Crossing the Animals: New Horizons fans can't talk weed on Facebook

Facebook & # 39; s community standards it's clear when it comes to regulated goods: You cannot sell or buy non-medical drugs on the platform, and this includes marijuana. But the explosion of Animal Crossing: A new light it means that there is now jealousy of weed-talkers – like, the pesky plant – and this is clarifying Facebook's security measures.

New Horizons it puts players on a deserted island that creates weeds. Players can remove these weeds if they want, although some prefer to keep them in their day to achieve a more natural look. Weeds can also be used in molding, and can be sold to some retailers for a profit, such as Leif the sloth. Some fans have built a business around weed and gardening other players' gardens.

All of this to say, when playing Animal Crossing, you may want to use the word “weed” when discussing a game with other island representatives – which is part of the game. But on Facebook, talking about Animal Crossing and weeds may be a problem.

Two groups of Animal Crossing on the platform recently released PSAs from their communities over what can be discussed at the forum. Private party in the U.K. with more than 34,000 members, for example, asking users to stop using the word "weed" or "trade" in a post, because Facebook is said to remove the upload, one party manager tells Polygon.

"They should think we are using narcotics," the team manager said in the announcement post, before suggesting some names for people to use for the plant.

Photo: Clair Davis via Facebook

Facebook did not respond to requests for comment. However, in the comments section of the group's announcement, the club's manager shared a warning photo allegedly used in violation of community standards, which they say are related to weed-handling posts.

Photo: Clair Davis via Facebook

U.K. team director shared a separate screenshot with Polygon when Facebook flagged a separate forum post about the weed, the plant, before warning the group that such infringement could make the group "disabled."

"We are removing any posts containing the name of the W plant," said a manager in a post announcing a new law change.

Obviously, this is not a problem on its own – some Animal Crossing Facebook groups are reporting the same thing on social media.

According to a Facebook blog post with regard to the functionality of the platform, the social media forum is issuing “strikes” to violators. "And when pages are mentioned, we hold the entire Page and the person who posted the content answered," the post reads. If a page receives enough strikes, it is not published from the platform. This is probably why lawyers are now turning to the removal of posts containing the words "weeds" before the Facebook flag – they don't want to lose their community because of their misunderstanding.

Miscellaneous unverified reports, both threads discussing the issue on Facebook and other social media posts, mention that the platform also dislikes it when users chat a citizen named Molly. Molly is a duck and loves a favorite, so it's not uncommon to see people talking about giving her, selling, or selling her game money to be seen on other islands. Group director U.K. Animal Crossing tells Polygon that the platform has removed one post about Molly villager on their page. If true, then this means that Facebook thinks players are talking about buying or selling MDMA, rather than playing what would be the best game in the world.

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