I had a similar bad experience not with posting but with answering questions.
Some overly-zealous mod came and edited (!!!) what i wrote because they didn’t like the wording. No swear or any kind of trouble involved, they just didn’t like the words i used.
Picking the specific words, besides merely answering questions, is quite literally what makes me me and what makes someone else someone else, in a text-only community.
I never replied any other thread since then and never posted again. Whatever I write can be edited according to what random person somewhere thinks is better.
Going to extreme: if some mod decides to edit my comments to include racial slurs, that’s entirely within the realm of possibility.
I do not play that game.
No wonder they’re getting crushed by ChatGPT and other LLMs.
Yeah, i understand that you act in good faith, but having the possibility to be framed by some random mod putting words in my mouth is a risk not worth taking.
Some overly-zealous mod came and edited (!!!) what i wrote because they didn’t like the wording. No swear or any kind of trouble involved, they just didn’t like the words i used.
Picking the specific words, besides merely answering questions, is quite literally what makes me me and what makes someone else someone else, in a text-only community.
I never replied any other thread since then and never posted again. Whatever I write can be edited according to what random person somewhere thinks is better.
Going to extreme: if some mod decides to edit my comments to include racial slurs, that’s entirely within the realm of possibility.
I do not play that game.
No wonder they’re getting crushed by ChatGPT and other LLMs.