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Originally Posted by nekokami
I am a moderator, and I have not been arguing in this thread, and I agree that the bold, exclamation points, and reiterating the same point multiple times are beginning to cross the line of Rule 1: "Discuss things politely." Bold text does come across as shouting to many readers, whether it is meant to or not.
The LOC ruling is obviously of interest to many here, and speculation about its possible implications is natural, but no one, not even a lawyer specializing in copyright law, can accurately predict how this will play out. The US legal system is very complex, deliberately so. I would suggest that all participants in this conversation avoid making absolute statements or insist on the factual nature of their claims, other than direct quotes of the recent ruling and other relevant legal text.
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I am not trying to be argumentative here. I would just like to point out a couple of things here.
First, I have been using the Internet about as long as anyone here. I was even using BBS before the Internet caught on. During that time, I have not met anyone that I can remember who said that Bold in limited usage is shouting. Certainly not the amount of usage of bold that had been used by the time that Nate had complained.
Second, the amount of bolding that was used in that last post was excessive. When you use bold excessively, it loses its value. So use it sparingly.
Third, I understand that you were not taking part in the discussion and then pulling the moderator card as others have complained about. However, if you run into the discussion to back up another moderator, it does leave a bad taste. I think this is one major reason that the moderators who are in the discussion must not call out someone they are disagreeing with. Either the other moderators should notice it on their own or another member should alert a moderator. Otherwise it gives a bad image.