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Haha, yes.

It's a bit like Wikipedia or Stackoverflow. More and more "rules" get set up independent of the community, but "for the greater good".

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Have you read the guidelines?

> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.

This paragraph has been there as far as I can remember.

It's been there since June 30, 2012. :)

Like with the Chinese rave party ex-pat detainment ordeal posted on here this weekend, it's not the rules that change, it's the enforcement that changes.

Enforcement of this rule hasn't changed at all. The only thing that's changed within the last two years is that the mods have gotten much more transparent about enforcement.

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