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- Exalted Mythic Member
When I grow up I want to be bitter and spiteful.
"i liked the reality where everything was on fire better"
-legato on remedial chaos theory
The ability to link should be granted as a privilege from an elected central governing body whose expressed purpose is to determine the vague "appropriateness" of a link. They would serve to review users and links, ensuring the successful and safe browsing of the forums.
It would be the job of the user to request permission from the committee to post a link. The committee would examine the users history in order to determine whether or not to issue the user a 'Linking Permit'. The permit will serve as a temporary privileged, ensuring the user the ability to post. The user will constantly have to be evaluated and reissued these licenses through monthly committee evaluations.
The permit would be a nonverbal agreement between the committee and the user. The user would agree to post appropriate content, and in return the committee would grant the user the aforementioned permit. If the user chooses to violate the agreement, the committee will be able to terminate said pact and withhold future permits for this expressed reason. Likewise, if a user feels that they themselves have been mistakenly issued the permit, and do not feel they can post appropriately, they may cancel the pact with a no-charge severance.
The committee would also serve to police users who post inappropriate links without the appropriate permits and/or papers. Since said governing body would be composed of elected users, the committee would not be connected with the functions of the forums or the moderation team. However, they still will be entrusted with identifying wrongful hyperlinks and responding appropriately. Appropriate responses, due to lack of connection with the web team or moderators, will be limited to private messages composed largely of unexplained insults, name-calling, and general harassment expected of users who actually care about the rules.
To guarantee a balanced system, this committee would be limited to their role in the enforcement and permitting of links. Under no circumstances would they involve themselves in other matters of rule violation. Such would be an overreaching (and thus misuse) of their authority and power.
As an afterthought, it may also be necessary to have a separate, non-elected and more permanent committee that oversees the elected committee. This new committee would ensure that the actual committee ensures that the users post links appropriately.