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That's interesting, why do you think that ?

Basically the more precise a ruling the more rules it overrides:

global community rules < user role < post mute

That's interesting, why do you think that ?

Well, I was expecting something like starting from scratch. That introducing new rules would revoke the old privileges to correct any previous whimsical wrongdoings previously committed by community owners, admins and moderators. };)