I'm not calling for moderators to act like robots. I think that's an exaggeration and one of several strawmen being thrown around. Are cops in the real world robots just because they don't sit back and do nothing? No. Like I'm suggesting, they do have precedent for how to deal with a situation, but they still use judgment. I'm not saying erase judgment altogether, but don't use judgment to do nothing.
As I wrote earlier, musicbanter is like a playground of really noisy kids and the moderators are the parents. If the noisy kids are a bother to you, you get irritated with parents who do nothing. Don't they know the kids will only get worse and louder? When a kid does something outrageously awful, there
might be repercussions and then the kid throws a complete tantrum due to the indignation that a parent should try to control them. Usually, everyone else has to watch this and suffer it.
I mentioned musicbanter is like a natural environment. Like snow might select for white rabbits, musicbanter selects for - using the same analogy - loud kids and people who can stand them. Others leave or don't even bother coming and this has been going on for years. If you don't see this problem, you are likely either a loud kid or one who can stomach them. You've been naturally selected for the current environment.
Consistent rule enforcement is the only way of tackling this problem. The rules have to be bigger and more important than any one mod or any one member. You can't use judgment calls to ignore them altogether.
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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
TL;DR: Proper judgement shouldn't be a defined system. It should be an application of wisdom.
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Defined systems are the norm for a reason. It has, among others, the following benefits :
- Less confusion about the job which makes it easier to know what to do
- The rules are to blame rather than the enforcer
- Lets rules be rules instead of rough guidelines
- Is predictable to other members so they'll generally know when they're crossing the line
- Is better at creating a rule-adhering environment
Many are treating rule breaking as if they're generally victimless crimes. They are not. Judgment calls used to do nothing means the interests of the offended are not protected, only the interests of the offender.