The 3-Strikes Policy - Is it really a good thing?

[Nakarumi]

I've gotta admit when a lot of truth started coming out about the reasoning behind many of the warnings, I was in support of SE, and the GM(s) in question. I was saddened to see SE having to rollback the warnings, over what looks to be because of the highly public outrage. I was also amazed to see the moderators of this forum step in and stop the downward spiral that one particular thread was going in. While I may have my own criticisms of SE's enforcement of the ToS, or moderation in general, sometimes it has to be harsh to stamp out certain behaviors.

I too was strongly upset at the direction of that thread too. Heck, I was the one that started it and tried my best to keep it on track. Little did I know that there is a post limitation on the website and once I started getting the message telling me that I could no longer reply for the day... the thread spiraled out of control and there was nothing I could do about it beyond that point.

However, the mass and systematic actions of the one GM was in error and unjust for the players. Especially given the lack of reasoning that is provided when a player is pulled for whatever the reason may be. And while the other thread did get wildly out of control once I could no longer regulate it myself, the angry calls for the GMs removal or demotion were also uncalled for. We had no way of knowing what the source of the problem was or how it was caused and therefore we couldn't solely place blame on that one GM... however, the situation it produced was still utterly wrong and unfair and has been corrected as it rightfully should have been.