Thank you for the response, I think my main point is that the rules need to be better defined, and not hidden inside the quote area. While it is nice that the rules are stickied, I don't think a large quantity of new users are going to join KYM, and immediately think "Oh, I did not see a set of rules when I entered this fine establishment. I feel it would be quite the right idea if I were to browse the General section looking for the rules, as that makes the most sense in such a situation.”
Also, I understand how you and the rest of the mods do quality control; I was mainly making a jab at the users who were posting silly comments that contributed nothing here. It must be a bother not being allowed to kick/ban those users whom act unhealthily.
Though back on my other point of the negative karma on new users, while it is how most users learn to post in acceptable ways, it is a harsh entry rite and it sways many new users from staying here when they can’t understand certain flaws in their posts. If the rules were more readily available and well defined, I think this would ease the entry process for new users and help resolve conflicts between users fighting over rule specifications. Just yesterday I had a discussion with Cyber6x and the nice fellow gi97ol, the latter is relatively new but highly productive and a great asset to KYM, however when he attempted to communicate with the rest of the userbase through the forums, he was washed away with negative karma, and as it turned out, this was because he was never made aware of many rules and regulations that don’t tend to be very obvious.
Hopefully my rambling isn’t too much of a bother to read, but I just wanted to get my point across.
