[quote=@BrokenPromise]
Why would I "argue" about something we all agree on? I'm looking for insight, not an echo chamber.
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Sure. But then, if we go by that reasoning. It implies you mentioned strict negatives you [b][u]do[/u][/b] want others to agree with, yes?

So how is, "This status bar does what it's supposed to do sometimes, I know. But [u][b]I[/b][/u] simply have little interest in what [b][u]is[/u][/b] posted there." Supposed to convince somebody else, whose more likely to [b][u]use it for its intended purpose, [/u][/b] or [b][u]is[/u][/b] interested in the many various things that you happened not to be? 

Especially, when the best solution for the personal pet peeves you've mentioned, is given in the post itself? (I.E. 'Don't find any of it personally appealing?' Hide it.)

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I mean, helk. I wholeheartedly agree with 'somethings don't need to broadcasted on the front page'. (Such as the people who post "My current excuse for why I haven't bothered posting to my groups and individuals this time is." posts.) Which would indeed be far better suited to the threads and PMs of the people they're actually RPing with. [i]So their partners might actually see it.[/i] 

But it's [b]still[/b] a status update. So it's my pet peeve alone. (And I certainly wouldn't ask for the status bar to be auto-hidden for it. Because, aside from satisfying me. Who does that help?) 

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And sure, I could go into further critical detail. Suggesting that the site displaying [b]five[/b] new roleplays and interest checks at the bottom, does [b]so very little[/b] to boost a person's RP traffic. Compared to advertising it at the top of the front page.

Particularly when people once flooded the 1x1 interest check page, with six different threads made the same person. Or back when the site was actually thriving, and created five new free/casual RP'S in a day. (Thus, those who made something a mere few days prior, probably wanted and still needed a few more interested eyeballs.) Hence, why advertising in the status bar is perfectly legitimate. [i]As far as I'm concerned.[/i]

Though, even if you disagree with that sentiment. Surely, there's bigger problems for the moderators and users at large to deal with, yeah?

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[i]But to not touch the moderator statement with the fifty or so hindsight responses I have.[/i] I suppose, I'll reiterate/rephrase someone else's point that I agree with.

[quote=@Izurich]
You remove the status bar for misuse. And the abusers will find a new method/avenue for their efforts.
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Don't have much else to add, really.