That time a Facebook mod in a gardening group nuked my post for saying 'weed killer'

Was in a local gardening group out of Phoenix. Somebody asked how to deal with crabgrass in their Bermuda lawn. I just wrote 'get a good weed killer and follow the label.' Next day I'm banned for 30 days. Mod said I was promoting chemical use without a disclaimer. Never even thought about it that way before. Got me wondering how many other groups have rules like this that just catch regular people off guard. Any of yall run into surprise bans like that?

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the_joel14d ago

My buddy got hit with a 3-day ban in a cooking group once for saying "soy sauce" instead of "fermented soybean seasoning" or something ridiculous like that... I used to roll my eyes at stuff like this, but honestly? After seeing how many people get bad advice on pesticides and just dump them everywhere without reading a label? I kinda get it now. It's annoying to get called out for something so innocent, but I guess the mods are trying to protect folks from messing up their yards or hurting themselves. Still stings to get banned for something you didn't even know was a rule though.

caseys3014d ago

Three days for saying "soy sauce" instead of "fermented soybean seasoning"? That's the kind of thing that makes me want to start my own cooking group called "We Use Normal Words." I get that mods want to keep things accurate, but banning someone over a common name for a common ingredient feels like they're more into power trips than actually helping people. If someone's dumping Roundup in their flower beds, yeah step in. But policing everyday language just makes people tune out the real warnings when they come.