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Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

Let me preface this by saying that I am genuinely sorry you went through that - you didn't deserve to be harassed over something like that, and I truly hope you're in a better place and have a support network.

That said, something like that wouldn't fall under hate speech - hate speech is generally going to be on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. And as unfair as it may seem, even hate speech is protected to a degree by the First Amendment (I am speaking of American law here - I don't know how it would be handled in other countries) and Section 230 still provides protection to the platform it's posted to (as well as allowing the moderation and removal of said speech without repercussion.) What was originally posted to DR wasn't hate speech - people are allowed to express their opinions or criticism.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

SA

That said, I'm on the side of 'some things should be removed at request, others deserve to stay up, depending on content' - your situation is exactly the circumstance I believe a post should be removed. You having a fest skin that someone doesn't like or whatever harms absolutely no one. Frankly, it's not even the sort of thing I'm on drama blogs to see - if I don't like an accent I just go on with my day because it doesn't affect or offend me. If you're uncomfortable with it being up or receiving harassment because of it, it should be taken down if you request because leaving it up does absolutely nothing. Whereas a post documenting someone's scamming behavior or bigoted views serves as a warning against that person, whose actions can actually affect someone else, and allow rational people to block and move on (which is all that should be done - no messaging, no harassment, no posting on their threads - just block them).

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

DA (original anon that brought potential legal issues, and you brought up some solid points in the other comments, so scratch that whole thing anyway lol)

Wow the thread kind of devolved(?) a bit while I was out. Sorry about that o.o"

I think they may have meant they received a hate speech message in response to the festival submission, not the actual submission to DR (because otherwise, the submission may have been removed/not posted?). All assuming American law, as well. Regardless of what it was, it's still a shitty situation all around, and festival submission anon: I'm sorry that happened to you. You didn't deserve to get harassed over a festival submission. I hope that you're managing as well as can be.

In response to your other comment, you do bring up some good points, and I do agree as well. Some things absolutely should be removed, but other things should stay up. I wholeheartedly agree with you about the festival submission anon. I regularly get pings for UMAs that technically fit my preferences (say, occult), but aren't actually my taste due to artistic style. I simply ignore them and move on. Why on earth can't people do the same thing on salt blogs? When it comes to actually affecting other users negatively, like scams, then absolutely. Call them out, but there's no need to harass them. I feel like users don't exactly understand salt blogs well sometimes (and I clearly didn't understand legal stuff either).