Firstly, I think this plight is rediculous. Secondly, moderators do have a right to act according to how they see fit - take this quote from the rulebook as an example: "Super important: It is impossible to list every rule for every situation, so if an admin or moderator tells you to stop doing something, do so." In any case, I never thought I'd see someone get offended over guest "privileges".

Personally I think it's fair. It's to keep total strangers and trolls out to a better extent. Most trolls don't want to join a group first or w/e to do their thing, so that's a good reason to keep it locked.

The rules even tell you it's impossible to list everything, so don't expect every rule to be listed word for word. Personally I think the rules are pretty fair, and I still believe that to be so after being a moderator and admin for almost 2 years way back when.

And I really don't know why this is a cause for upset, which you appear to show in this thread, especially towards the end, so I'll be locking this.

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~Sakura.