[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

As a non-Stanford alum outsider who also spends time on the ןɐɔ Rivals board, perhaps my perspective might be useful.

1. This is a privately owned enterprise and the owners have an absolute right to enforce whatever rules they want.  It is not the owner's place to accommodate posters.  It is the poster's place to accommodate the owner.  The administrator (who I assume is Yvonne) wrote a post saying this topic was causing her stress and physical discomfort, yet we still see all these posts on this topic?  Isn't that a cue to drop the damn subject?  If you don't like the rules, go start your own board or community.

Respectfully, this point has been made at least a half dozen times over the past 48 hours and I believe that's half a dozen times too many.  I haven't seen a single person suggest, implicitly or explicitly, that Yvonne is not (or should not be) legally allowed to ban posters as she sees fit.  I believe we are all well aware that (moderator) of (private forum) can rule with impunity.  The issue, then, is that some posters believe her actions were simply inequitable.  Just as Yvonne is allowed to ban ferrari, others are allowed to think that action was unjust.  And then, of course, it's up to Yvonne whether to allow us to debate that or not.

I believe the freedom we've been given to wade through the wreckage has been great.  Some feel that this whole thing has been blown way out of proportion, and I can't say I entirely disagree.  However, I believe it's a positive thing for us to have this "state of the board" fireside chat.  This board is uniquely intimate, which is part of its charm.  However, the flip side of that is we must take extra care to nurture it.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

As a non-Stanford alum outsider who also spends time on the ןɐɔ Rivals board, perhaps my perspective might be useful.

1. This is a privately owned enterprise and the owners have an absolute right to enforce whatever rules they want.  It is not the owner's place to accommodate posters.  It is the poster's place to accommodate the owner.  The administrator (who I assume is Yvonne) wrote a post saying this topic was causing her stress and physical discomfort, yet we still see all these posts on this topic?  Isn't that a cue to drop the damn subject?  If you don't like the rules, go start your own board or community.

Respectfully, this point has been made at least a half dozen times over the past 48 hours and I believe that's half a dozen times too many.  I haven't seen a single person suggest, implicitly or explicitly, that Yvonne is not (or should not be) legally allowed to ban posters as she sees fit.  I believe we are all well aware that (moderator) of (private forum) can rule with impunity.  The issue, then, is that some posters believe her actions were simply inequitable.  Just as Yvonne is allowed to ban ferrari, others are allowed to think that action was unjust.  And then, of course, it's up to Yvonne whether to allow us to debate that or not.

I believe the freedom we've been given to wade through the wreckage has been great.  Some feel that this whole thing has been blown way out of proportion, and I can't say I entirely disagree.  However, I believe it's a positive thing for us to have this "state of the board" fireside chat.  This board is uniquely intimate, which is part of its charm.  However, the flip side of that is we must take extra care to nurture it.