Definitely agree that flagging is mostly instigated by disgruntled players and that board hosts have gotten more slack about enforcing their TOS. I'm just saying, I see how it makes sense for a board game, where the burden of getting banned is put on a whole comm and not a specific player/journal name. As far as those this-not-that rules, it's pretty fucking bogus and something I've seen far more on MBs (where mods are a bit more minutia-obsessed in general) than IJ - where where the prevailing logic is usually to take things to a custom if they get to a point that might offend other players due to graphic/mature themes.
It's a well thought out system to be sure, and I'm sure some games will find it useful. My only point was that there isn't the same necessity for a coded rating system on IJ as there is on boards.