.
I suppose this is reassuring.
I’m sorry to hear about the rest of your situation though.
I’m curious if its a 3 strike system and if I get banned a 4th time would it be permanent.
I just wish there was a black and white list of things that we were allowed to say and not say.
For instance, jokes about gnomes can’t get you banned, but sexist/racist jokes can, that kind of thing. Things are just too vague.
Well that because if ppl critisize Blizzard you get called troll but if you support them they call you brown nose
Theres extreme people on both ends of thst spectrum
I am very well aware you can lose it for being inactive. I wasn’t paying on this account for awhile and I lost it.
I actually don’t understand this thinking because I never deliberately go out of my way to break the rules. Most of my suspensions were because I made silly jokes which other people decided to take offense to.
That’s just how it be. I believe so people can’t play lawyer and be like “WELLL I TOED THE LINE but I didn’t cross the line”
But that makes life complicated.
it’s a good policy anyways. Some people need to practice that.
It does! I just choose not to argue on the forums anymore, I use the mute feature quite a bit! also not feed into the snarky/passive aggressive comments. Sometimes it’s hard, but it always ends the same. “I’m right and you’re wrong!” “NO! I’m right and you’re wrong”
Going into this would probably involve some pretty heavy discussion about criminology theories. But to put it lightly there are some theories that argue that there is no such thing as a moral individual who follows the rules only because they are just. Morality almost always comes with an ulterior motive, and deviant behavior is, by its very nature, both cathartic and imbued with temptation.
Let’s say you were about to leave the country for 3 months, but on your last day in the country you had the opportunity to steal a cheeseburger. The penalty for stealing a cheeseburger is 3 months exile from the country, which would be concurrent with your departure anyway. In effect, there is no added penalty to you for stealing the cheeseburger compared to what you were about to impose upon yourself anyway.
So why would you not steal the cheeseburger?
Oh I’ve used the mute thread button countless times as I just lose interest in that particular topic.