SilverStar Ebonclawsilverstar@rawr.sillydragon.ca
Sep 25, 2026, 3:37 AM@glyph @eevee Don't mind me, just adding my 2 cents here, ymmv:
As someone whose earlier days on the internet were full of both well-meaning, but also rule-lawyering, let me say this: The appropriate response is to say, "What you're doing is not appreciated. Rules are the runes to describe the spirit of the rule. Stop trying to test the rules or you will be removed." You address the behavior, not the incident, and you give a wide enough reason. That way, when it's just someone whose flavor of ND leaves them unable to process social cues correctly, you've given them framework for the behavior, rather than acting as point defense. And then if they violate, you remove them and dust your hands off.
As someone whose earlier days on the internet were full of both well-meaning, but also rule-lawyering, let me say this: The appropriate response is to say, "What you're doing is not appreciated. Rules are the runes to describe the spirit of the rule. Stop trying to test the rules or you will be removed." You address the behavior, not the incident, and you give a wide enough reason. That way, when it's just someone whose flavor of ND leaves them unable to process social cues correctly, you've given them framework for the behavior, rather than acting as point defense. And then if they violate, you remove them and dust your hands off.
