Half of the problems of yesterday arose because of the constant threat of the rule prohibiting discussion of banned/suspended members. The issues brought up by this rule and similar extensions of it are what turned what would have been dozens of posts into hundreds of posts.
Discussion of a suspended member can help others understand what he/she did wrong, hopefully preventing similar actions in the future. It can, perhaps, also take the "ooh! ahh!" factor away from the suspension, making it less of a hot topic in a few days; the current rule of 'no discussion' does the opposite----the mention of jick or Fake Edge brings on laughs and a string of posts still to this day.
I don't know if this rule was enacted because of Fake Edge, jick, or whomever. But I think that we should really take a look at what the purpose of the rule is and if it really accomplishes that goal. I doubt it does. Much of the mods' warnings yesterday were merely to enforce this rule simply because it's a rule, but not necessarily with some higher purpose in mind.
Discussion of a suspended member can help others understand what he/she did wrong, hopefully preventing similar actions in the future. It can, perhaps, also take the "ooh! ahh!" factor away from the suspension, making it less of a hot topic in a few days; the current rule of 'no discussion' does the opposite----the mention of jick or Fake Edge brings on laughs and a string of posts still to this day.
I don't know if this rule was enacted because of Fake Edge, jick, or whomever. But I think that we should really take a look at what the purpose of the rule is and if it really accomplishes that goal. I doubt it does. Much of the mods' warnings yesterday were merely to enforce this rule simply because it's a rule, but not necessarily with some higher purpose in mind.