GeorgW said:
I'm probably waay too late for this, as I said earlier, it's really busy right now and I try to read through this entire thread and answer all of your questions. But it's all in context. There's a huge difference IMO of what constitutes a low content post in R&P in relation to RP&games.
I'm sure the moderators know the difference.
One is for forum games, which have short posts, as well as people who EXPECT short posts with little content - Roleplaying and Forum Games
One is for larger debates on tricky subjects like religion and politics - Religion and Politics
Dastardly said:
But bear in mind you're also getting, what, EIGHT warnings or something?
Yeah, the "strikes never go away" thing is harsh, but is it really that hard for some people not to be douchebags? If it is, perhaps they need to find some other experience that might help them get a handle on that, and this forum just isn't for them.
When you create a system of expiring strikes, you set up a micro-economy. "I can be X much of a dickcheese each month." And guess what? That guy? He's going to be X much of a dickcheese, because that's his "allotment." And he knows that it eventually refreshes, allowing him to repeat the cycle as he wishes.
Now? The cheese has a shelf life. Learn your lesson and stick around... or don't, continually relapse to "cheese status," and take a hike. Not hard at all. And on a forum like this, I'm sorry, there's no "too harsh" a punishment. You know the rules, you know the penalty, anything beyond that is just choice-consequence.
Glad to see some folks understand the numbers of this system well. If you screw up eight times, that's more than enough times for you to get the message that you're doing things that are wrong.
RPs may have a three strike rule, but that's because they are not as extensive as a forum is. Eight strikes is, in my opinion, far more than enough to make a case that a person can be banned.
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My record is presently clean, and I intend to keep it that way. However, I am noticing that a lot of the people who are speaking against this are missing the point that these rules do not stop regular, opinionated speech.
They work as a system to deal with people who keep getting infractions and to ensure they are punished in a way that gets them to stop acting childish. In this case, making your infraction limit stick at eight instead of rechecking every infraction, then judging a new one.
To those posting in here that is worried, if these rules are scaring you, take a single day to think about them. Don't TL;DR these rules either. Chances are, you may miss a rule that will come back and bite you in the tail if you do so.
As for me, I'm all for these new rules for the forums.
