Posted by Stahlhagen on November 14, 1999 at 22:37:16:
In Reply to: To Dioxide, spawned by montolio posted by Graham on November 14, 1999 at 04:12:08:
In my ideal forum (which may or may not coincide with that of other readers): 1) Flames get deleted by the first (VIP) that sees them. A flame is defined as a posting which contains no useful information, and only exists to draw attention or say hurtful things about another. This forum has been a lengthy experiment. It shows great promise as a place of learning and information exchange. Dioxide has built a heck of a web site to support it. However, we can all see that the forum is flawed. It would be nice if there was no need for the aforementioned 1) and 3), but we have a lot of data points that suggest otherwise. Time has shown us if the forum is treated in a laissez-faire manner, people will abuse it. It is shame that it took an event of the magnitude of S.S.'s departure to bring this topic to the forefront, but there it is. I remain convinced that to let the forum continue along the path is has taken is to await another major incident around forum abuse. I would love to hear from the VIPs, IMMs and other forum readers on this matter. -Stahlhagen, the Doomed
2) Constructive criticism is tolerated. You can disagree with a poster, and attack their ideas as long as you do not attack the person.
3) People who use the forum solely to attack others get banned from posting. (Everyone can always read.)
4) People who break the forum rules (player IDs, quest solutions, etc.) get banned from posting.