The current system in place is insufficient for dealing with the community we now have. As a developer's website these forums shouldn't take the place of reddit, 4chan, or some other internet board. This is not to say that discussion should focus solely on the developer, and their games, things like OffTopic have value, but more so that Bungie.net shouldn't attempt to be a shining pillar of free speech. And even then, free speech should, and does have consequences. One cannot run into a packed movie theater and scream "fire," without expecting repercussions. Clarity is key. A set of well defined, common sense guidelines, providing examples of what is forbidden and what is encouraged should be implemented on this site. Well defined doesn't mean specific, either. An example would could be: [b]The harassment of other users is prohibited.[/b] [i]This includes attacking, threatening, or goading a user to evoke a negative emotional response.[/i] It's specific about the type of action it prohibits, it provides examples, and it's both vague enough to encompass items not specifically addressed and open to moderator interpretation. And that's another important aspect of what we should have. Moderators are assigned to their positions, presumably, because they are trusted community members. As such they should have the ability to some freedom of interpretation. Yes, this may result in inconsistencies between moderators, but that's fine. The alternative would be creating a rigid set of specific rules that would ensure consistent moderation, but ultimately leave a lot out an be ineffective. Ultimately these forums require a clear set of guidelines that are explicit in what they prohibit, but vague enough to be open for moderator interpretation, and the ability to be stretched to cover other instances. OffTopic should be restricted to some regard in the content they are allowed to partake in. Before it was allowed, I thought that religious threads might be a nice source of debate, but that's clearly not the case. That said, I believe that before specific topics are censored, a set of rules be implemented first. If these rules do not solve the issues, then the censoring of certain topics should take place. And finally, alts need to either be banned or restricted. Rules are useless if I can get banned and come back a few minutes later with a new account and not have to worry about any repercussions. Because of the ease to create a new account there is no sense of investment in accounts, and nothing keeping users from simply throwing away the ones they're currently using.