this is what i posted in the ask the mods board:
my x360 review of frogger was deleted by a mod. in the message that i got because of this, it said:
--Subject: GameSpot.com TOS Violation Warning
You have been found to have violated the GameSpot.com terms of service.
Reason for moderation: Structural Disruption - Severe Lack of Capitals
Action Taken: Delete Review - No points were lost for this moderation.
See your moderation history for details.--
i double checked the TOS and no where does it say anything about lack of capitals. this was the closest thing i could find that had anything to do with capitals that realates to my moderation:
Disruptive Behavior - Behavior that disrupts the Service for other users, intentional or not, are prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: messages or topic titles that force browsers to scroll horizontally; large blank or content-free messages; "bumping" multiple older topics (posting in them well after the last post); posting multiple identical or near-identical messages or topics, including "fad" posts or topics; intentionally hard-to-read topic titles or posts (i.e. ALL CAPS, AlTeRnAtE cApS, no spaces, no or excessive punctuation); posting multiple hard-to-read or nonsensical messages in a single or multiple topics; posting large ASCII art (except in social topics specifically calling for it); or post counting (i.e. "First", "100th Post"). Shouting or otherwise creating noise in an active voice channel is considered disruptive behavior.
based on the TOS, my review should not have been deleted, and it makes me kind of mad, because what i do on this site is not a formal thing. i make reviews for the fun of reviewing the games i buy or rent, not so they can be reviewed by mods to be deleted because there are no capitals. i dont make my reviews to be proffessional, i make them because i enjoy doing it and i dont put capitals for that reason. i type them to get them done, not to make them perfect. not only have i reviewed many other games that did not include capitals, i rarely use capitals in anything i post on this site
*post done*
this is kinda bull$hit if i do say so myself.
this is what was replied:
The Terms of Use don't exactly apply to reader reviews the same way they do to forums. With that said, the reason why your review was delete for lack of capitals is because it's harder to read that way. We don't want people to just hurry up and whip up a review for the sake of writing a review. We'd appreciate it if some effort was put into it as well, even if it's only to capitalize every other sentence.
so i just copied and pasted my review from my mod history and put a capital on every other sentance. i did it just so i can have my review back because i dont feel this is enough to get modded so ill be a good boy and do what i was told if i can get it back on.