Ted said:
i think lockeroom should be the place to escape the rules and Post anything we want to be it a Picture or a LQ or HQ post a petition a opinion ANYTHING aslong as its not Illegal or way to vulgar are something of that nature. i feel we SHOULD NOT have to come to our post to see it has been closed on a Freedom Section. thanks my take on it
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Also Lockeroom should be made Members Only guest shouldn't be able to even know it exist if that's what your worried about
The Locker room is part of the forums general structure. Almost every forum has a off topic section, the locker room being ours. But just because it is off topic does not mean it shouldn't have rules. This section is open for our guests to see because it is part of the sales pitch for potential members to join the forum, as is all our public sections. It is also open for Google and other search sites to see and for governments or other organizations out to look for sites posting illegal content or content not suitable for children. With this site being in general PG we need to have a set off rules in place to prevent the posting of such content. We also need the locker room, even though it is off topic to present a good image for our forum out to the masses if we ever wish to expand and grow.
If you wish to just post random, one word posts or spam then I'd suggest paying for legends, as the legends section is set as private and can thus only be viewed by the legends, or hanging out in one of the user groups (where their members dictate the rules but we know you've had some problem with users deciding on rules).
All in all. The rules are here to help the locker room and help it expand, not hinder it. Your entire argument is very immature your reasons for the locker room being without rules don't hold up.