[Barzooka]

Originally Posted by NOBLE

I'll add my 2 cents...
While I agree with the reasoning behind this (that there's no need to message people directly because you can do it publicly in forums, chatbox, or discord, and dm's have the potential to sway), I don't think it's a proper rule because it's practically unenforceable. How exactly are you going to prove that someone has pm'ed someone else for a vote? A screenshot that can be photoshopped? A forwarded PM that can be edited? Maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I know, the only staff members that can read PM's are superadmins (Pseudo and X). Access to reading arrowchat messages can be granted to any staff member, but it's probably not a good idea if they did so because of privacy issues that can raise. There are ways that an admin can enter someone's account and read their PM's, but they're not supposed to, and doing so can open the site to legal repercussions. If I were you guys, I'd stick to only making rules you can actually enforce properly because you have the tools and access to ascertain.

These are all really good points ngl. Tbh I'm not 100% sure how this rule would be properly enforced either. Until further notice, however, we'll try to enforce this rule anyhow unless a better resolution for this issue can be created.

[Barzooka]

Originally Posted by NOBLE

I'll add my 2 cents...
While I agree with the reasoning behind this (that there's no need to message people directly because you can do it publicly in forums, chatbox, or discord, and dm's have the potential to sway), I don't think it's a proper rule because it's practically unenforceable. How exactly are you going to prove that someone has pm'ed someone else for a vote? A screenshot that can be photoshopped? A forwarded PM that can be edited? Maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I know, the only staff members that can read PM's are superadmins (Pseudo and X). Access to reading arrowchat messages can be granted to any staff member, but it's probably not a good idea if they did so because of privacy issues that can raise. There are ways that an admin can enter someone's account and read their PM's, but they're not supposed to, and doing so can open the site to legal repercussions. If I were you guys, I'd stick to only making rules you can actually enforce properly because you have the tools and access to ascertain.

These are all really good points ngl. Tbh I'm not 100% sure how this rule would be properly enforced either. Until further notice, however, we'll try to enforce this rule anyhow unless a better resolution for this issue can be created.