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Posted by: Sergeant Kyuun
Everyone has different interpretations.
However, with rules that blatantly state what is good and what is bad, the only way a person could get banned for their interpretation is if they didn't read the rules. Getting banned for being deemed to be abusing the report feature is very, very difficult. I've heard of one instance of it happening, and even that was deemed an accident in hindsight. Simply put, treat the report button as if you can't be banned for using it and you'll do just fine. There's a threshold before it gets triggered anyway, so it takes a group of people reporting before something is put into the report queue. (ish, anyway, been a while since I checked on how the feature was being implemented)
So, ignore the report feature. It will always be a case of interpretation when it comes to things like flaming, 'not being nice' or whatever else you might be banned for. Sometimes mods are harsh, other times lenient. How well defined the rules were didn't change the consistency of the moderating. I got a warning off Yoozel for something far worse than I got a ban off Duardo for, for instance.
Basically, you want mods to have different interpretations. If you disagree with the interpretation of a ban, there's always an appeal. No worries there. However, by loosening the standard and allowing for interpretation, ninjas become moderators, not simply ban monkeys. It also vastly shortens the rules, which used to be an overly long wall of legalese.
When it's all said and done, there are only three rules:
1) Don't be a jerk.
2) Don't post anything illegal.
3) (insert short form rule I've forgotten)
They used to be in the rules, but Achronos changed them. Foman came up with the short form rules when I asked him to condense the massive wall that used to be there. Might look up what it was before.