Maybe this is off base since I am a newer member but it seems like there is a lot of grey area on this. I think people should be able to question someones actions + choices whether player or user but I think it should stop before it becomes a personal attack. The grey area becomes "when is it a personal attack" because we all will have slightly differing opinions on when something is satire/critical and when it becomes malicious. Like for instance, in the original post the article linked there I could see how that could be skewed as abusive but others might see that as more satirical.
Maybe a temporary solution is to just segment off the media and see how that plays out? Create a subforum where the more controversial pieces go. That way, anyone who doesn't want to read the stuff doesn't have to and the people who do like to read those style of articles assumes the risk when they enter that subforum whilst still being able to flag things that really go off the rails. Might not work but I think its an easier thing to implement rather than holding on to peoples media money over a grey area thats defined differently with each person
Maybe a temporary solution is to just segment off the media and see how that plays out? Create a subforum where the more controversial pieces go. That way, anyone who doesn't want to read the stuff doesn't have to and the people who do like to read those style of articles assumes the risk when they enter that subforum whilst still being able to flag things that really go off the rails. Might not work but I think its an easier thing to implement rather than holding on to peoples media money over a grey area thats defined differently with each person