Franklin said:
It's dammed if you do dammed if you don't. In the past moderators would ban members on the spot for mentioning anything related to sex. So we try to be more lenient and now we're wrong doing that too. Honestly the best method is to judge things as they happen. When I, or other mods, feel someone has crossed the line, we'll bring it up the staff chat and discuss it and then we'll take action. That's how everything is handled and it's made things an lot easier and more laid back around here while still enforcing rules when things to go too far.
I honestly hope this lenience remains as I feel it does the community more good than bad. The current system isn't perfect but what system is. The system we are using now is very good in comparison to the system that was being used in what I call the Axle era of ZD. I've said this a few times but the informal tactful method works far better for most users here rather than the point system. The point system was akin to a mod looking at a checkbox and hitting the tick box. Those sorts of systems aren't necessary in a small community, since all the mods and users alike know one another and can keep track of behaviors etc. The previous system even caused other users to mod all the time constantly, and pressuring mods to ban x user for x offense. Witch hunts were another consistency in the previous era which got really tiresome and caused many users to feel terriblemand paranoid regarding their actions.
Blue I've been warned a few times in the sb for my behavior, so I'm not sure where you received the information that I haven't. Maybe you watch the sb and log into my Skype and constantly observe me to see if I receive warnings? If you did you would know I've had a level 5 Seth stop attack and even had Jim jam message me on Skype "stop doing that" and it goes no further because I do just that.
Had you done what you did a few years ago you would have probably been banned far longer and may have even received a forum ban. Not to mention probably be labeled as a DESTROYER OF ZD and the topic of a dozen Scooby doo chats.
I know discussion regarding the ban isn't desired but I felt the overall system of how punishment works on ZD in general needed discussing and the ban was a recent topic to use.