Hey Pandas, What Is Something About Bored Panda That Infuriates You? (Closed)

Don't get me wrong. I love this site and the articles and stuff. But some things here just rub me the wrong way, like too many depressing articles and certain views and stuff. What do you find infuriating about the site?

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The downvoting system.

Here's the thing: Downvotes here are NOT regular dislikes. Just 10 downvotes get you banned.
The first time, for one day.
Second time, 5 days.
Third time... permanently.

This information is in the community guidelines, but let's face it, this is not the first place most people check when they make an account here. Not to mention that it is TOO accessible and easy to click or tap; you could click it by accident. When something gets people banned, it shouldn't be THAT easy to click, and it should be clear that it can get people banned and not be disguised as just a downvote. And that silences active users that even generate content on this website.

I got banned twice. The next time will be my last one. The first time, I expressed a different opinion and some people grossly misunderstood what I said. The second time, someone asked a question and I answered, trying to help. Yup, that got me banned. Nothing offensive, nothing inflammatory, and no spam. And I'm not the only one who has been banned for a ridiculous reason like that. Oh, and the email I got about being banned said I could reply if I thought this was a mistake. It's been almost 2 weeks and I still haven't heard back. And I keep going under downvoted comments and explaining that downvotes get people banned, doing the job that BP people should've done in the first place. And most people here don't even know that's how downvotes work!

I even tried to raise awareness by asking pandas what comments got them banned unjustly and made a second post explaining the downvoting system, and neither of my posts got accepted. So... Yeah. I'm only here to do my best to spread the word before I decide I've had enough and leave, or get banned permanently, whichever comes first.

My deepest apologies to all the people I downvoted and contributed to their ban. I didn't know. Now I do, and it feels awful being silenced for no reason. I am sorry.

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Lonely Tentacle

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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago

Sorry, I have to ask... so you tried to post an Ask Pandas asking which comments got people banned? Lol. I recently attempted to do exactly that, and it wouldn't publish, so I ended up with 7 drafts of it unpublished. Like the naive idiot that I am, I thought there was a technical problem. So they don't approve and accept such questions? Lame. --- Anyway thanks for posting this! I wrote something similar the other day in some other Ask Pandas but this one seems to be getting more attention.

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Censorship of nearly every swearword/bodypart below the waist
Even when its just part of a different word in a different context................things like "charles d**kens" 🤔!!?!?

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Alexander

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Mark Berry 2 years ago

Above the waist too.

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The downvoting system

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Himiko

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Kim Contreras 2 years ago

Had no clue that there was a system to downvoting! Saw it as a person disagreeing, not as a means of censoring.

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If it's in the FUNNY category it should be funny;

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DV Zara and Headless lesbos

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Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago

Bruh I once saw some extremely serious current world political post in the funny section and I was like "....what part of this is funny?"

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BP blocks intelligent replies but allows the idiots to carry on with ignorance.
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DV Zara and Headless lesbos

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Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago

Fair enough, most of the time :P

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Deleting a post should mean exactly that - it should be gone - especially if BP messes up and double posts.

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Mixed Reality Portal

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girlsrock4ever 2 years ago

What I have a problem with is that you can upvote and downvote deleted comments. This can get people banned. If it's not going to disappear, the upvote/downvote buttons should, at the very least.

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The arbitrary truncation of threads. What's the reason for posting the 30 top responses, then requiring readers to click a link for the next 2 or 3? Threads with fewer than 50 posts shouldn't be truncated. Also, why stop a thread at a pount before just the last few?

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Freya the Wanderer

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Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago

also, when you go back to your own comments through your profile, and some comment was to a list entry after the cutoff, you have to click on the "load the entire list" link again so the jump to your comment works.

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BP tends to exaggerate how great things are. Every cartoon is groundbreaking for the way it doesn't portray women as one dimensional characters, and it places performative activism and actual activism in the same level of importance. Also, no one on here cares you don't want to have kids.

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Harmony (Taylors Version)

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The draconian and puritanical censorship of fine art infuriated me.

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Sleestak

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The people posting junk and nonsense yet think they are interesting!

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DV Zara and Headless lesbos

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#11

Idk where the report button is and I needed to report someone awhile ago

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That midget Jo :)

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Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago

Ah geez, I figured it out a bit ago but I forgot now and I lost it, umm when I figure it out again I'll let you know

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At the bottom of every post below "see also on BP", for me, the image is always, yes I say, ALWAYS the image of the freakin' pregnant lady beach selfie that makes her look like a roast freakin' turkey. I never dug it to begin with or clicked on it but it's burned in there and maddening. MADDENING I SAY! What did I do in another life to be so cursed? Please BP wizards make it stop! 😭🚫🤰🍗

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Bittersweetie

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Lonely Tentacle 2 years ago

I always see that on my phone too. And both on my phone and my computer, I see that bridezilla one. Like, don't those post ever change? I'm so tired of seeing the same things all the time too!

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