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Is the status bar a useful tool that benefits the community?

[u][b][color=00a651]People use the status bar for status updates.[/color][/b][/u]
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I fall into the camp of people who believe that the status bar should be removed. Half the time it's in a sub section I don't feel like participating in, and the other half it's something I'm not interested in. 

[b][u][color=00a651]I’m aware you can hide the status bar.[/color][/u][/b]
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[u][b][color=00a651]Some people say we just need mods[/color][/b][/u], but the regular mods are our status bar mods. 
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You actively hurt a community by rewarding, ignoring, or worse yet, encouraging bad behavior.

And punishing people who do nothing wrong, or selectively at a whim.

Two things that have been done for years on end. Let's be frank.

And getting rid of a site tool that [b]can[/b] be used for its intended well-meaning purposes, as the post admits to. Sounds like punishing people for the actions of a few. Instead of simply [b]ya know[/b], punishing the few.

I mean the post doesn't even [b]argue[/b] about trolling, or even those who spam there. It's main point is how you aren't interested in what's put there. Good or bad. So you want it removed entirely. Sounds...reasonable?

Sure, I feel like there's a [b]few other things[/b] that I would've asked for first. [i]A time machine, perhaps.[/i] (Since 'the nonsense conversation turned into petty snipes problem' was solved when we still had the active chat room.) 

[i]But that's just my two cents...[/i]