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If you could take off only 1 rule from the MAL Guidelines ,which would it be ?

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A rule that bothers you the most and one you think that would make the site great again
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7. Controversial/sensitive topics liable to incite rule violations (trolling, flaming, abuse) are no longer allowed.

This includes but is not limited to topics about:
  • gender, sexual orientation, lgbt, homophobia
  • race, xenophobia, immigration
  • sexual assault, abortion
  • pedophilia, lolicon/shotacon, incest, teenage-adult relationships
  • politics, political ideologies, laws, policies
  • controversial public figures/leaders, hate groups
  • religion
  • drugs, illegal activities
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7. Controversial/sensitive topics liable to incite rule violations (trolling, flaming, abuse) are no longer allowed.

This includes but is not limited to topics about:
  • gender, sexual orientation, lgbt, homophobia
  • race, xenophobia, immigration
  • sexual assault, abortion
  • pedophilia, lolicon/shotacon, incest, teenage-adult relationships
  • politics, political ideologies, laws, policies
  • controversial public figures/leaders, hate groups
  • religion
  • drugs, illegal activities
@Zarutaku
if I cant talk about lgbt, can I talk about lgbtq?
2 hours ago
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Rule #7, for sure. It supposedly only exists because "controversial" threads lead to toxicity, and apparently the solution to this is to lock/delete the threads themselves rather than banning the users who are being toxic.
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Reply to Commit_Crime
@Zarutaku
if I cant talk about lgbt, can I talk about lgbtq?
@Commit_Crime You may talk about it, but not create a topic about it.
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Rule #7, for sure. It supposedly only exists because "controversial" threads lead to toxicity, and apparently the solution to this is to lock/delete the threads themselves rather than banning the users who are being toxic.
@Ejrodiew Pretty sure they permabanned TheSuave though.
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@Commit_Crime You may talk about it, but not create a topic about it.
@Zarutaku
and if i cant creat a topic about lgbt adn lgbtq, can I create a topic on lgbtqia+?
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Every rule there is in the guidelines is fine
Hello can you please watch Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku

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Reply to fleurbleue
@Ejrodiew Pretty sure they permabanned TheSuave though.
@fleurbleue Wouldn't bet on that, he already created worse topics in the past and usually came back with his main account, sometimes another account.
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I say abolish the rule against controversy. That is broad enough to shut down any discussion that is not an echo chamber.

As an example,
I had a topic literally discussing Square Enix's public dei hiring policy on their website. Apparently that was shut down due to controversy. Square Enix's corporate hiring power point was too controvercial to talk about on mal.
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@Zarutaku
and if i cant creat a topic about lgbt adn lgbtq, can I create a topic on lgbtqia+?
@Commit_Crime You can, but you need to be creatively ambiguous to circumvent the rule.
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The one that led to CE getting shut down.
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@fleurbleue Wouldn't bet on that, he already created worse topics in the past and usually came back with his main account, sometimes another account.
@Zarutaku
I dont think I have ever read a single one of his posts from start to finish. paragraphs and paragraphs of bullshit
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Reply to Ejrodiew
Rule #7, for sure. It supposedly only exists because "controversial" threads lead to toxicity, and apparently the solution to this is to lock/delete the threads themselves rather than banning the users who are being toxic.
@Ejrodiew time and time again. it's a useless rule, really. not that i want the jannies to start banning users en masse.
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@Commit_Crime You can, but you need to be creatively ambiguous to circumvent the rule.
@Zarutaku
I got told we can't talk about "woke" in a forum. I avoided using any buzzwords and it still got the discussion locked. The rule is meant to keep everything politically correct enough. Hinting about it would not avoid a lock.
2 hours ago

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@Zarutaku
I got told we can't talk about "woke" in a forum. I avoided using any buzzwords and it still got the discussion locked. The rule is meant to keep everything politically correct enough. Hinting about it would not avoid a lock.
@rohan121 Depends on the ambiguity of the hint.
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@Zarutaku
I dont think I have ever read a single one of his posts from start to finish. paragraphs and paragraphs of bullshit
@Commit_Crime Well, bullshit can still be entertaining, so he's actually amongst my favorite users.
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"""controversial""" topics for both CD and AD. Instead I would only focus on topics pretty explicitly being hate-mongering or drawing comparisons between interests in fiction and real life not ones that are discussion in good faith.
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Reply to Zarutaku
@Commit_Crime Well, bullshit can still be entertaining, so he's actually amongst my favorite users.
@Zarutaku
its just too long to read but I do appreciate his presence, its a good gatekeep
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Looking at reality through the pink prisma doesn't create a healthy society; avoiding the real facts and problems only leads to wicked people's minds,
and as a result, society begins to rot intellectually, morally, and culturally. ~Lenin (in the afterlife)
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7. Controversial/sensitive topics liable to incite rule violations (trolling, flaming, abuse) are no longer allowed.

This includes but is not limited to topics about:
  • gender, sexual orientation, lgbt, homophobia
  • race, xenophobia, immigration
  • sexual assault, abortion
  • pedophilia, lolicon/shotacon, incest, teenage-adult relationships
  • politics, political ideologies, laws, policies
  • controversial public figures/leaders, hate groups
  • religion
  • drugs, illegal activities
@Zarutaku This one of course. Been banned for slight mention of lgbt.
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

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There are many things I would change about the database (especially the anime database) to make it more inclusive. However, some of these "rules", aren't even actually listed.
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I would want to be able to make blatant, unapologetic, lolicon/shotacon threads discussing characters butts, bellies and bulges.

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