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Ok, something seriously needs going over because we are getting a little tired of hearing a certain excuse for breaking the rules.
"I saw other people doing it"
Let me make it clear, right now, that this is NOT a valid excuse. Just because someone else does something does not mean it's okay to do the same. Just because the moderators haven't noticed it for any length of time, does not mean it's okay to go leave something rule-breaking there, or to go copy someone else who's breaking said rules.
As an extreme example, it's not okay to steal something just because you saw someone else do the same thing - and obviously, you don't get away with stealing just because the police weren't there to arrest you in the first 24 hours.
Seriously, if we tell you something is against the rules, it is not acceptable to say "But I saw other people do it!" as an excuse. The fact of the matter is that those people are just as wrong as you were - and quite frankly I'm wanting to know why these very people aren't using the report function, and are instead trying to create some form of false validity to their actions because "person x and y were doing it".
If you see someone doing something wrong, they are not your guide to the rules. The rules are your guide to rules - and failing anything there, a simple PM to any Staff member (excluding artists) can easily lead to you getting anything you're unsure about cleaned up.
The more that people use the report function to actually report rule-breaking content (instead of trying to utilise it as an enabler so that they can do the same), the better of a place that PFQ will be. Do not sit in silence, then turn around and complain at our (already overstretched) moderating team when we fail to see something (we are not omniscient, nor omnipresent, no matter how much we wish we were because this job would be so much easier! :P ). At the end of the day, we love this community - and we trust the community to self-regulate... If we didn't then there'd be no report function whatsoever... So that's kinda your proof right there. We do our best with what we have, and at the moment, it isn't enough. That should be remedied in the near-future, with any luck, however. All we ask is that people take an active hand and help us to help all of you, the community.
The more that people use the report function to actually report rule-breaking content (instead of trying to utilise it as an enabler so that they can do the same), the better of a place that PFQ will be. Do not sit in silence, then turn around and complain at our (already overstretched) moderating team when we fail to see something (we are not omniscient, nor omnipresent, no matter how much we wish we were because this job would be so much easier! :P ). At the end of the day, we love this community - and we trust the community to self-regulate... If we didn't then there'd be no report function whatsoever... So that's kinda your proof right there. We do our best with what we have, and at the moment, it isn't enough. That should be remedied in the near-future, with any luck, however. All we ask is that people take an active hand and help us to help all of you, the community.