1. Because some things are fairly common sense. As I explained to someone who was doing the same thing with another banned user, is it not common sense that when we ban a person from posting on the forum, it makes no sense for you to act as a proxy for their posts on the same forum? When we ban a user, one of the implied underlying reasons is that we do not want their content to appear on this site in the future, so by posting their content from them, you are undermining the ban.
2. Because if we wrote an autistic all-inclusive list of things not to do, it would be 10 pages long, no one would read it, and "clever" trolls like some of the rule lawyers we have on this site would still find loopholes in the wording or between the lines. It would be a never-ending project of adding and modifying the rules, which new members would obviously have to constantly make themselves aware of if they don't want to get warned.
3. There used to be an explicit rule stating that moderators are deemed fit to act at their own discretion when a situation presents itself that is not covered by the penumbra of the main rules. It seems that in an effort to simplify the rules for easy consumption, Serge has removed this clause and others from being explicitly stated. His reasoning is that it is common sense that in a site with moderation, we have the authority to make decisions on fringe cases. Just to be clear, this was in the original rules, or at least the ones that were in place sometime early this year. However, because they were removed, I presume it would be the "RREEEEEE" heard around the world from rule lawyers, whiners, and exception-beggers if Serge were to put it back in now, even though it is still technically in effect.
We discuss bans for a reason. We check each other's work in high-profile and borderline cases for a reason. We self-moderate, and I know for a fact that some of us openly admit bias in certain situations and ask for an unbiased member of the team to handle the situation. However, in cases like this, there is precedent, and it is cut and dry. I will try to find the conversation I had with that other user so that I can post what I sent to them, which made sense to them at the time.
Zesto is not coming back to this site, both because of his ban, his actions thereafter, and due to a voiced lack of desire to do so. His words/posts shouldn't perpetuate here now that he is gone, either.
