Well, they could always get a thicker skin themselves. Forum and community owners have been the subject of complaints for doing stuff like that for years, the

Well, they could always get a thicker skin themselves. Forum and community owners have been the subject of complaints for doing stuff like that for years, the best solution is just to say 'here are the rules, if you don't like them, LEAVE'. You have to be willing to potentially lose a few popular users to keep the peace.