There's just so much to distort (and admittedly not distort). Though I doubt anyone ever made a joke with intent to hurt, I've made plenty in bad taste. I'm actually nervous enough about the changes that I've been putting the axe to some of the ones around here I can remember, seeing as how in this entire thread's history it's always been new readers thousands upon thousands of pages back rolling across some discussion, long since lost to the ebb of time and forgotten, that has resulted in mod intervention.
With how vague the rules are, l'm pretty sure we could all be infracted or even suspended just based on a little creative interpretation of what constitutes harmful. There's also obviously the out and out explicitly explosive discussions or arguments that people involved in have already gotten over and don't care about.
Granted as far as comments from staff goes, it seems like a bit of on-the-spot judgement will be exercised (oh great, vague rules as defined by different personalities trying to mark down different criteria?)
We're probably fine though. Even new readers have to actually put the effort into trying to read over twelve thousand pages of salt. A lot of the really salty discussion can be found post Braavos, too, and I'm pretty sure most people just throw their hands up in the air by that point and switch to update only.
Or just skip to the end... ugh.
