I want to explore this rule a little bit.
Suppose:
1) A chat room is pretty busy.... over 50 people in the room.
2) Someone enters who is extremely attractive and captures the attention of the room
3) A significant part of the room start to direct said attractive person
4) A well meaning member tells the room to stop directing
5) Said attractive person says "But I love this banter"... "just wish the directing was more imaginative"
6) Almost the entirety become imaginative and start to direct in more and more imaginative ways
7) Said well-meaning member becomes very annoyed.... threatening mods and bans etc
8) A straw-poll is taken and the entirety of the room except well-meaning member vote for directing of said attractive person
I think we all understand the intent behind the no-directing rule and it is an important part of the chat room etiquette. However, when a member actively wants to be directed do they have to re-trench to one of the new "direct me" rooms?
Who exactly is being protected when the person being directed is encouraging/demanding of direction?
Yes, I know it might not be clear to a newbie when it is acceptable to direct and when it is unacceptable but in the scenario outlined there can be no doubt that the person wanted to be directed.
Your thoughts please