Quote:Originally posted by RomanesEuntDomus@Jun 1 2018, 07:58 PM
In my opinion policing speech has never worked very well in this league, I've been involved in similar rule changes and disciplinary decisions in the past and the results weren't exactly positive. Maybe we've gone about it wrong and all it needs is a slightly adjusted approach, but banning certain expressions has usually backfired as it mostly just makes people defiant and they start trolling and using these words "jokingly" out of spite. And while I think that most people who complain about "censorship" in here are blowing things way out of proportion, there certainly are quite a few possible problems that come with vague "hate speech" rules.

With that being said, I understand the general sentiment behind this rule and think it's fucking sad that the people in charge deem it necessary to implement something like this because some members can't show basic human decency and be somewhat friendly to each other. If you look at how some people conduct themselves around these boards, it's not surprising that prominent members question whether our current rules are sufficient. Especially considering that there have been way fewer suspensions for forum transgressions recently than there were a few years ago - and arguably this leniency hasn't improved the atmosphere at all, it feels more like it had the opposite effect sometimes and that it might be time to tighten the screws again.

I feel like the lowered number of suspensions hasn’t really came from more relaxed rules but rather less visibility because of the way activity has moved to discord over time. You can’t just click a report button on a discord post, and even the league owners don’t have access to every single SHL related discord. And I think that movement originally occured because of unnessecery suspensions and word policing back in the day, I can think of a few examples of suspensions that received a ton of backlash.