Borderline Forum Rule Violations

[Shawn Gossman]

Most of us have rules on our forums, right?

If someone breaks a rule, we [admins or mods] take the appropriate action necessary to resolve the violation. Sometimes it's just a warning, sometimes it's a suspension or a ban.

But how about borderline forum rule violations?

This is when a member bends the rule slightly but doesn't break it. They get very close to violating the rules, but they don't violate them. Some may even do this and then argue that no rules were broken if you try to say anything about it.

How do you respond to this sort of thing? Have you dealt with this in the past?

 

[Tracy]

If it does not break the rules... like in real life... no violation occurs so no penalty should be applied.
If the admin does not appreciate the closeness that the bending was done, they can easily modify the rules to encompass that aspect.