We need some sort of middle ground between what the rules were and what the rules are. There are a lot of things that should be restricted more, as others have already mentioned in this thread. However, I do think that going to what they used to be would be way too extreme, not only because strict rules can sometimes suck, but because it would be a complete 180 compared to what Bungie has been doing as a company for the last few years. I'm not going to say that's good or bad, but there must be a compromise that can be made to both stay with the philosophies Bungie has adopted and still keep the forums a little cleaner. This would obviously require less leniency, but I for one will say I was personally happy with the effects of the change on myself as a member. Where before I could be banned because of other people's actions or because I decided that a one-word response was adequate for a "yes or no" question thread. I would make the claim that bungie.net is a more than adequate forum in most ways, even in terms of rules. However, I don't actually have much experience with forums other than this one, so I might be biased on that point.