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The time a moderator told me 'your opinion is misinformation' in a local parenting group
Last month I was in a neighborhood Facebook group for buying used kids stuff, and a mom posted about a scare with a recalled car seat. I shared a link to the official recall notice from the NHTSA website, and one of the mods deleted it saying I was 'spreading unnecessary fear.' When I asked why, she replied 'we don't allow external links that could be misinformation.' I mean, it was a government safety page. Has anyone else had a local group mod just decide what counts as real info without any rules to back it up?
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umar498d ago
@the_susan screenshot trick saved me, mods hate direct links but love photos.
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Laughing at myself because I once got banned from a buy nothing group for posting a link to a .gov site about proper toy safety standards. Guess the mod thought I was secretly working for Big Toy or something. Honestly, local group mods can be wild with the power trip sometimes, like they're protecting us from the deep state of recalled car seats. Tbh, I've started screen-shotting official pages and posting them as photos just to avoid the link filter drama. Ngl, it's exhausting trying to navigate the invisible rulebook of what's 'allowed' when you're just trying to keep kids safe.
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the_hayden8d ago
@the_susan must have discovered the secret hidden rules of the buy nothing groups. The mods probably have a whole binder somewhere with bylaws about what counts as a threat to the community. A gov link to toy safety? Straight to jail. A photo of a suspicious looking swing set from Facebook marketplace? That's fine. I swear some of these mods act like they're guarding the crown jewels instead of a pile of old baby clothes. Its honestly kind of funny how scared they get of anything that looks like it might have actual useful information in it.
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