My longer-term recommendation is to keep an eye on the new rules posted in the
Religion forum. The times they are a-changin'.
As the rules become more and more concrete, it will be easier to make cases for administrative action.
And I'm well aware of the ban records. If I think back to the first banning I watched happen, very few of us would be here.
Take profanity, for instance. There was a time when people complained to the moderators about the mere presence of profanity.
But the posters insisted, and we've largely been allowed to say whatever the fuck we want.
And even that's a-changin', as people get sick of drinking from ******** wells.
The boundaries of the situation are changing. Sciforums only becomes more autocratic by necessity, and if people don't want to use SFOG to establish a broader convention of rules, then our mere membership signals our consent to whatever form of governance comes to give some order and utility to these boards.
Just the other day, incidentally, someone pointed out to me that this is Sciforums, and therefore only scientific discussion should be allowed.
Real estate in Sciforums-world will become mighty cheap if we invoke that standard.
It's all in what we, the posters want.
