The 20 point limit is on a yearly basis -- calendar year, in fact, but we're not retroactively bringing things in from before the end of April. At the end of the year, that count resets. So, right now, unless someone's been warned that I don't know about, everyone is at zero.
Natalie, there's nothing wrong with making inflammatory points. The problem is when you make the inflammatory point and also decide to be a jerk about it. I don't think having people pick fights and generally be unpleasant now and then is a good thing. It makes work for the mods and it generally bothers everyone. The enforcement policies have nothing to do with squelching dissent and everything to with ensuring that dissenting voices keep a reasonable volume.
The permanent penalties are not to eliminate those who dissent. They're to eliminate those who repeatedly demonstrate that their opinions, ideas, and lulz are more important than the community as a whole and the rules we all abide by.
EDIT: Oh, I've gotten a couple of PMs asking for examples. I'm looking for some good ones and will get back to you in the near future.
Natalie, there's nothing wrong with making inflammatory points. The problem is when you make the inflammatory point and also decide to be a jerk about it. I don't think having people pick fights and generally be unpleasant now and then is a good thing. It makes work for the mods and it generally bothers everyone. The enforcement policies have nothing to do with squelching dissent and everything to with ensuring that dissenting voices keep a reasonable volume.
The permanent penalties are not to eliminate those who dissent. They're to eliminate those who repeatedly demonstrate that their opinions, ideas, and lulz are more important than the community as a whole and the rules we all abide by.
EDIT: Oh, I've gotten a couple of PMs asking for examples. I'm looking for some good ones and will get back to you in the near future.
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