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Actually, the auth that have posted here have given me the go ahead with my comments, which is why I've posted them. Dan will be here in a bit to fully clarify things, but what I've said surprisingly reflects the consensus that the auth have come to. I've also tried to make this clear in my posts, so if I have not, which seems to be the case, I'm sorry. I'm taking this opportunity to apologize to the community on behalf of the auth team, as we know this has been an extreme bundle of confusion, especially when we've tried so hard to keep it from becoming like that. Please realize that our intentions are not to oppress you and are solely for the good of the community. We are working to find a way to accurately clarify what we mean to accomplish at this point in time, and ask that you be patient. This is a highly delicate balance that we're trying to strike, and I'm sure you all realize that it's very difficult to do. Ody, I'm going to apologize to you personally right now for anything that you have viewed as me targeting you, seeing as I have honestly been the only staff member that has addressed you in this thread. It was most definitely not my intent to do so and I did not mean for it to come across in that manner.

I'm going to ask everyone to read this again; it says in the final paragraph that this is not becoming stricter so much as it is just holding up the rule to its actual standard as opposed to what we've been doing. I've also stated multiple times that the wording used in this topic is far too strong and has unintentionally been the cause of all of this grief. For the record, light mentions of things that are R7 material are allowed in passing.

I'm sorry you feel this way. The fact still remains though that this is actually the rule, and as a result needs to be enforced as such. We're trying to strike a balance in which the passing things can stay a thing so long as they are truly passing and yet not alienating a large part of our userbase that enjoys these borderline jokes. Compromise is what we're going for, although should anyone have any better suggestions on how to handle this, please feel free to PM a staff member so that we can discuss and figure out a better way to manage things. For the time being though, actual enforcement of the rule as it states is the conclusion we've arrived at.

I understand your issue here. Why should we have told you, if it's not as serious as it's being made out to be in the post? Here's my answer for that. We don't want accusations of being unfair in our judgments, but we also don't want you all feeling like you weren't given any warning in regards to this. Our goal is to keep the community informed, and suddenly enforcing a rule to its fullest extent isn't fair to you all without warning. The wording of this post was made serious as a way to actually resonate with you, but it's become clear to us on the auth team that the wording was far too strong and has caused uprise and strife in the community. Also, I'd like to point out that there's more to people than lewd comments and jokes, so they shouldn't be afraid to be themselves. I'm speaking from personal experience here, and I'm aware that it's not the same for all people, but my close friends here know that I have more ways to turn something lewd than you could imagine, with an arsenal of lewd jokes to boot. At the same time though, there's a time and place for everything, which is why I refrain from doing so in the Lobby. In my back channel is a completely different story.

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Ok, I'm going to try my hand at clearing some of this up, so bear with me. If you look at R7 in the rules, it states the following: The auth team has become aware of several users that are uncomfortable with the events that occur in the chat; a lewd comment is made and the chat stays in that vein for a long period of time, or a comment is purposefully made to be lewd and conversation carries onward. The rule does very clearly state that these are okay in passing, in that you can make the comment and then move on. Moderators are just going to try to make sure that this type of thing does not become the prevailing topic. A lot of this hinges on respecting others as well; if people are saying that they are uncomfortable with the topic, then you should respect that maybe a public place is not the ideal location for the conversation. Additionally, if the conversation dies when taken to a back channel, then maybe it wasn't worth having in the first place? I know that this isn't always the case in terms of conversation because the Lobby is the main hub, but the auth team has stated multiple times that the Abyss is really a better place for things that tend to infringe on R7 as a courtesy to other users. In all honesty, it isn't so much becoming stricter on rule 7 as it is holding the rule to its full integrity, something that the auth team has to take fault on because we have not upheld the rule to its full extent at times, allowing things to maybe go a bit too far before trying to quell things. At the same time, there are more things that can be humorous and talked about that don't infringe on this rule. I would also like to point out that no one in particular is being called out or targeted here. This post goes out to the entirety of the community, not just a couple of people.

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