We are posting this to make you all aware of a rule addition that we have in the past enforced, yet it was not added to this account once we received access. We will from this point forward no longer tolerate any disability shaming or harassment toward other users and this rule is now being added to our profile for your reference.
We would like to direct you to our profile, where we have made this addition. You can find it under "General Harassment" on our profile:
5A. Disability Shaming/Harassing users while personally attacking them about disabilities - This is one of the newer rules of Tengaged. This will be something that is taken seriously, and bans will be handed out because of it. Using the "R" word is not bannable, but disability shaming and going out of your way to attack somebody, telling them they have certain disabilities is now something that is considered a bannable offense and falls under general harassment of users. Any offenses will be taken seriously and bans will be handed out based off the users past, how many bans they have received, and the severity of the comments.
We believe this is a huge issue here on Tengaged. It's going to be difficult to judge true disability shaming, and since this falls under general harassment, not everything will be bannable. It will depend on the severity, but if you genuinely feel like a comment is offensive and should not be on Tengaged, please let us know, and we will do our best to make sure that the comments do not come back up, as long as they are reasonable.
Going forward, disability shaming will be a minimum 2 day ban and 7 day black list. (if it is blogged) If a user has many past bans (does not matter what sort of bans they are), longer bans will be handed out aswell as longer blacklists.
We do not want to look for a reason to ban the users of Tengaged, but this issue has come to our attention recently.
Physical disabilities only, Tengaged_Moderation?
The r-word is used towards mental disabilities. So is it for both but the r-word is an acceptable term?
Yoshitomi it is both and the r word if used in a derogatory form could be considered disability shaming depending on the situation. This is why we said each case will be different and some hard to decipher.
you called me a dumb arrogant hipster who hates anything that's normal because I said I didn't like shelli from big brother and your entire rant was written in broken English. If you are going to start stuff with people who aren't even trying to fight with you then honestly you should probably be satisfied if the meanest thing said in retaliation is inbred.
Besides that it is obvious that it wasn't meant to be a direct attack on any type of disability. My job is taking care of 5 guys with down syndrome. I don't do that shit. Youre just looking for a fight to be honest and my mildly tempered response apparently offended you or something.
Honestly most people on Tengaged are scared to do vlogs because they will be made fun of and this will help many like a rule should be made about peoples weight and etc.
This is actually a great idea I think banning people who say retarded is to extreme so good for not doing that but I have seen people say some awful things about autism and other disabilities so glad this is a rule now
Jenna2010 I appreciate your concerns and standing up for me but honestly it just shows how pathetic zach really is so if he really wants to try and get under my skin he'll have to try to dig a little bit deeper than repeating the same statement five times over :)
Like honestly that's something a fifth grader would do.
Question tengaged_moderation
Would I get banned for saying something like "dude are you retarded?" In what is clearly not a literal sense but rather an insulting question?
if someone who is 13 has to stoop so low that they need to make fun of someone's disability (probably someone like Halloween) then they are literally the scum of the earth
So if someone mails me telling me I should go eat a cake and die will they be banned? They are basically making fun of me because I am a type 1 diabetic and eating a cake would be extremely bad to my health.
