Hello again everyone!
I've recently added a new amendment to the Suggestion section rules regarding Sectional bans, or rather, we've solidified and organized our policy regarding these into a more concrete form. If you haven't seen it already, please check it out here: http://forums.terraria.org/index.ph...or-update-as-of-august-28th.9304/#post-709369
First off, we'd appreciate any questions or feedback on the policy . . . even if that feedback is as simple as asking us to explain those rules better. I want them to be clear and understandable, so don't hesitate to speak up!
As with the previous Suggestion rule amendments, the goal with the specific policies there is to help keep the tendency for Suggestion section behavioral issues from resulting in excessive warning points/temporary or permanent bans from the forum as a whole. We've found that for some people, the Suggestion section brings out a nasty side that they don't show elsewhere, and we'd rather remove access from that one section rather than see them rapidly accumulate piles of warning points and risk a general forum ban. That is why the section is generally considered more strictly than most other sections, and is comparatively easy to be given sectional bans from.
Additionally; on the whole, this policy will not be retroactive for the majority of users who have been given Suggestion related warning points. With the increased (and now very visible) strictness, we are going to try to move forward with a positive approach, rather than hanging onto previous actions. However, those with current or very recent Suggestion related sectional bans may still be held to this, given the recentness of those actions (and would likely put them either on 3rd-strike probation or 2 strikes). We encourage anyone who wishes to know their current Suggestion section ban/strike status to PM us so we can discuss it with you in private and clarify as much as possible. I do not believe this applies to more than a small handful of individuals, however.
Once this discussion has run its course, I'll be merging this thread into the previous Amendment discussion to prevent thread clutter.
Enough of that then; I'd like to hear whatever feedback you all have to share!
I've recently added a new amendment to the Suggestion section rules regarding Sectional bans, or rather, we've solidified and organized our policy regarding these into a more concrete form. If you haven't seen it already, please check it out here: http://forums.terraria.org/index.ph...or-update-as-of-august-28th.9304/#post-709369
First off, we'd appreciate any questions or feedback on the policy . . . even if that feedback is as simple as asking us to explain those rules better. I want them to be clear and understandable, so don't hesitate to speak up!
As with the previous Suggestion rule amendments, the goal with the specific policies there is to help keep the tendency for Suggestion section behavioral issues from resulting in excessive warning points/temporary or permanent bans from the forum as a whole. We've found that for some people, the Suggestion section brings out a nasty side that they don't show elsewhere, and we'd rather remove access from that one section rather than see them rapidly accumulate piles of warning points and risk a general forum ban. That is why the section is generally considered more strictly than most other sections, and is comparatively easy to be given sectional bans from.
Additionally; on the whole, this policy will not be retroactive for the majority of users who have been given Suggestion related warning points. With the increased (and now very visible) strictness, we are going to try to move forward with a positive approach, rather than hanging onto previous actions. However, those with current or very recent Suggestion related sectional bans may still be held to this, given the recentness of those actions (and would likely put them either on 3rd-strike probation or 2 strikes). We encourage anyone who wishes to know their current Suggestion section ban/strike status to PM us so we can discuss it with you in private and clarify as much as possible. I do not believe this applies to more than a small handful of individuals, however.
Once this discussion has run its course, I'll be merging this thread into the previous Amendment discussion to prevent thread clutter.
Enough of that then; I'd like to hear whatever feedback you all have to share!