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Posted by: r c takedown
Yax is a shining beacon in these dark times. You should all strive to be more like Yax.
Posted by: Old Papa Rich
I think you assume a lot with your flow charts.The first one I made when just thinking of how, ideally, forums should be ran. I didn't make it thinking "bnet mods don't do this but they should" and the second one was made as an afterthought which was sort of meant to be a "what NOT to do" example but I guess I kind of made it look like an attack on the mods.
I admit this thread could've used a lot more thought when I was making it. And also, once again, want to clear up that there aren't any particular mods that I think are bad, even Recon is fine, I just strongly disagree with him on one of his habits.
Posted by: Recon Number 54
But someone who is blatant, bragging, and doesn't appear to think that "there is anything wrong" with using this site to openly flaunt their violation of the law AND their membership agreement? That person (regardless of their other contributions) is NOT helping the community in my opinion.Sure, he isn't helping, but a brief moment of "one time I illegally downloaded something" does not outdo what could be years of quality contributions to the site/community. I guess that's where it really comes down to it though, I value members and see their pirating confessions as minor but to you it changes everything about that person.
I wonder what would happen if a mod let it slip that they've pirated content before.
Posted by: Achronos
And that word won't ever come. Of all the rules, the things under "Render Unto..." clause in the code of conduct are very serious. For some types of those violations, the moderators are even directed to report details to us so that we can determine if the authorities need to be called or at least prepare for when/if the authorities call (both have happened several times). That's how serious we take it.I guess I am thinking solely about running a forum/community instead of the bigger picture, which is that Bungie is also about business. And as such, need to be on top of all the legal mumbo-jumbo and take things super-serious.
If you're trying to use bungie.net for illegal activities, expect your account to be permabanned. That is NOT a line you want to test. The idea that this is somehow heavy handed, or bad for the community, or hyperbole, is simply wrong and more than a little naive.I might just be nit-picking but to me "trying to use bungie.net for illegal activities" is very different to "confessing/discussing your illegal activities on the bungie.net forums". But I'll assume they mean just about the same thing to you.
So regardless of that, there's still something I don't understand. If it is this serious, why doesn't the rest of the moderating team seem to have the same "permanent ban for piracy" policy? Or is it just that Recon is the only person that openly discusses it so I haven't noticed the others?