[Dildo Shwaggins]

For the spider incident, I think it comes down to good faith or bad faith congruent with rule 2 mostly. If posted in good faith and someone explicitly expresses major discomfort with it, then as long as it’s dropped and people continue on punishment wouldn’t be warranted. If someone continues in bad faith to cause discomfort to that person, it’s more warranted. If someone oblivious comes along and posts something possibly iffy, that should err on the side of not in bad faith too. Staff members and discord members alike need to read the room before taking action for the best resolution.

I guess the main point of contention here is how you enacted the punishment via GiselleBot at the time. I do not remember if you tried to achieve a result by verbal de-escalation at first, but for a somewhat gray area situation in relation to how rules are written such as this I think it’s also behooving to take that initial approach too when nothing that is an immediately heinous rule violation is happening.

Overall I’m not opposed to a promotion, anyone former or current staff here has had an instance of an unpopular punishment or perception of going too hard or too soft on something. I just wish there was a scenario sheet the community could see because it would be helpful to see how prospective staff would handle situations that the rules are a little vague on