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.
whats not difficult to grasp via common sense that other forums who have around the same amount of people, are generally moderated heavier because it's possible to do so. forums which have way too many people to make it possible to moderate on aren't.
deletedover 10 years
maybe if you started punishing people for actually trying offend people, instead of just punishing people who get far enough to heavily offend people
If you take personal attacks on the internet to heart, you would probably benefit from something more propitious of emotional support than a psychological game (which no one in their right mind should expect to be friendly). For instance, Gaia Online.
Just going to point out that even Lucid likes drama. He would've done something about this before, if he cared. I mean, I know he doesn't really care about things often, but it's well known that he does enjoy the drama and gossip of the site forums. (He doesn't like dealing with the drama, though, instead placing that on the mods.) :P
deletedover 10 years
on a more serious note i am not very invested in the forums and use it purely for fun. why would i make a serious attempt to argue and explain policy opinions? i get enough fun taking random but specific shots (low hanging fruit) and taking a mental note of the more difficult questions without expending a ton of effort for something that matters little to me
deletedover 10 years
Other sites with the same amount of people are generally not centered around real time competitive psychology games. Maybe that is because this is the only one that exists.
