Burn wrote:Please keep your comment respectful, and if you disagree with certain comments, do so in a respectful way.
I've been thinking about this for a couple of days, and I somewhat agree with what randomhero said above. Posters are reprimanded if they speak inappropriately about one another, but I've not seen them reprimanded for doing so about a non-member (maybe that's all done by PM). Recently it's bothered me in the Megatoronia (sp?) thread and here. Anyway, I was thinking, 'man, that seems like a major over sight in the rules' but when you mentioned people overstepping the rules, I went and checked:
... This NOT limited solely to members of Seibertron.com. Personal attacks/threats against non-members (e.g. Comic book Writers/Artists, Movie Producers/Stars/Directors, Toy Designers etc) will also not be tolerated.
I'd completely forgotten that was actually in there. Now, granted, I don't think Bay cares what people say about him on the internet, but I think it's a good rule to enforce even in that case, because (in my opinion) letting it slide affects the tone of the discussion and even the culture of the board. Unfortunately, I think when the rule is enforced, the people being reprimanded don't necessarily realize that they in particular are being reprimanded for that specifically. I think people might assume they're only being cited for their participation in any ensuing conflict.