Ownership rules aren’t going to force a user to keep a dragon. Based on the Reddit post, it was changing the name that got them banned again.
There are arguably some exceptions to the dragon ownership rule (as shown by this whole situation), but it wasn’t them keeping the dragon that got them banned the first time. It can be assumed to be some combination of harassment/callout (from their initial post stating they were keeping it to be petty) and hateful behavior (changing the pronouns - More specifically, it was likely something in the conversation between them and the original owner that got them banned first, which stemmed from Nobody999 changing the pronouns because it ‘goes against their beliefs’.)
With the second ban, it was because they changed the name to DeadMeat before exalting it. It wasn’t them exalting it that would get them banned - it was using the dragon to continue to harass the original owner (as the name would appear in the offspring list).
They didn’t get in trouble for keeping the dragon or for exalting it, because ultimately they are the one protected under dragon ownership rules in regards to that. Once a dragon leaves your lair, it’s not yours by site rules anymore, and things like traveling dragons aren’t a site supported feature. You’re free to do what you want with it. If all they’d done was keep it and even change the pronouns but never made a post about it, I doubt they’d have gotten banned. It was most certainly the forum post + something they said/did to the original owner behind the scenes that got them ban 1, and the harassment via name change that got them ban 2. (Well, ‘suspended’, but at this point they really oughta just straight up lock the account permanently.)
Re: Nobody999
There are arguably some exceptions to the dragon ownership rule (as shown by this whole situation), but it wasn’t them keeping the dragon that got them banned the first time. It can be assumed to be some combination of harassment/callout (from their initial post stating they were keeping it to be petty) and hateful behavior (changing the pronouns - More specifically, it was likely something in the conversation between them and the original owner that got them banned first, which stemmed from Nobody999 changing the pronouns because it ‘goes against their beliefs’.)
With the second ban, it was because they changed the name to DeadMeat before exalting it. It wasn’t them exalting it that would get them banned - it was using the dragon to continue to harass the original owner (as the name would appear in the offspring list).
They didn’t get in trouble for keeping the dragon or for exalting it, because ultimately they are the one protected under dragon ownership rules in regards to that. Once a dragon leaves your lair, it’s not yours by site rules anymore, and things like traveling dragons aren’t a site supported feature. You’re free to do what you want with it. If all they’d done was keep it and even change the pronouns but never made a post about it, I doubt they’d have gotten banned. It was most certainly the forum post + something they said/did to the original owner behind the scenes that got them ban 1, and the harassment via name change that got them ban 2. (Well, ‘suspended’, but at this point they really oughta just straight up lock the account permanently.)