- CrazzySnipe55
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So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I understand it is that there, in some recent iteration of the forum rules, there was a rule about talking about or "calling out" (to use the common phrase) members in the public forums. And, as I read the Forum Rules this 11th of October, that rule does not exist.
So, why is it that I've pretty much seen mods (like, for example, just because he's the only one I can recall at the moment, evilcam) warning people to not call out specific users or to focus parts or all of a discussion about a specific user? As long as discussion does not devolve into ad hominem, swearing, and maternal slights, then what is wrong with discussing a specific user?
Another example of this, or, rather, perhaps an example of the psychological result of seeing examples of this, is when people [REDACT] the name of a mod in a Ban Citation. Who cares if a specific mod banned a specific person for a specific thing? I don't think mods have a chance of being spammed or flamed because someone disagreed with a decision they made towards another person, in a ban that's clearly already been lifted or run its course.*
Is it really fair/common practice/possible to dole out punishment for something that's not even written into The Rules (anymore)?
P.S.
Even if there's no direct enforcement of this unwritten rule, why do you think it's so taboo? I mean, sure, people do it, but as noted above when it becomes a fair amount of the conversation, from what I've seen, it gets immediately verbally warned about and thus shut down.