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> I have come here to complain that the mods on this halo waypoint, snickerdoodle in specific, are abusing their power to shut down posts criticizing their games,
Criticism is allowed provided it is constructive in nature. Calling something trash isn’t constructive criticism. You could have taken the effort to say I don’t like this, this is why, and this is how it could be made better imo in a reasonably polite manner. You didn’t choose to do that.
> this takes away the 1st amendment aka our right to the freedom of speech, though it may not quite as much apply to the internet,
This is a privately hosted forum. As moderators we are not acting as a representative of any government (even if a few of us work for them) as such the first amendment of the United States constitution which among other things guarantees that most forms of speech will not be made illegal doesn’t apply.
> it still impacts me that I don’t get any warning when someone decides to shut down my post when they don’t like it,
It isn’t because we ‘don’t like it.’ Your post was in violation of the rules. Rules I might add you’ve been linked to on numerous occasions.
> I should be able to complain about a game if it truly does need improvement,
Provided you ‘complain’ using constructive criticism you are allowed to do so. You failed in that.
> and his only excuse was a “wishlist”
That wasn’t an ‘excuse.’ The mod in question directed you to where you could leave feedback if you did so constructively.
> which I did not find when scrolling through the halo forums
Then you weren’t looking very hard. There are several active wishlist threads in GD
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