Unofficial Factions on Discovery Forums

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1.What are the disadvantages associated with relaxing this restriction?

2.What are the advantages associated with relaxing this restriction?

Disadvantages if policy is relaxed

• Unofficial recruitment may draw a small fraction of official recruiters' clientele.
  
• Unofficial factions may become overzealous about recruiting via forums.
  
• Official factions may feel offended that one of the benefits of officialdom has been offered to unofficial factions.
  

Advantages if policy is relaxed

• Unofficial factions can recruit. Unofficial factions will then have a better chance at successfully attracting new members and rising to fill unattended roles such as Farmer's Alliance.
  
• Official factions have an increased recruiting pool. Relaxed, unofficial factions may very well be a "gateway drug" to get casual independent players used to the idea of a faction that is represented on the forums. Once used to the idea, they may then choose to become more serious about the server and join official factions.
  
• Less forum rules, easing the burden on forum moderators and members alike.