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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrificial Lamb" data-source="post: 3924287" data-attributes="member: 7482">Fair enough. But I believe a greatly relaxed moderation style is not only easier on the mods, but it's easier on the posters too.Hypothetical question. What if we were allowed to say almost anything on the forums, as long as we didn't stray off topic for too long? What if we were allowed to flame each other, and fight over 3e and 4e? What would happen? Let's imagine a theoretical exercise in which, say one week from now, ENWorld STOPPED MODERATING. Well, almost.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Imagine the climate of the forums. If a thread was off-topic, it would be moved to the correct sub-forum. If someone spammed or issued racial epithets, then they'd quickly be banned. Sock-puppet accounts would be deleted. ENWorld does this already, right?But here's where it gets tricky.... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> Let's pretend the mods say this:"Hey, guys...new policy. Aside from the basic moderation listed above, as well as maintenance, and bearing of news, WE'LL STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY. You can use nasty swear words. You now have the option of saying that 3e is stinkier than old fish, and that all who play it are mentally decrepit. You wanna inform the 4e players that they have the mental fortitude of a brain-damaged chimp? Knock yourselves out! But be aware of the fact, that if you deliberately troll, other posters will NOT hesitate to call you out on the way you act, and the things you say. When you present ideas, you invite criticism and debate, and if you cannot handle THAT, then you WILL be mocked pitilessly until you lighten the Heck up."  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> "The reason for this astounding change, is that Eric's Grandma quite spontaneously travelled to Uruguay, met a cabin boy named Rodrigues, and is currently living in sin with said cabin boy on a houseboat on the South Atlantic Ocean.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Amazingly, she has no Internet connection, so we are now free of the risk of offending her most delicate eyes."  <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So what would happen then? Utter chaos? Excitement? Laughter? Anger? Tears? Would the passive-aggressiveness be drastically reduced? All of the above? Would there be MORE tension in the forums LONG-TERM than there is now, or LESS? Would ENWorld be better for the change, or worse? Or would it be NEITHER better nor worse, but instead just....."DIFFERENT"? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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