A frank and open dialogue about hacking

That's where things become an epic disaster of he said/she said, favortism accusations, 'why did you punish x but not y' and endless protests of bias and inequity.

In order for a rule to be carried out with any degree of consistency it has to be measurable and have set limits for what is inside and outside of bounds.

Moderators have discretionary power, but that power is meant to cover things outside the norm, and things that stretch or push rules, not to infract on whimsy, hunch and hearsay.

Curious, how do you enforce the "ban avoid" rule, do you Ip track, look through posts to see if it's announced, or what flags you to check?