BeWelcome censorship - Revision history

Guaka at 22:23, 10 December 2018

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	The censorship on BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.		The censorship on BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.

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	== Censorship of the BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==		== Censorship of the BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==

	The censorship of BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.		The censorship on BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.

Franck: /* Censorship of BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page */

2015-08-20T19:26:19Z

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	Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.		Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

	== Censorship of BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==		== Censorship of the BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==

	The censorship of BeWelcome page has been ~~censored~~ by the BeWelcome team.		The censorship of BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.

Franck: /* Censorship of BeWelcome censorship */

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	Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.		Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

	== Censorship of BeWelcome censorship ==		== Censorship of BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==

	The censorship of BeWelcome page has been censored by the BeWelcome team.		The censorship of BeWelcome page has been censored by the BeWelcome team.

Franck at 19:23, 20 August 2015

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	Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.		Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

			== Censorship of BeWelcome censorship ==

			The censorship of BeWelcome page has been censored by the BeWelcome team.

Ppec: /* Removal of posts */ sourceable figure

2013-06-23T10:02:22Z

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	== Removal of posts ==		== Removal of posts ==

	* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.		* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 39 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 39 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 39 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

	* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.		* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

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2013-06-22T20:49:42Z

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	== Removal of posts ==		== Removal of posts ==

	* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules.		* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.
	This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation.

	Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules.

	It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

	* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.		* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

PabloBD: /* Removal of posts */

2013-06-22T20:47:51Z

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	This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation.		This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation.

	Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules.		Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules.

	It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.		It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

PabloBD at 20:43, 22 June 2013

2013-06-22T20:43:41Z

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	'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship\|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship\|Hospitality Club]] but ~~one could say even here~~ there ~~are~~ cases of censorship in BeWelcome.		'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship\|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship\|Hospitality Club]] but there have been some alleged cases of censorship in BeWelcome, in ocasions where the moderation team aplied the [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/rules forum rules] and this decision was disputed by the ofenders.

	== Moderation team ==		== Moderation team ==

	BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.		BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
	This team was created in 2006[http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/Annual_report_2006-2007], and was then named "Forum team". In 2007-2008, it intervened a first time (by a warning), but this team started to be busy in 2011[http://downloads.bewelcome.org/BeVolunteer%20Annual%20Report%202011_2012.pdf], when the forum activity increased.		This team was created in 2006 [http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/Annual_report_2006-2007], and was then named "Forum team". In 2007-2008, it intervened a first time (by a warning), but this team started to be busy in 2011 [http://downloads.bewelcome.org/BeVolunteer%20Annual%20Report%202011_2012.pdf], when the forum activity increased.

	== Removal of posts ==		== Removal of posts ==

	* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were cross posted 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team.		* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules.
	This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417~~-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion~~] ~~intitled "unlocal information in local groups", in which~~ many topics including moderation ~~were eventually debated~~.		This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation.

	Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378~~-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_~~ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while~~. Moderation team refused~~ to ~~admit a mistake (source?)~~.		Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules.

	It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.		It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

	* June 2013~~: a forum post offering services vs. money was deleted by the moderation team, after which a thread about "censorship/moderation" was initiated by the member who offered his services~~, ~~intitled~~ [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation].		* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

	== Banning of members ==		== Banning of members ==

	In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group ~~FREE TIM NOW !~~] was created.		In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for one year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created.

	Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.		Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

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	* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were cross posted 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team.		* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were cross posted 79 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 79 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team.
	This opened a ~~debate~~ [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] ~~about~~ many topics including moderation.		This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] intitled "unlocal information in local groups", in which many topics including moderation were eventually debated.

	Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while. Moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).		Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while. Moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).
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	It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.		It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 79 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

	* June 2013: [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] ~~a forum post offering services vs. money was deleted by the moderation team~~.		* June 2013: a forum post offering services vs. money was deleted by the moderation team, after which a thread about "censorship/moderation" was initiated by the member who offered his services, intitled [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation].

	== Banning of members ==		== Banning of members ==