We do the best we can. And the lines, like it or not, are not carved in stone.

I’ve never banned for loli without first checking with ET, because honestly I have no idea what it is. And what’s sexual to one person may not be to another, especially in different countries. What’s on page 3 of The Sun in England wouldn’t be allowed in the National Enquirer in the US. So ET gets the final word, and even now he’s looking into seeing if the crime is better defined anywhere.

Similarly, what’s shock to one person isn’t necessarily shock to another. It’s ET’s site, so what he calls shock is shock, and what he doesn’t, isn’t. That’s selective, but unless you allow NO images, there will always be an ambiguous line. And on this site, people will constantly push the line.

Same deal with trolling. We get lots of reports about “trolling” and “RPing” when, to our eyes, the person making the report is often the instigator of said trolling event in the thread. Or there’s no actual trolling in our eyes. And the tone of the thread is taken into account. And the response of the “trolled”. And so on.

Modding on this site, where there ARE such ambiguities, will always be selective. If you don’t want to risk being banned, steer clear of anything which could be considered controversial.

Finally, yes, a lot of the times we don’t see something unless it’s reported. There are a lot of posts, and limited moderation (although it may sometimes seem otherwise).