(January 21, 2016 at 1:05 pm)Drich Wrote: That said my question was not about what could take place on this web site, but what is now allowed to take place given this new rule and how me being confrontational to stimbo specifically could result in my ban.
Being confrontational is not against any current rule, nor is it likely to ever be.
There are two measures in the new rule which prevent action from being taken just by being confrontational to a member:
1) The rule specifically requires that the member be an "overwhelmingly negative influence on the forums as a whole". Being confrontational to one member doesn't even come close to that.
2) The rule specifically states "there are no points of view that a member can hold which would be considered a negative influence". So if you are being confrontational because of a disagreement over an opinion, the rule specifically protects you.