A compromise, perhaps?

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Out of curiosity, if the penalty for making comments was automatically 10 points, regardless of what the comment was, would this still be a compromise people were willing to make?  (Not saying I'm on board - I'm just curious.)

I don't fault you for shutting down the deluge, but the fact that you are even considering this as a solution is worrying.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Out of curiosity, if the penalty for making comments was automatically 10 points, regardless of what the comment was, would this still be a compromise people were willing to make?  (Not saying I'm on board - I'm just curious.)

I don't fault you for shutting down the deluge, but the fact that you are even considering this as a solution is worrying.

I'm not.  As I said - the main reason I shut it down is that at its core, it was contrary to the purpose of the forum.  I was just curious if the forum community would be willing to sacrifice commenting to get it back.  Apparently they're not - they want all or nothing.

The problem with this isn't that it's not "all or nothing."  The problem is that you would be setting people up for draconian penalties.