RE: Suggestion for a minor rules change.
July 8, 2015 at 4:15 am
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2015 at 4:17 am by Napoléon.)
(July 7, 2015 at 7:35 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Nap, I did. Reported for trolling and calling out. I was told it wasn't calling out and that "a certain amount of trolling is allowed." Not criticizing, just explaining what has prompted me to ask for an expansion of the rules. Hell, I'd be happy with modifying to rule to state "No calling out by starting a new thread" instead of "No calling out."
As I've said, if you guys want to leave the rules as-is, I have no problem with it. If someone gets to offensive to me, I know where the ignore button is. But, I do think calling out is calling out regardless of whether or not they're starting a thread to do it.
I'm not on staff anymore so take what I say with a pinch of salt. I didn't get to see the reports you made.
Personally I think making it against the rules to even reference other members in threads they're not involved in, is... well to be blunt, rather stupid.
Starting a thread is a bit of a different scenario to just posting the occasional trolling reference/snipe. Starting a thread to call out is to make an entire discussion about one particular person, and it puts them in a really horrible position. I've done it to people before myself (stupidly) and it's several degrees worse than just making the odd comment. Ofcourse, if someone is going round several threads just to take snipes at others, then again, that's really covered by the trolling rule.
As it is, the current rules simply says:
Quote:Do not any create threads that call out a specific member. Calling out is whenever someone creates a thread that is aimed at a specific member in order to insult him, complain about him, and/or to put him in a awkward position such as by challenging his views or even by asking him questions.
I think it's already pretty clear that calling out refers to making threads.
