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Zot Zealot
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Joined: Monday, 29th September 2014, 09:04
a(n actual) conversation about dev/player relationships
In my opinion, the level of discourse of this forum has not improved over the past six months despite moderators who are active and actively interested in improving the place. It's possibly gotten worse. I'd like to suggest the moderation team consider changing how they manage tavern.
Specific things I think are bad include:
* People using inappropriate tone in threads (flaming/trolling, derailing serious threads, etc)
* Weak moderator responses to bad/pushing the envelope-type behaviour (typical response appears to be locking the thread without individual punishment)
* Unclear rules about what is and isn't allowed
My suggestions for future changes:
* Tighten the scope of the tavern. Do not allow threads which are off-topic, non-serious or trolls like Siegert's signature, bees, harambe or girls. Even when quarantined to CYC they influence the whole board's tone.
* Tighten the rules for posting. Have a sliding scale punishment for people who infringe (warn -> temp ban -> long temp ban -> ban). Use the punishments. Forbid flaming, flame-bait/trolling, etc. Further restrict posting in GDD and actively remove posts which are non-constructive.