Filter Intrusion Ground Rules

[powersthatbe]

Hey, Fellow Travelers! Since Filter Intrusion is now a fairly common skill and there are a lot of people using it and using it fairly frequently, we thought we should set some ground rules for it from an OOC perspective. First of all, please remember to check with the players involved before eavesdropping! While your character does not ICly need permission, we prefer OOC permission be secured. Second, a logistical thing - just to track who is listening in on what thread, when your character is monitoring a conversation, please make a single blank comment on the thread with [Filter Intrusion] in the subject line. That way, there is no confusion later about who can possibly know what. (Blank comments of this type will not count towards AC).

There will be no penalty for violating these guidelines, but you will be poked and prodded at by mods asking you to please do the thing. Do not make us poke and prod. It tickles.

Please comment below or email us with any questions or concerns.

Comments

[powersthatare]

1) They can be used in conjunction, we'll just still ask people to leave a comment!

2) We've only very rarely had people use permissions to shut down others, and when they do, it's in matters of acute personal discomfort, where we want to be as generous to people as possible in order to create a welcoming game environment. In practice, permissions simply allow people to enable one another knowingly and mutually - something that cannot happen without player communications.