- Recon Number 54
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.
This is utterly hilarious. Back when we had dozens of specific "not this, but that, and here is the precise line" rules, people would dance and flirt with the line, create logical loopholes and do their juvenile best to "test the limits of the system".
It was a giant game of "I'm not touching you!" and was petty.
Now, that our hosts got tired of playing that horrid little game and being nibbled to death by ducks, they adopted a much more simple, much more broad and much easier to grasp (for some) "here's what's cool, here's what we're not so cool with" and for a while, people appreciated the leeway, breathing room and more simple to understand spirit (instead of the complex letter) of the "law".
But now the pendulum swings again and people are taking the simple guidelines and attempting to divine, spot, create and extend various "you didn't specifically say _____, so I think that it's fine" arguments.
Nothing's changed ladies and gentlemen. Bungie has guidelines, those guidelines are the same now as they were 2 weeks ago. The change of external factors is irrelevant, the inter-relation of behavior here and laws throughout the world is the same as it was (irrelevant). If a topic/post would get you banned last week, it will likely get you banned today. I doubt that anyone in the world goes to their respective polling place with the thought of "I can't wait to see how this changes how they operate on Bungie.Net." They don't, and it doesn't.
Enjoy the debate, have fun with the argument, but I (and I believe every one of my colleagues) am "business as usual" when it comes to this site, these forums, this community and the wishes of our hosts. If someone wants to test that? Fine. But don't think for a second that a logical house of cards is going to reverse my actions when my actions have always been based on "Do the owners of this site want to allow this?"
If you want to read more (and why wouldn't you?) here's what I had to say in the similar topic that was locked.
*looks at head of a pin*
Nope, no dancing angels. Must be the wrong pin.
You guys are funny, twisting yourselves all up in literal, figurative, and hypothetical interpretations of specific statements and their semantics in order to try to predict what "will or won't" result in issues.
*shrug* Carry on, have fun, but be advised that no matter how immensely logical or undeniable you consider your argument, you are ignoring the reality.
The part of the "what works here and what doesn't" equation that members DO have a say in is the report function. Nothing more and no less than that. The enforcement of the ToU, CoC, Forum Rules and what constitutes "in or out" are the role of the individual ninja (yes, and as a result, we are both subjective and inconsistent. lrn2adapt), under the authority given to them by our hosts. Not a single thing about THAT structure and code has changed.
But since it is clearly enjoyable exercise, please feel free to speculate about how you think that things "should work". We'll continue dealing with reports, and enforcing the models of behavior that we consider to be the desires and expectations of our hosts.