Board Thread:1 Admin Seal of Approval/@comment-25164591-20170204234806

In order to avoid arbitrary warnings and strikes and crack down on extraneous rules that serve no practical purpose other than to punish otherwise policy-abiding users, I propose that the current rule in place concerning marking profanity in links to other websites be removed on these conditions:

If a link is pasted in chat that contains profanity (swear words that are strikeable if typed) it should be so marked by its poster. If they fail to provide such a warning, they should be given a reminder of our policy from a moderator. Unless it is clear that a user is posting profane links with obviously malicious intent (ie to get around our swearing policy) no strike should be necessary.

However, links to the generally reputable and Youtube should not require profanity warnings if they simply contain swears. Links to these sites are 99% of the time only posted to share interesting stories or opinions on topics at hand. It is silly that not noticing a minor cuss in a Youtube comment warrants the same punishment one would receive for swearing at someone. Especially considering it is already a solemn enforced rule, its inclusion in our policy is simply superfluous.

As it currently stands, one could simply (as pointed out by Nults McKagan) put a profanity warning for every single link they put in chat. That is redundant and defeats the purpose of warnings entirely and is certainly not something that should become the norm. We can start by loosening our silly restrictions regarding at least Youtube.

Your obedient servant,

23:48, February 4, 2017 (UTC) 