I agree that rules tend to suck but they let you know where you stand and whats expected of you. Unfortunately putting criteria in black and white means it can be gamed, but the alternative is a lot of "discretionary power" in the hands of authority which I think we need to avoid. After all, we are a stacker community but we are a crypto community too that should really value decentralisation if we learnt anything from Justin Sun.
Maybe the old criteria is a bit loose, maybe it hasn't been enforced. I don't know. We have been through a lot - not just SSG but HIVE and even the whole world - so if we've regressed a bit that's understandable. But the HIVE platform has stablised so it seems a good time to take stock, consolidate and start rebuilding with the lessons we've learnt so we can be ready for the next growth phase.