What Is Considered "Ban Worthy" On The Big Nate Comment Section?

Introduction
The Big Nate Comment Section is very unique because it does not have very "mature" audiences like most comic strip's comment sections. However, when you have a bunch of kids in a setting where the setting is supposed to be used for it's intended purpose, there can be a lot of...



issues. So, in today's article, I am going to discuss why such things such as spamming and polling are frowned upon by the community and the Gocomics Moderators.

Before starting to read the article, you should understand that this topic is quite subjective. It's almost impossible to find a rule that EVERY SINGLE PERSON agrees with. You like to swear? Well, she doesn't. Do you like polling? Well, he doesn't want it. The best we can do is try to find solid explanations for bans and learn from their mistakes.

Ways To Be Banned
This list was taken from The Bannings article.

Any Of These Can Get You Banned

 * Cursing
 * Spamming
 * Posting irrelevant comments
 * Disrespecting other users
 * Creating fake accounts and stuff like that
 * Insulting people
 * Making comments GC doesn't like.
 * Making people look bad.
 * Posting long speeches
 * Impersonation
 * Trolling
 * Generally being mean
 * Arguing too much
 * Being political
 * Existing meanly
 * Saying First
 * Posting empty comments
 * Being Underage (Below 13)
 * Posting attention seeking comments
 * Advertising
 * Getting banned and creating another account
 * Being Political
 * Posting Pornography

Most of these topics will be discussed in this article.

Note: I will be calling these "tactics" for the rest of the article.

Cursing
This is a very controversial and extreme tactic so let's take it piece by piece. First of all, what is cursing?

"curse /kurs/ verb gerund or present participle: cursing 1.invoke or use a curse against. "it often seemed as if the family had been cursed" Similar: put a curse on put the evil eye on execrate, imprecate, hoodoo, anathematize, excommunicate, damn, hex, put a jinx on, jinx, accurse 2. utter offensive words in anger or annoyance. "drivers were cursing and sounding their horns" Similar:swear, utter profanities"

Obviously, we are looking at the second definition. As for cursing in the wiki, we generally let it slide (unless it is something racist or sexual). Everyone knows each other so well that we know there is no harm meant. However, when you bring this tactic into the comment section, there are obviously going to be some problems.



This is because you are interacting with complete strangers. For example, how much do you REALLY know about me? I'm a 15 year old girl. I have an anime body pillow. I want to be a veterinarian. And that's why I'm a furry.

"IM GAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAHY!"

Okay so you might know a... few personally embarrassing details about me.

On a more serious note, swearing can definitely be insulting and demoralizing when used in the wrong way. It's one of those things where some people like it and some people don't, depending on the person's values and morals.

Polling And Questions
OK, OCD PEOPLE. I AM GOING TO BE CALLING POLLING, POLEING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ARTICLE. JUST BECAUSE.

As you might know, a pole on Gocomics is considered to be a comment asking the reader of the said comment a question that the said reader may answer or not answer. Here is an example:



There are two different types of poles: unrelated poles and related poles.

Unrelated Poles
The example is an unrelated pole because it does not relate to Big Nate, which is obviously what the comment section is made for in the first place. It might seem harmless but these poles go much deeper than this. Buckle up, bois because we are going to go on a ride!

The Featured Comment System
As many of you are probably aware, there is something called a "featured comment" (or FC for short) on every Big Nate comic in GoComics. The way this works is the comment with the highest number of replies will always get the featured comment and will be viewed before any of the other comments on the comic.



As you might see, A lot of tactics can abuse this like poleing which can make people answer the pole, birthday comments that make people say HB, political posts that can make people express their own views and so on and so forth.

So just keep this in mind for the rest of the article. Now back to discussing poles.

Related Poles
We discussed unrelated poles so now it's time for related poles. I was not able to find a picture of this rare occasion but here's an example:

"Pole: Who is your favorite Big Nate Character"

As you can see, this pole is actually related to Big Nate. These are not as bad as the other ones but they aren't great either. Also, they don't get the featured comment as much so that's a plus.

Spamming
You probably know what spam is but here's the definition:



Shout-out to whoever uploaded the image on here so that I didn't download more stuff on my phone. You're a legend.

Anyway, there is a lot of spam on the Comment Section right now. In response to this, the GC moderators have been banning even more people than usual. Why is this the way it is?

Well it can be used to get FC in a matter of seconds. You can actually spam as many comments as your heart desires because there is no comment limit. This makes the CS less like a comment section and more like a wall of text.

Anyone in their right mind can see how that can be a bannable offense. But this is a very black and white example of such a tactic. Now look at a less obviously bannable tactic.

Saying First
Here's how it works. A child wants to have the first comment on the day's comic strip. The child stays up until the dead of night just to get that sweet first comment. The child then comments "First!!! ⊂(◉‿◉)つ⊂(・﹏・⊂)(つ✧ω✧)つ⊂(´･◡･⊂ )∘˚˳°╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯＼(^o^)／╰(＾3＾)╯⊂(•‿•⊂ )*.✧⊂(´･◡･⊂ )∘˚˳°╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯╰(＾3＾)╯⊂(・▽・⊂)⊂(•‿•⊂ )*.✧(っ.❛ ᴗ ❛.)っ～(つˆДˆ)つ｡☆⊂(･ω･*⊂)".

Then a bunch of people say "Nobody cares". The rest is one big first chain reaction. The child argues with the other people which generates MORE replies and then the child completely loses it and starts typing up a bunch of comments, pretending to be the victim. And all that bull crap finally gets the FC!

"Maybe I'm exaggerating but not by much."

The point is that many commenters have been banned for saying first, and this tactic is definitely frowned upon by the Big Nate Community. '''I AM STILL MAKING THIS ARTICLE. DO NOT EDIT.'''