It looks to me like Bungie wholly intended to let people hide/ignore users and topics and posts they don't like. With the intention to leave it up to individual users as to what they're comfortable seeing and what they don't want to see. I think this is a huge leap forward. Now people have the ability to, and should therefore intentionally try to moderate for themselves. The really bad things will still crop up, but they will be handled as they always have. I would say the moderator's roles have changed, but only as a long needed response to how a user's role has changed. Its no longer our duty to protect the users and site from minor issues. You can all do that yourselves now. I agree that some rules still exist and thus need to be followed, and that is the case. They're just not as strict anymore. That is the primary difference. Bungie is letting you decide whats acceptable and what is not, for yourself. Its not solely up to a ninja interpreting it anymore, and I think that is long overdue.