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Paedantic Basterd · 06-11-2011, 04:02 PM

The new rule regarding impersonating staff or members in chat is entirely reasonable. There are a number of negative results of staff or users being posed as, and seeing as it's now become an actual problem, it needs to be dealt with.
Moderators have inconsistencies because we all have differing opinions and calls of judgment. It's simply not possible to get the consensus of every moderator before we make the smallest decision. That said, any large decision does receive a MAJORITY consensus by the staff.
The applications of the two new site rules as well as the banning of Dirty was a majority consensus amongst the moderators.
You are all well aware of the rules and the personalities of the people you share this forum with; I fail to understand how you could be shocked by this particular banning.
As for the IRC chat, it's been discussed and decided that if we are going to provide and promote this through the site, then it must be regulated, because apparently the people who use it behave like children in Lord of the Flies when they're not carefully watched by adults, and can't possibly restrain themselves from violating every simple act of human decency. The reality is that what is said in the chat fosters problems ON SITE, and your fellow users can't be trusted to use such a tool respectfully.

06-11-2011, 04:02 PM	#366 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	The new rule regarding impersonating staff or members in chat is entirely reasonable. There are a number of negative results of staff or users being posed as, and seeing as it's now become an actual problem, it needs to be dealt with. Moderators have inconsistencies because we all have differing opinions and calls of judgment. It's simply not possible to get the consensus of every moderator before we make the smallest decision. That said, any large decision does receive a MAJORITY consensus by the staff. The applications of the two new site rules as well as the banning of Dirty was a majority consensus amongst the moderators. You are all well aware of the rules and the personalities of the people you share this forum with; I fail to understand how you could be shocked by this particular banning. As for the IRC chat, it's been discussed and decided that if we are going to provide and promote this through the site, then it must be regulated, because apparently the people who use it behave like children in Lord of the Flies when they're not carefully watched by adults, and can't possibly restrain themselves from violating every simple act of human decency. The reality is that what is said in the chat fosters problems ON SITE, and your fellow users can't be trusted to use such a tool respectfully.