Board Thread:Chat Discussion/@comment-2240864-20141125030602/@comment-1196539-20141125172940

Maulle wrote: Things like site rules and such are not common sense to someone new, only to an older user is that the case

It's common sense to read the site rules before participating on a new site. There's even a link to them that pops up every time you open the chat window. Even for those who don't read them, most of the rules are common sense. Being courteous, not spamming, etc. are pretty universal standards of etiquette.

Mystreve wrote: No. The slur you just mentioned is impossible to use "in context". You know better.

Unless you were quoting something, or even just making a joke at the expense of those who use the slur seriously (which actually discourages its use). Everything must be considered in context, "slurs" above all else. This is exactly what I was talking about in the previous thread with certain chat mods not knowing how to make their own judgements on whether something is appropriate or not and instead falling back on blanket policies that they interpret from the written rules.

"Sorry, that's five exclamation points. The limit is four. Ban." "Sorry, that's one too many capital words. Ban." "Sorry, you can't say that word. Ban."

They're all entirely situational. As an admin, I discipline use of slurs in the following situations:


 * It was used seriously as a statement against a particular group of people.
 * It was directed specifically at another user.
 * It was used jokingly so many times in sequence that it's just gotten distasteful.

One or two very rare passes of them in a non-serious context? Certainly not banworthy.