Originally Posted by
RainbowsAndButterflies
Yes some rants are going into the pro side of things
BUT It's supposed to be our space, how WE feel,
RYL really shouldn't be a place where we have to think about what were typing but sadly in the last year we have to do this to "protect" people
R/V People know to stay clear if they feel they're likely to get "triggered" We do not need to protect people. It doesn't matter whether its * calories or *** calories...
But of course mods don't back dwn once they've made something... Even if this is a total step too far...
I don't see how this is a step too far, tbh? It's clarifying rules that are already in place. And from experience, I have seen situations where the mods have reconsidered rules or whatevs that are in place, if it has proven to be unhelpful.
I highly doubt that this was done just for kicks. There's clearly been some sort of issue having arisen, which the mods are trying to do something pro-actively to change. In my experience as a mod, the actions we took we pretty much always took either as a result of popular/public opinion, or issues that had arisen.
And personally, I think it's pretty selfish to think that one should be able to do what one likes on this site, regardless of rules and of the effect on other people. The fact is, RYL is attempting to be a safe site. If you want to post whatever you like, there are other places for that. RYL isn't supposed to be a free-for-all (not even on the R&V board).
And I don't really know what has been done in the last year that has drastically changed R&V. I mean, there've been gradual changes to the board but I don't think it's moved drastically one way or another.
RYL isn't perfect - but it isn't trying to be. Ultimately, on a site where SI is the norm there is going to be an element of normalising SI, and I think it is unhealthy. If the mods are trying to do good things to make a potentially dangerous website less dangerous, I think that's a good thing.
Nobody is saying that you can't post anywhere on the internet (or even real life) about anything. But (at the risk of being boring and repeating myself) RYL is not, and shouldn't be, your only form of support.