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~~Pardon Our Dust.~~
Ok, I'm not really in the mood at all to type something really big. Of course, knowing my posts, it'll probably end up being pretty long anyway.. :\
I've noticed a lot recently that a large number of threads about "the forum ninjas" or even talking indirectly about the forum ninjas have bee locked, following the "No Posts about Individual Users" rule.
I have a little problem with this.. Let's take a look; why was this rule put in place? Oh, it's so people wouldn't make posts like "Poll: Zag is an idiot. I think so." It's so people wouldn't insult or attack others on the public forums, and keep them clean.
My problem is that this rule is almost abused, in a sense. Why can't we have positive threads about users? Why can't I make a thread saying "What's the Ninjas favorite foodsnack item?" That is in no way attacking them, or being offensive. If anything, it should help us get to know the moderating team a little better, and have some fun with the community.
For example; this thread right here. (Oh, and Evilcam, I'm not trying to say you did anything wrong, necessarily, it just happens to be the most recent one. I've seen almost every moderator close such threads.)
What was his offense? Breaking the rule of "Posting about other users and/or forum ninjas".. But what was his goal, which would've not started a flame-war or fight? It was to share some funny comments with everyone, and perhaps get some more discussion going with our great moderating team and community.
If you even look at Evilcam's reply, he basically says he'd love to have such a thread, but it's 'not allowed'.. Seems like it was almost done 'just because', even the rule itself was silently put into question.
My point here is that I think this rule is being largely misinterpreted and has long since lost it's purpose. It's as if you're trying to put out an oven fire, and instead you end up spraying the fire extinguisher all over the kitchen, even where the fire has no chance of going. You could say "Better safe than sorry", but I think that's a largely evasive way of dealing with it.
And looking up, I did make a post longer than I thought I would.. Go figure. :P
[Edited on 2/2/2007]