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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 784384" data-attributes="member: 2">Kitana, we expect people to use common sense, and we don't expect to have to babysit; if someone posted an image and thought to themselves, &quot;I wonder if this is appropriate?&quot;, then it probably isn't. So where is the line drawn? Anywhere a moderator feels it is. Mods are the sole judge as to whether something is too political or not. In your example, for instance, I'd say that a bullet-ridden flag would be yanked off pretty darn quickly.&nbsp; Lord knows that our tolerance for people trying to be provocative and push the boundaries is wearing a little thin right about now.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Krizzel, thanks for asking. We've never disallowed flags in sigs or avatars; they grew especially common after 9/11. We have no plans to change that now so long as they're not accompanied by additional political imagery or rhetoric. Just allowing American flags is not an option, because it's inherently political; so our choices are all flags or no flags. We've currently chosen the former. We're well aware that not everyone will agree with that decision, but we expect people to abide by it.&nbsp; If you see what looks like someone pushing the boundaries, please report the post and we'll address it. I'm not sure I understand your last question; will what be disallowed again?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 784384, member: 2"] Kitana, we expect people to use common sense, and we don't expect to have to babysit; if someone posted an image and thought to themselves, "I wonder if this is appropriate?", then it probably isn't. So where is the line drawn? Anywhere a moderator feels it is. Mods are the sole judge as to whether something is too political or not. In your example, for instance, I'd say that a bullet-ridden flag would be yanked off pretty darn quickly. Lord knows that our tolerance for people trying to be provocative and push the boundaries is wearing a little thin right about now. :) Krizzel, thanks for asking. We've never disallowed flags in sigs or avatars; they grew especially common after 9/11. We have no plans to change that now so long as they're not accompanied by additional political imagery or rhetoric. Just allowing American flags is not an option, because it's inherently political; so our choices are all flags or no flags. We've currently chosen the former. We're well aware that not everyone will agree with that decision, but we expect people to abide by it. If you see what looks like someone pushing the boundaries, please report the post and we'll address it. I'm not sure I understand your last question; will what be disallowed again? [/QUOTE]

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