TUBSWEETIE Posted:

i would like to go to a rules of goatse and meatspin and maybe a few other harmless shockporns like that is OK to embed, but anything else will be at moderator discretion of removal and possible community ban. if someone thinks it’s too gross, communityban them for a day or two.

It’s not an issue much anymore because i dont think i’ve seen pain series or medical photos of horribly sick children in a long time. But i do not like that they could be lurking just around the corner.

It still burns me that allowing it globally was the choice deemed best. I suppose at the time it was, given CZ increased the number of moderators 250% and they all had varying opinions on what constitutes shock.

With the community bans i think stuff could be rethought. Yes, I’m extremely pro mod-choice. I pine for the days when MCB and I ruled over this place and shock was not an issue and people would be like ‘aww that was a bull**** ban” and we’d be like “**** you we’re the mods”. Actually that last bit didn’t really happen but i still wish it did. The sad truth is we’re both busy people who can’t spend all day online anymore.

I dunno i just think there’s got to be a better rule than “post whatever the **** shock you want.” especially since communitybans let you still read flamebate and play the game uninhibited.

I agree; with community bans now in place, I think the rules can be re-thought a bit.

To be honest, this might be a good occasion for compromise; some new faces get into the Rules Committee and we try to hash out some new rules with the mindset that we can now community ban for offenses.