I've had quite a few people PM me with comments, concerns, and recommendations they have for the forum. They seem to revolve around the same premise, consistent moderation.
I'm pretty sure most on the forum have been mad at the mods at one time or another for something, myself included. It was one of the reasons I offered to be a mod. This forum has brought a lot of good things in to my life. Tons of knowledge and a LOT of good people, so I feel I have a vested interest in keeping it healthy and active.
So, to the point that seems to be on the mind of many of our members, an mine. Consistent moderation.
I've thought about this a lot and considered some of the comments y'all have had and hopefully can get some of it sorted out here in the open.
I'm gonna start off by asking that everyone realize there have been a lot of recent changes. Adding mods, looking at how to handle things, etc. some have mentioned things that happened a while back and comparing it to a recent event. That's going to happen. We have new mods and all the mods are working to improve. I don't think it's fair to use an event from a year ago as an example of things needing to be fixed. We have to let some past issues go in order to move forward.
As to current issues with consistency. Well, it's tough, lol. If we follow every rule to the letter we will have to go after friends giving each other a hard time. I think everyone would agree that "0 Tolerance" rarely works out well. We would piss everyone off and the forum would be extremely dull. If we let too much go we end up with a mad house, everyone fighting and insulting each other because they can and its the internet so get over it, etc.
In the end, we do our best to make a judgement call on each situation and decide if it crosses the line from allowing the members to be free to express themselves in to allowing a member to be a jerk to everyone. And because everyone will see that line in a slightly different spot, there will be a certain amount of inconsistency. We are working to keep that margin as small as small as possible.
I appreciate the comments and PMs from those who contacted me and invite anyone who has concerns to let me know. I'll answer anyone as best I can and try to resolve any issues that come up.
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I'm pretty sure most on the forum have been mad at the mods at one time or another for something, myself included. It was one of the reasons I offered to be a mod. This forum has brought a lot of good things in to my life. Tons of knowledge and a LOT of good people, so I feel I have a vested interest in keeping it healthy and active.
So, to the point that seems to be on the mind of many of our members, an mine. Consistent moderation.
I've thought about this a lot and considered some of the comments y'all have had and hopefully can get some of it sorted out here in the open.
I'm gonna start off by asking that everyone realize there have been a lot of recent changes. Adding mods, looking at how to handle things, etc. some have mentioned things that happened a while back and comparing it to a recent event. That's going to happen. We have new mods and all the mods are working to improve. I don't think it's fair to use an event from a year ago as an example of things needing to be fixed. We have to let some past issues go in order to move forward.
As to current issues with consistency. Well, it's tough, lol. If we follow every rule to the letter we will have to go after friends giving each other a hard time. I think everyone would agree that "0 Tolerance" rarely works out well. We would piss everyone off and the forum would be extremely dull. If we let too much go we end up with a mad house, everyone fighting and insulting each other because they can and its the internet so get over it, etc.
In the end, we do our best to make a judgement call on each situation and decide if it crosses the line from allowing the members to be free to express themselves in to allowing a member to be a jerk to everyone. And because everyone will see that line in a slightly different spot, there will be a certain amount of inconsistency. We are working to keep that margin as small as small as possible.
I appreciate the comments and PMs from those who contacted me and invite anyone who has concerns to let me know. I'll answer anyone as best I can and try to resolve any issues that come up.
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