And most of the complaints are from people who come in here, try to post a zillion times a minute without putting any thought or work into their post, and throw up virtual middle fingers at moderators when they get a warning or a few points on their record.
I used to feel such rules were draconian, but after being here several years and seeing how enforcing the rule has kept the quality of the board above par, I quite agree with it.
And not because I'm a moderator. But because it genuinely makes it easier to read GTPlanet. Several other forums I'm on have had to adopt the same kind of rules, despite being more liberal at first, because it has become nearly impossible to sort through all the gibberish.
Like I've said elsewhere, if you want absolute freedom, there's always the Youtube comments section. That's a grim reminder of what a board can become when any kind of writing is allowed.
The grammar rule is actually great. If a user wants to contribute and has a positive attitude, then they respond in a positive manner to a warning or infraction (a lot have). If a user doesn't care to improve they respond with an insult alluding to our sexuality in relation to horses, and get a permanent ban.
