Without getting into a pointless and unnecessary wall of text, I'll sum it up into a sentence. Or two. Maybe three.
How can we protect sensitive, secret knowledge from contaminating other players? Us, as players, having access to information that our characters cannot possibly know creates an inherent bias which leads to characters behaving improperly and accusations of the dreaded M-word being tossed around.
First off, you might ask "is there a need for this?" A perfectly valid question, and I firmly believe the answer is yes. Reading through the communication channel thread gives you god-like information that will inevitably spill over onto your characters. I've done so myself, we all have. The temptation is strong and nearly impossible to resist. It's kind of like reading the beginning and end of a book. The middle part, which should be the best part, becomes irrelevant.
Secondly, you might ask "how are going to accomplish this?" This is the kicker which I can't really come up with a proper answer to. Right now, the only thing I could think of is to limit access on the boards but that would just create a monstrous workload for forum mods, so it isn't really feasible. Hence, I am putting the following questions to the, ahem, community.
Do you agree that this is necessary, and please explain why. Also, any implementation ideas.
Trolls and +1ers need not reply. This is Sirius business.
