Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4883034-20130412001337/@comment-5643552-20130412013250

I have noticed quite a few...*a-hem*... unnecessary rules the many times I've perused the Chat Rules, and I've observed their (admittedly negative) affect on chat behavior as a whole. I think we should model the chat rules more off of the Community Central Chat Guidelines (which many wikis have done for their chat rules and such). Notice how few rules there are compared to the Creepypasta Wiki Chat. While the current chat rules have good intentions (keeping chat from collapsing in on itself, etc.), they assume bad intentions on part of the users.

Trust users more to not do these things on their own accord; chat is for socializing, after all, and the majority of social rules, online and off, are unwritten. If enough people within a society adopt a certain viewpoint of what is most beneficial to the growth of said society, that viewpoint will become self-sustaining. This could either be a good thing or a bad thing, based on the factors in play. Trust is a big factor here, in case it wasn't readily clear.

TL;DR: The chat rules need a serious brushing up.