Changes to Rule Enforcement

Guybrush · 06-05-2015, 01:13 AM

I'd like to bring up transparency in how moderators work.

Regarding the current way I believe things are done, a problem with punishment through a personalized PM from moderator to user is that it creates a conflict between that moderator and that user. If the mod appears angry, the user might get defensive.

So let's say you're a mod. You log on one day and you see a long time user has been temp- or permbanned and you don't know why. It turns out he or she finally got banned due to some correspondence on PMs with another mod. However, you can't read those PMs so all that content is hidden from you. How are you to know that the moderator wasn't working to escalate this conflict? You don't, really. In this situation, the mod has nothing to lose but the user has "everything" to lose. At worst, a moderator could basically troll a user into committing a forum crime on PMs that warrants a ban.

I believe infraction PMs act differently from regular PMs in that other moderators can actually see what is written in them. It helps make rule enforcement transparent and this in turn helps ensure that moderators act professionally and with integrity.

Under the system I propose, I think members should be able to ask to see punitive PMs sent to other members and then get to do that.

06-05-2015, 01:13 AM	#33 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I'd like to bring up transparency in how moderators work. Regarding the current way I believe things are done, a problem with punishment through a personalized PM from moderator to user is that it creates a conflict between that moderator and that user. If the mod appears angry, the user might get defensive. So let's say you're a mod. You log on one day and you see a long time user has been temp- or permbanned and you don't know why. It turns out he or she finally got banned due to some correspondence on PMs with another mod. However, you can't read those PMs so all that content is hidden from you. How are you to know that the moderator wasn't working to escalate this conflict? You don't, really. In this situation, the mod has nothing to lose but the user has "everything" to lose. At worst, a moderator could basically troll a user into committing a forum crime on PMs that warrants a ban. I believe infraction PMs act differently from regular PMs in that other moderators can actually see what is written in them. It helps make rule enforcement transparent and this in turn helps ensure that moderators act professionally and with integrity. Under the system I propose, I think members should be able to ask to see punitive PMs sent to other members and then get to do that. __________________ Something Completely Different Last edited by Guybrush; 06-05-2015 at 04:28 AM.