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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6891321" data-attributes="member: 177">No, you don't.&nbsp; Some neutral third party that becomes well informed on the situation does.Person A does something.&nbsp; Person B claims harassment.&nbsp; Person A does *not* get to decide whether they were harassing B.&nbsp; Nor does anyone who was distant from the situation.&nbsp; And, even&nbsp; the third party doesn't get to say whether B felt harassed.&nbsp; They only get to say whether the incident is actionable.&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; And note how *you* (meaning the userbase in general) don't get a say in what counts as harassment on the site?&nbsp; We don't vote on moderation.&nbsp; And note how our rules are actually pretty darned vague?&nbsp; Outside a couple of things (religion, politics, foul language) very few things are listed as actually forbidden.&nbsp; My most often used moderation phrase is, &quot;Don't make it personal.&quot;&nbsp; But that's not a Rule, that's advice.&nbsp; There are cases where giving critique on another'f foibles is fine, and others where it is actionable.&nbsp; And the difference is in context, not strict rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6891321, member: 177"] No, you don't. Some neutral third party that becomes well informed on the situation does. Person A does something. Person B claims harassment. Person A does *not* get to decide whether they were harassing B. Nor does anyone who was distant from the situation. And, even the third party [i]doesn't get to say whether B felt harassed[/i]. They only get to say whether the incident is actionable. Yes. And note how *you* (meaning the userbase in general) don't get a say in what counts as harassment on the site? We don't vote on moderation. And note how our rules are actually pretty darned vague? Outside a couple of things (religion, politics, foul language) very few things are listed as actually forbidden. My most often used moderation phrase is, "Don't make it personal." But that's not a Rule, that's advice. There are cases where giving critique on another'f foibles is fine, and others where it is actionable. And the difference is in context, not strict rules. [/QUOTE]

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