• rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    3 days ago

    I’m just rephrasing it to frame it as a command. That’s basically what a rule is. A command. A rule has imperativeness.

    • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
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      3 days ago

      And at the same time, you rephrase it to imply something that was nowhere in the original sentence.

      “Don’t make me ban you” doesn’t necessarily mean “Don’t say anything I don’t like” but maybe just “Don’t post anything illegal” or “Don’t make the experience worse for everyone else”. I fully agree that the original phrasing is too vague which is why I’ve provided a whole list of more specific suggestions.