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Friday, October 31, 2003
Of rules and their death eyes.
Mood: Okay.
Music: Radiohead-Black Star.
I'm sure anyone that has been paying attention on OB has seen my post in the Suggestion & Feedback forum recently.
It was in that thread of KarmaOfChaos's. I posted a direct contradiction of the rules.
If you haven't seen it, here's a link to the thread, copy and paste it: http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33121.
I have been a mod for a long time. I don't see it as anything but a privelege. And that's what it is.
I have always hated rules, and will eternally. I find that the rule stating that you can't attach a banner for linking to be stupid. It isn't even explicitly mentioned in the rules, just as favorite threads aren't.
I've seen people use them often. And with OB's newer database, it isn't going to slow anything down as far as I've seen.
So what's so bad about it? People post attachments superfluously in the art forum. What is the difference, I'd like to know? There is none, other than, most often, the posters of these attachments aren't linking. But really, it isn't hurting anything, is it? No.
I suppose this is besides the point. But this was where my reasons stand for posting like that in that thread. Stupid rules are things I won't stand by.
If James wants to demote me from my mod position, I wouldn't feel any bad feelings about it at all. If I were in his shoes I'd do the same thing.
I suppose I was feeling apathetical when I posted the reply to Sara's post, but it's the truth. Why should I lie? I feel the rule is preposterous. It isn't hurting anyone hotlinking from OB. It isn't slowing anything down. OB has a big enough server now as to where it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
James says he needs to think about this. I don't think I would need to. I don't deserve a second chance, but I am sure James is going to give it to me. What can I do, other than resign myself? Nothing. Indeed.
Whatever comes of this, it doesn't bother me too much. OB is just a site to me in the end. The rules are just the site. In the end it's the people, not the rules and not the site, that matters most to me.
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