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Ambiguity

What is it?

Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.

Why is it bad?

Trolls are often guilty of using ambiguity to mislead mods and will later point to how they were technically not breaking the rules if they come under scrutiny. It is intrinsically misleading.

Example in Chat

@loophole_abuserYesterday at 8:20 PM

The rules said 'No spamming text', so I just posted 50 image attachments in a row. Technically, I didn't break the rule!