This is where the number one person you have to go to to steer your opinion is the story lead admins - this rigid staff segregation is dumb after you put in a loose system of arbitrary heavy decisions when it comes to warnings and sanctions.
It worked before when rules were clear and more literal and not merely biased personal opinions collated in a vote and enforced under "don't be a dick". The story dev team will by default know better than you when it comes to what is and isn't acceptable when it comes to roleplay.