>>7625Took your suggestion and went through and put in five reports for the posts I saw that directly violated the rules, occured multiple times, and all happened recently within this month.
There's your 'recent violations'.
Though calling someone a "lair" and a "worthless little narcissist" certainly strikes me as a rule 1 violation regardless.
>Is there anything you would do differently if you were in my position? Enforce the rules evenly. I'm not going to bat too much an eye at the guy you gave the boot for posting 'trollishly' or what have you, even if I think it's a mite silly.
But when you have someone fragrantly violating the rules, it just looks bad when you ignore it in favor of slapping that 'trollish' poster.
> You've stuck around for quite a while for somebody who so passionately disagrees with every decision the staff has ever made. I haven't really. I just come by now and again. It's a place I come back to 'cause sometimes there's interesting posts. It's a place I used to frequent, but, as I said, this is a long-running issue.
> If I had recommended you to Moony as a mod way back when you first made your voice known , what would you have done differently over the years?Honestly, not a lot beyond enforce the rules as they're writ with a message likely with an explanation. But that's because I don't like to step on toes.
Here's the 'big three' if I was in charge, if it'll help.
Clear cut rules. You guys already have that, so honestly, you're doing good there.
Clear cut standards for the application of rules. This is the one that's been a struggle. That's probably the big one to focus on.
Transparency; Goes a huge way in explaining thought processes and rationale. You gotta handle it very, very carefully, to be fair, as you don't want to be 'shaming' folk. But at the same time, it's a vital step in keeping trust.
Oh, and I guess it's worth saying, I never understood why "speed" needs be a factor. If someone gets banned a day, a week, a month down the line, it doesn't really matter to me, as the violation is my big issue;
So in my shoes, I'd be issuing them regardless of time on the thing.
Incidentally, while I sound like a hardass, I tend to honestly not do that much; Half the time a stern warning works, with a proper tag. But that does only work when there's good will between staff, 'least when I've run such things, so I will grant here, it usually results in more spats. Still; I don't tend to give harsh treatment unless someone's pretty fragrant with their disregard.
Small thing as well;
>New documentation has been drafted for keeping track of problematic posters, and it's honestly insane none of us thought of this sooner.I'm not actually a fan of this as such;
I find that habit is too often used to say "Oh well this guy broke the rules 9 months ago, so we'll give him a ban now" or "Oh, well, he's gotten a lot of reports on him, even if they were unsustained, so he's a problem, ban".
You do need document, both actions and reasons, but that doesn't necessarily need to be a list of "problem users" as it were.
And, 'least where I've been, the tools are largely already in place, albeit with a little sorting required between the spam bot bans. Most mod actions are logged automatically by sites like these. I doubt yours is overly different in that respect. Though I imagine mod messages aren't, and probably ought be.
