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(05-18-2015, 04:45 PM)Bryn Wrote: I felt like I had to, though. As I said to you and as I stated in my (admittedly pissy - sorry) edit; the .gif summed up my thoughts in a way that I felt didn't need text accompaniment. Since any text would have been redundant and in a gesture of good will, I opted instead to remove the .gif I was given an informal warning for.
I was aware of the forum rules, but made the mistake of taking them by their intention instead of their literal words. I assumed that as:
1. The image post was entirely well-meaning, and in an obvious way,
2. It was obviously posted in a well-meaning thread, which was a conversation among friends,
3. It was directly relevant to a previous post,
4. It was entirely SFW, and,
5. It was in my own thread,
It would be okay to post.
I understand the concern that liberal use of memes, gifs, etc, can be easily abused by trolls. But if and when this occurs, punish the trolls. Why should forum users having friendly, respectful conversation be penalized by a rule because of what a troll might do in the absence of that rule?
Supposed "double standards," mostly.
We'll revise the rule. Staff are already suggesting and discussing edits anyway, as mentioned earlier in this thread.
![[Image: 1qVSsTp.png]](http://i.imgur.com/1qVSsTp.png)