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I really dislike the seemingly feigned outrage over this. If people are receiving multiple warnings and getting into trouble then the burden is on their shoulders rather than being a problem with the site's moderation.
It's not unusual for a site to employ a 'three strikes and you're out' approach. It's also not unusual for a site to make the use of gifs/images impossible or frowned upon. You can't embed such things into posts over on WoW's official site for instance.
I'm far from a prude but it does get tiring to be reading an interesting thread only for someone to post a silly image that is then given a lot of attention/praise. If it's a silly thread/forum game then it's perfectly fine in my eyes but let's be honest here: if there's a debate going on about Au Ra and someone swoops in with a 'this again lol' comment and silly image then it's going to risk dragging the thread through the dirt.
There's a time and a place for them - and they're much better suited to threads that aren't going to be heavy on debate/in-depth responses.
It's not unusual for a site to employ a 'three strikes and you're out' approach. It's also not unusual for a site to make the use of gifs/images impossible or frowned upon. You can't embed such things into posts over on WoW's official site for instance.
I'm far from a prude but it does get tiring to be reading an interesting thread only for someone to post a silly image that is then given a lot of attention/praise. If it's a silly thread/forum game then it's perfectly fine in my eyes but let's be honest here: if there's a debate going on about Au Ra and someone swoops in with a 'this again lol' comment and silly image then it's going to risk dragging the thread through the dirt.
There's a time and a place for them - and they're much better suited to threads that aren't going to be heavy on debate/in-depth responses.