Rule Change (New Staff Power)

[robvalue]

Some people are very good at skirting the rules.

They are clearly here to annoy, but they do so in ways that make it very hard for honest staff to make a strong case.

I see this as a way of plugging all the possible gaps that such a fuckwad would hide in. The rules can't cover absolutely everything.

It's a testament to the staff, I think, that this rule is made explicit. (It happened before I was staff.) It shows the staff do take the rules very seriously; otherwise they could just ban whoever is pissing them off without giving much justification.

I'm pleased to say that since this rule has been made available, it hasn't been used. I've been here during some times where toxic individuals were running rampant, and the effect was so bad as to stop many decent regulars wanting to be on the forum. Pinning such people on the rules was very hard because they were deliberately skirting them. This rule could have saved a lot of aggro. I hope we never get such a person again.

We'd be basically saying, "We know what you're up to, stop it." If they don't stop, it's preferable to lose them than to lose nice regulars.