she pulled the trump card. Is this a checkmate?
More like a two-run triple. Maybe a field goal.
moderation best practices
Okay you are DEFINITELY new here
Topic banning or even subsection banning are relatively minor things from what I gathered on the infraction scale.
Topic bans are meant to be slaps on the wrist. Most threads don't last all that long in the grand scheme of things. Subsection bans are permanent and are a bigger deal. We've only used them a handful of times, in part because anyone who's causing that much of a ruckus isn't likely to contain their nonsense to one section, and it's better to just show them the door completely.
Seems like the rules have slowly been softened
There's a couple of factors here.
One is that the moderation team has had less time; people get busy and we haven't hired more moderators. There is also, if you can believe it, a lot less going on that actually requires a firm hand. The real troublemakers either got run off or found Jesus.
A major factor in the forum rules was also the Google AdWords compliance, and we eventually had to turn off ads for the forums to stop all the reports. You'll notice you only get ads on the non-forum pages now. (That money gets made up with GW Premium money, which goes to Scragg now.)
AS FOR THE REASON I WAS SUMMONED HERE
SimonSes: If English isn't your first language, you need to be more careful with your phrasing.
Afania: It wasn't meant in a sexual way. If I blew people up over things like "talking about e-peen contests" this place would be dead in a week.
CASE DISMISSED.