Miiverse Hitler mods in action

[Deleted_171835]

http://www.destructoid.com/how-moderated-is-miiverse-it-s-a-damn-police-state--238871.phtml

Such filthy language!

UPDATE: Post was re-enabled after "further review".

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Three things I expected when entering this thread:

1. What the thread actually pertains to currently
2. Someone modded their Miiverse screen with Nazi themes
3. There was a flood of Hitler Miis on the Miiverse.

I would've wanted #2.

 

[Devin]

I was expecting there to be modded Miis of Hitler.. I was disappointed.

 

[Eerpow]

Well that's extreme, good thing interactions with added friends isn't moderated.

 

[emigre]

So Miiverse is essentially a police (virtual) state. My Grandfather didn't fight the war for this shit.

 

[Valwin]

good they are thinking of the children

 

[GameWinner]

I'm guessing the word "idiot" was the main reason it got modded.
Such a naughty word.

 

[emigre]

good they are thinking of the children

Well the Wii U is for children so that would make sense.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Well the Wii U is for children so that would make sense.

It was actually a really stellar troll comment. It passes off as a pro for the Wii U but in actuality it's just saying the Wii U is for children.

As a troll myself I must confess, I was impressed by its simplistic yet graceful execution.

 

[Deleted_171835]

I'm hoping it was actually removed for having spoilery content (there's an option to hide spoilers) and not because of the word "idiot". Because if it's the latter, that's pretty stupid.

 

[[M]artin]

Jim Sterling, lol

 

[Arras]

According to the article it was removed for "violence" or something, so the kicking in the head plus somewhat insulting language might have been the reason. Still ridiculous though.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I'd like to think the comment was removed for being fucking stupid.

 

[BORTZ]

I'd like to think the comment this thread was removed for being fucking stupid.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Well, I would imagine that Jim Sterling has his own personal moderator attached to his account.

I think the word "Gobshite" would also be appropriate, since it's such a British word, and it also applies to Sterling on a personal level.

 

[yuyuyup]

That's wacky censorship, I was expecting this kind of moderation. It was mentioned in some presentation, or maybe a press release

 

[Valwin]

they re-enabled the post

 

[ferofax]

Why would they censor language that's in a WiiU game?

I mean, if they're worried about the language, why put it there then?

 

[Valwin]

Why would they censor language that's in a WiiU game?

I mean, if they're worried about the language, why put it there then?

they re enable the post is that when lots of people report something they remove it to check it out

 

[emigre]

they re enable the post is that when lots of people report something they remove it to check it out

In which case the Wii U userbase are a pile of whiny pussies.

Pussies who need to get fucked. Hard. Very hard.