Hello. A select bit of mods have been deliberating for a while on how to improve the forum experience, and we've discussed the idea of implementing Forum Rules. This is something that we want to include the community in, so your feedback/opinions are worthwhile.
Here's a rough draft for what we have in mind.
Every subforum that isnt OT is going to be moderated more heavily for off-topic posts, and moderators will reserve the right to delete your post. Don't ruin threads with your banter, go to OT for that.
We're going to try and be harder about flaming/harassment on the forums. We want to try and make the place more friendly and while it might be a bit of a change we're asking that you be patient with us and what we have in mind is merely things to be discussed.
Negative and constructive criticism is fine. We're not going to silence your opinion for disagreeing or being abrasive, just never make it personal. That's all we ask. We understand that mafia is a competitive game at it's nature and that things are bound to get heated, but that doesn't mean we have to let things get out of control.
Trolling will be treated as the same as trolling in-game. A user has a right to report you if he believes that you are trolling them or their thread. Punishments will be handed out accordingly after we readjust what the repercussions will be for forum trolling.
OT will be moderated lightly, and GD will be at the discretion of the person making the topic. All rules are going to be in effect for all other subforums.
All mods reserve to delete your posts if they are off-topic.
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i negged that post with the intent to troll you as there is nothing inherently wrong with it
well, i'm going out. maybe instead of assuming that the forum isn't accessible because of the community, ask yourself if it isn't accessible because it's so detached from the rest of the site. epicmafia isn't more rude than any other site i've been to, and using rudeness as a scapegoat won't solve anything
deletedover 10 years
Empire, for one, is never happy.
deletedover 10 years
Unless you mean community lynches are serious consequences. I suppose that's valid. If you're going to set a community mob on every mod that doesn't screenshot posts, that could be interesting ;).
deletedover 10 years
I'm just trying to weigh options that involve the community being happy, but it feels like a pipedream sometimes.
deletedover 10 years
Calvin quit of his own accord.
deletedover 10 years
The problem, Jasper, is that nobody remotely believes there are 'serious consequences' for any moderators and there haven't been for, oh, 8 months?
deletedover 10 years
If Jericho had been demodded for lying about cheating, there probably would not have been a 100 page thread demanding his head on a platter. Food for thought.
It happens once, I keep a note. It starts to happen more often & serious consequences follow.
deletedover 10 years
Yeah, I don't think we can totally stop all OT posting because I feel that people will do it anyways. Rosh's post about moving the thread to OT is reasonable and something mods have done since the beginning of time. I just don't want to see another Demod Jericho Now situation.
deletedover 10 years
I think honestly Complaints subforum should be heavily moderated
"forum trolling" would have to be like, 10+ consecutive posts just disparaging the thread/creator and it's topic. I don't think that should/would be applied very often
deletedover 10 years
Not so sure about this OT posting nonsense because every forum in the world has that issue, but I'm all in favour of cutting down on personal insults.
