I’m wondering if a death threat is punishable if it is obvious to the receiver that it is a joke.
All of these are obviously jokes, and likely not at all harmful. However, they are technically death threats and could fall under harassment.
This is always going to be a case of Moderator Judgement™.
Short answer is no, you won’t always be punished if your post hints at a threat. If you’re obviously joking, you won’t get punished, if you’re “joking” (like some people) you might get in trouble.
I wouldn’t worry about it - you have to be pretty tonedeaf to accidentally make a serious sounding threat.
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Look threatening to break people knees can only last for so long
Tell the difference between these two:
“You have a death timer of 24 hours on the clock, be ready for imminent death haha”
“Fuck you i hope you die and rot buried alive”
If you are able to tell which one is a joke threat and an actual threat one can be shrugged off and the other needs moderation action
(Bruh i just fully read the title right after typing this out my brain cant function properly)
Well I mean if they repeat the threats and they are rude about it then they probably should be stopped.