The Hunt is and always has been, a free for all. There are no "rules" for hunts. Anyone is free to do anything they want upon finding one.

The drama is stemming from player imposed "societal rules" which were not intended as quote/unquote "proper hunt behavior" by the devs.

This is something the community came up with itself. There is no way to enforce this type of community driven behavior because it is not sanctioned officially.

As such people not conforming to these "rules" are of course going to rub people the wrong way.

But that is not up to the devs to police nor should they have to or be compelled to change the rules of S Rank makeup and behavior to kowtow to any one principle.