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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Either have a free-for-all or a dictator style approach. Trying to sit on the fence and please everyone is a rod for your own backs.
You can't deny that it's been inconsistent in BCD in terms of modmin approach recently. I believe that's because you have several mods, each with their own interpretation of vague rules albeit written with the best of intentions.
If boundaries are not crystal-clear in their definition, you can't expect everyone to see where they are.
Chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them
Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
I'm personally responsible for all global warming
We're supposed to be grown ups. We should know this stuff.
I think the way the mods here close, discus, take action and reopen threads is a really good mature approach compared to most forums where any rule breaking gets you an insta-ban from most mods, and should be continued if at all possible.
So I don't think more people having an opinion on those in eternal "behind the scenes" debates would necessarily help, but perhaps a few junior-level "classifieds mods" who could take some of the strain from the classified-related "F off ur all Nazis I'll sell my fake Fender here if I want to" sort of issues, that could help spread the load a little bit if nothing else.
That in combination with an effort to flag more shit more quickly by the rest of us might be enough to help steer things in a positive direction?
I know all too well from my work life that more voices just means slower decisions in most cases, so I definitely wouldn't advocate for more people being involved in those bigger conversations that warrant debate and discussion.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
That's why we do it that way. Because we realise that people can have shitty times in their lives and should be helped as much as is possible. That's what "community" is about, and I'm intensely confused as to why so many here fail to get it.
Take this latest escapade. You deliberately created that thread to illustrate the point that you didn't think the original thread should be there. You even said you were going to do it in that thread. The original thread was a genuine question - the issue of "good taste" notwithstanding - but yours was a deliberate move, and it was standing on the back of weeks of needling the modmin team about inconsistency despite you knowing full damn well all of the above, yet feigning ignorance to play to the gallery.
If we'd decided to give you what you wanted - a strict, no-exceptions approach to moderation - I can think of at least three occasions when you'd have been permanently banned, no questions asked.
Yes, this approach takes more time and patience to deal with. All we ask from people is that they work with us rather than against us, in return for us taking personal circumstances into account and applying a bit of humanity.
Folk who don't? That's what rule #1 is about.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
1. Stop carrying grudges that are 5+ years old. Intermusic is gone. Musicradar is gone. Any offence you feel from week to week because someone laughed at you or made light of something you didn't want them to. Let it go.
2. Stop putting meaning onto the things people say. Instead, ask them what they mean if you don't understand, cannot fathom their viewpoint, or otherwise think they are an idiot. Maybe they have something to teach you.
3. Don't phone up shops and abuse staff. Don't threaten other members jobs. Don't think that just because you post on this forum that you deserve discounts and loyalty rewards.
4. Don't do a drive by "fuck you" and then chortle to yourself in the form of LOL-stalking. Tackle things you find objectionable proactively.
5. Don't accuse other members of being racist, xenophobic, or any other -ism you can conjure up, without 100% objective proof. If they've just said something you found was too coarse or off the mark, that doesn't give you the right to dehumanize them.
6. Reach out to members who don't appear to being having the best time of it. Support people as best you can and help the collective mental health of the forum improve.
7. Post more in the on-topic sections. Post any old inane bable as long as it's relevant to the particular sub-forum. It might spark an interesting conversation.
8. Use smilies more. They indicate your mood and give a pointer on how to read someone's post, or how you read someone's post. A lot of the disagreements and frustration people have towards one another is very often crossed wires.
9. Don't assume you know somebody and their personality just because you've interacted with them online for a number of years. People change, and change is gradual.
10. Don't be a vagina. Teased or otherwise. Exchange for don't be a dick rule if that makes you more comfortable.
Nearly - but the inspection was done with an odd bodily part...