(January 14, 2016 at 5:05 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(January 14, 2016 at 4:44 pm)Losty Wrote: I think so...it seems that if someone is having that negative of an influence, there must be a rule they're breaking. I still think the rules we already have in place are ambiguous enough that the mods could potentially ban anyone negative without this new power.
I also still think the new power isn't hurting anyone except maybe a temporary feeling of unease. Should wear off as people become more sure that it doesn't make us more likely to get banned.
Eta. Was in response to Tibs not Brian.
That's the problem, people were being a negative influence but they weren't breaking any rules, at least not any that the staff could agree on. We'd have people report trolling and take a look and think "well, it could be trolling, but at the same time it might be a weird opinion". If they were breaking a rule, believe me, we wouldn't even be discussing this new power.
(January 14, 2016 at 4:48 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Why you can't just make this a rule instead of opening it up as a way to negate the rules themselves is confusing.
To me it sounds a lot like arguing over semantics, but if that will reduce the level of consternation I'll discuss it with staff.
I had consternation once, but I took a laxative.