Oo-eck. I have to side with IMHO on this one. I'd just be happy with a concrete a-b-c-d-e set of rules- which we're kinda missing right now.
Well. I got banned for GIFs/Images (I think it might have been an image, I can't remember- I saw the banned page pop up and then took a 2 week holiday)....I didn't have a clue what had happened. I saw BEST FICTION got the boot as well, and he's always been relatively sane to me besides his obvious weakness of stanning for the Lotus that refuses to rise. But since I've returned, I've reported a good 6/7 of those image/GIF infractions. Some people doing it 2/3x on the same page. I actually think people just aren't 100% aware of what is and what isn't the done thing. When you're 'inmates' with a certain group of people, you begin to post like those people. And because people see other people do it, they begin to think it's alright to do as well. I don't ever post with a specific intent to break a rule, I don't think anyone else does either (except for those debates that spin totally out of all logical imagination in a certain Lady's thread), we just aimlessly amble ourselves into a certain culture. I saw that Mrs Popjustice is working on some new rules, so that's grand. As long as we're all singing from the same songsheet, the world would be an easier place to moderate.
I essentially live on this site morning, noon and night and always report the bedlam (including one....5 minutes ago), so I don't mind helping out in whatever way I can.
In answer to the actual topic at hand....oui. We do need Random Thoughts. Every forum has one. We need somewhere we can learn about what lies behind the low-quality, size-restricted avatar. I can deal with a lot, but even I'm getting irked with the whole 'let's be really drunk and post incoherently about who what boy has taken a trip up my elevator'-type posts. Also, the hackneyed sub-ATRL GIF-ed up ebonics. Good in moderation, cringe-worthy in ad infinitum.