Thank you very much for keeping on top of this sort of thing Philip.

One of the reasons I participate in this site is that its largely free of the sort of casual misogynous/racist nonsense I have seen on other forums.

You and your staff do a very good job picking the bad eggs out of the avalanche if I can mix metaphors here.

Can't say that I've seen any racist comments on this site (but I'm sure they are there), but I have seen the sexual ones.

My favorite thing about this thread is that the entire bottom half is dominated by:

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Someone must have been very upset by this policy.

I'm glad that PCPP's forums won't collapse like some others have. PCPP has built a strong community, and it looks like it will stay. Comments and / or users that degrade race don't belong here, and it's just an asshat move to make a comment like that just because you can, being anonymous and all. I'm glad that it appears to be a less common type of comment (haven't seen any of that nature yet), and it's good to know that it can (and will) be dealt with.

Thank you for doing this.

Not saying that I disagree with your decisions, I definitely do agree, but I can see why someone could think that sexual jokes are ok since while they are immature they usually don't target anyone but who honestly thinks racism is ok. Like how stupid do you have to be to think that its going to end up in your favor, this isn't the KKK or anything. Like have you even browsed here? If you did you should notice the staff is quite active. It just boogles my mind how stupid and uncivilized some people are.

I think this should be by common sense.

Theres a fine line between harassment and a joke but many might not perceive it as intended.

I guess it is best for nothing to be said of this nature to keep it clean and simple for everyone.

Good, ban em, no warnings. Keep it pro.

Excellent. I am always amazed by some people's sense of entitlement when it comes to inflicting others with their ignorance and bigotry. Good on you, Phillip, for speaking about what matters, and keeping this forum respectable. A lot of bigots have crept out of their closets in recent years and it seems the 'internets' is their safe haven, I am glad that they won't have their way on this site as they do on so many others - bravo!

I haven't seen any lately but if I do, I'll be sure to report them.

And yet ANOTHER reason I keep coming back to this site time and time again. This has been one of the last bastions for quality forums. A great community built from a great staff who care about the content on their site.

Please, keep up the amazing work.

Thank you man- i honestly appreciate this. Those were getting real old and really werent funny in the first place.

Good policy. This is one of the nicer forums I frequent, and I'd like it to continue being so.

I didn't know the moderation staff here is so lean, I'll be more conscious of the report function from now on.

Thank you for clearing this up. (I didn't request it or anything, I was just slightly curious, having seen a few comments around some builds, namely the sexual remarks about builds.) It's nice to see that you take good care of your community! <3

So you mean, we're NOT going to turn into WCCFTech?

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/5/5f/REJOICE%21.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130626174044

What if... there was an anime themed build and the comments had a discussion on their 'best waifu'?

Does that fall under "sexual remarks or innuendo"?

Thanks, phillip.

damn

'nuff said.

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+1 to intelligence and human decency to all on this thread

This site is a place where we talk about electronics, not your opinion on a select group of people.

I respect these guidelines. I use the "assuming genders" thing as a joke.

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I've used this website for a while, and it's an excellent site for constructing and planning builds.

But honestly, this sort of wording is really vague and could cause some massive slippery slope bans in the future. And what I mean by this is that terms like "racism" and "sexism" are subjective terms, meaning their definition differs with each person using it. Sure, they have solid definitions within dictionaries, but that hasn't helped what the current situation in the world has become.

For example, "sexism" can be looked upon as simply a discrimination of another sex (I'll get to gender in a minute). But people have different views on what is considered discrimination. It can be as simple as having favoritism of one sex over another (and this can be confused with sexuality, which the two are actually in different categories all together). And people have also lumped gender into this term, so if I were to misgender someone that can be seen by the staff here as a sexist remark and thus I would be banned because that would go against the rules here. And this is already being done two-fold in Canada where they passed a bill illegalizing misgendering someone, which I predict wouldn't go to well since that's a limitation on freedom of speech.

And speaking of freedom of speech, there is also the argument of "Hey there is a time and place for certain stuff, which isn't now." And while true in a lot of aspects of life, if you try to limit what an individual can say on an open forum, there will be an uprising from it from certain members of the community who were unfairly banned thanks to this new rule.

TL;DR: This is a horrible idea and would cause a massive banning of people if not utilized correctly if at all, so please don't bring politics onto a PC forum.