# Being Better Internet/Forum Citizens **URL:** \ **Category:** Plaza\ **Created:** [December 27, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/being-better-internet-forum-citizens/47971 "2018-12-27T21:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![jasonstevanhill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/jasonstevanhill/32/198375_2.png) [@jasonstevanhill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/jasonstevanhill)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/being-better-internet-forum-citizens/47971/2 "2018-12-27T21:09:33Z")
> [@Dark Themes, Controversy and Why Meaning Matters](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/dark-themes-controversy-and-why-meaning-matters/47861/27): > > What I don’t think would be acceptable is if a game was submitted to HG that followed their guidelines 100% and they responded by saying, “This game is completely acceptable according to our own guidelines, but we’re still deciding not to publish it because of certain topics that might be considered distressing… We’re still going to keep our guidelines the way they are, though. Authors just have to guess what content we consider acceptable and what content we don’t.” Obviously, I don’t think HG would ever do that, because they’re extremely professional. @avery_moore I would ask that you not make disingenuous arguments like this. These sorts of hypotheticals are extremely destructive to online communities. Most people don’t read posts very closely. They skim them. Maybe they’re not native English speakers. Maybe their brain just glitches. But you’re heavily implying that we would do something like this, and then you disavow such a supposition in the final sentence. This is how misunderstandings start. This is how rumors start. This is how people get EXTREMELY confused about what we have said and what we haven’t said. If you don’t think we’d do something, then why put forth such a possibility? Why muddy the discussion with something you think is expressly deeply unlikely? Stick to what has happened or what is happening. It will help elevate your online discourse. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/being-better-internet-forum-citizens/47971)._