Reality
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The line between what is and is not allowed will always be questioned by some users.I disagree. When you have mostly grown men having a conversation on here and you have to say heck like a 90 year old nun, that's a bit over moderated. IMO
To this day, most users here have no idea why we push a family friendly focus on this site. Some think we are bible-toting zealots while others think we are easily offended. None of that is true nor has any impact on our policies and the enforcement of the policies here. Trust me, I've talked with several of the staff members and none of us fit that assumption.
The reason we draw the lines is because of the one-up mentality that dominates the internet. For example, if userA calls userB an idiot, what do you think userB is going to do? They are going to call userA something worse. Then userA will feel disrespected and call userB something even worse. Eventually, one of the users will go over the line and get benched and what is the first thing they say? The other guy called me this so why weren't they benched?
That is the reason we do not allow personal attacks here. It's rare that the first insult that's a problem. It just starts a cycle that will ultimately end up in one or more people getting their accounts suspended.
The policies here are designed to prevent accounts from being suspended, not punish people after the fact. Despite what some users think, no one on the staff likes being the bad guy and suspending users.