The sidebar is now updated. I'm going to leave this post stickied for a few days just so everyone can hopefully get on the same page.
The new rules are not set in stone, but hopefully they will do a fairly good job at setting the tone for the community. Thank you again to everyone that contributed to the revision.
If you have suggestions for updates, additions, or deletions, please know that you can always send us modmail.
Good shit. My only nitpick remaining would be the "impersonating users" bit. What does that even mean? If it's about making an account with a name that is hard to distinguish from another user's, then whatever. But if it's against the rules to sarcastically rant about natalists or something now, then that is a big hell no from me.
Making new accounts based off existing ones is a simple way of putting it, and it has happened after some users have been so butthurt at being called out they made alt accounts to larp as the one calling them out.
Signed, someone who Sophiesboyfriend decided to make the account Vivs4thSock.
I would find it extremely difficult to argue that a comment posted under your own username could credibly "impersonate" a different username.
Depending on the username and how it is displayed it can be quite easy to fake activity if someone has either capital "i" or lower case L in a name since I and l look similar.
Other than the definition of "impersonate" also including acting like them. There is enough wiggle room that a bad faith actor could weaponize it against us.
Well I mean, that rule also includes the words "harass" and "psycho." It's always going to depend on precedent of enforcement. Just like real laws, I guess.
The former is obvious and just makes sense. The latter shouldn’t really fall under that at all. If someone says, “No, you guys, you don’t understand! All of this is the natalists’ fault!” It’s clearly just mocking TheImpossible1 and not masquerading as her.
That would still fall under the definition of impersonation, even if it is mocking them.
That seems like a silly direction to take the claim.
Apparently you have never dealt with someone acting in bad faith. Lucky you I guess. I have some news for you though. The high trust society you apparently think we are living in is long gone and has been for years.
Your username is hilarious.
It was entirely inspired by DoM. I am actually surprised that this place is still going after the way he tried to strangle it.