Does Yahoo have too many rules and are they heavy handed .?

Question

Why can;t they let well enough alone and only get after the serious offenses?

Answer 1

If they wanted this to become a warzone - then they would do just that...

But since they have to answer to a LOT of people - including users, advertisers, sponsors, and even the Government (on occasion) - it is in their best interest to "play nice".

Besides - if Trolls were allowed to run free around here, then that's ALL that they would have.  Regular users join up (and stick around) BECAUSE of at least SOME of the controls ;);)