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So if you share it to a family member, and someone writes a story similar. . . What is the edge case here.

You cannot expect only one person to make a deduction from information points.

Edit: or are we talking 'specific headlines'. So if you want to share just alter the headline?

Look I can't see any way this could work in reality, it's just PR imho.



Are rules only valid when they consider every edge case? That disqualifies almost every law, among other things.

With a little bit of moderator judgment a rule like that can be enforced. It's ridiculous to say that these bans somehow can't be done, that moderators will look at a proof that their system is imperfect and come undone.

It won't be perfect, but it's eminently doable.


Honestly, I think rules should cover ever edge case that you can brainstorm within 10 minutes of thought.

If some unaffiliated party can come up with the edge case easily, your rule should have a guideline about it--even if said guideline is only internal documentation.

To be fair, were I running this moderation system, I would simply say anything unclear would be dealt with on a case by case basis, and those decisions would set precedent like in the actual legal system.




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