[Columbine]

Can all the "but I wanna have my own avatar~' people please raise their right hands and then smack their foreheads for not reading the FAQ. You don't get a custom avatar right away. That comes later.


@ Nyororin: THIS. Surely it's far worse to put words in people's mouths than just take down the post. I'd rather be told "change it or we'll take it down" or "Your post was violating the rules so we had to remove it," than return to my post to find someone's changed it around. It's got my username attached to it after-all.

If people want the freedom to go online and post whatever obscenities they want, to rant and swear and operate in a zone where the mods aren't concerned about keeping it clean for the younger viewers, then to the extent of my knowledge 4chan's still running. Or there's Gaijinpot. That's pretty lax on moderation and still all about Japan.

Can we also shift some of this into context. JF is a small internet forum. The mods are volunteers. This isn't a government, it's not run or sponsored by a government (I assume). Getting your posts kicked because they break the rules is hardly an infringement of your human rights.