So, the culture here requires members to read the rules and pay attention to the OP. Some new members familiar with other cultures may not even read the welcome post because they can't conceive of warning for a whole class of things that they have previously not even paid attention to. Those new members invariably get warned, and I agree it can be startling.
At this point though the stories diverge into 2 general categories.
Category 1 - continues to not pay attention and gets more warnings or even banned temporarily. They either shape up or ship out.
Category 2 - quickly realizes what is up and never gets warned again.
No one here but you and the moderators can see your warning level. I may be at 90% for all anyone knows! (I'm not, but you get my drift)
The culture here is different. We do have lots of younger members who need a strong boundary condition to keep the site operating smoothly. There are no age limits in the WBO, but there are no separate rules for different ages either. A month from now, my hope is that we barely even remember this conversation, because for the parties at issue it will have become a nonissue.
At this point though the stories diverge into 2 general categories.
Category 1 - continues to not pay attention and gets more warnings or even banned temporarily. They either shape up or ship out.
Category 2 - quickly realizes what is up and never gets warned again.
No one here but you and the moderators can see your warning level. I may be at 90% for all anyone knows! (I'm not, but you get my drift)
The culture here is different. We do have lots of younger members who need a strong boundary condition to keep the site operating smoothly. There are no age limits in the WBO, but there are no separate rules for different ages either. A month from now, my hope is that we barely even remember this conversation, because for the parties at issue it will have become a nonissue.