After some careful deliberation, Mr Samsara and myself have come to the conclusion that we need to get back into this community utilising our moderator powers to a greater degree.
Myself, I'm a fan of transparent moderation, I don't like to over-moderate and restrict what freedoms people feel they have on the internet. But this all goes under assumption that the community itself is willing to operate within reasonable bounds.
Now, I'm quite happy with how this community has progressed since that time that everyone felt moderators needed to be appointed. But I find it quite distressing that it's headed back toward that direction at a slow pace.
I've seen it everywhere, Samsara has seen it everywhere, you have seen it everywhere. The spammish, wasteful content on here we've let fly for quite a while now, in the hopes that it would eventually subside by itself. No such luck, and unfortunately we can ill afford to wait any longer.
The deal is that Opeth's new album is on the horizon. We expect, shortly after it's release, there to be a huge influx of new members into this forum (due to their new label being such a promotionary giant). To make this place accomodating to as many people as possible, we need some groundwork established. We need either a community that can moderate itself, or a set of moderators who can do it for them. It seems that it has to be the latter in this case.
To get to how this affects YOU as a member on here...
We won't be letting any more harrasment, one-line provocatory sarcasm, spam, trolling etc etc. fly any more. If you are willing to engage in any distasteful behaviour on here, we'll make sure you know it by notifying you directly. If subsequently, the behaviour doesn't stop, we'll be notifying MetalAges - I'm sure you're all familiar with his 'No BS' policy.
So guys, please, be fair, be nice to each other and hopefully me and Samsara will be able to lay off again.
Yours truly,
Your one-time-favourite-yet-now-majorly-disdained moderator, Moonie.
Myself, I'm a fan of transparent moderation, I don't like to over-moderate and restrict what freedoms people feel they have on the internet. But this all goes under assumption that the community itself is willing to operate within reasonable bounds.
Now, I'm quite happy with how this community has progressed since that time that everyone felt moderators needed to be appointed. But I find it quite distressing that it's headed back toward that direction at a slow pace.
I've seen it everywhere, Samsara has seen it everywhere, you have seen it everywhere. The spammish, wasteful content on here we've let fly for quite a while now, in the hopes that it would eventually subside by itself. No such luck, and unfortunately we can ill afford to wait any longer.
The deal is that Opeth's new album is on the horizon. We expect, shortly after it's release, there to be a huge influx of new members into this forum (due to their new label being such a promotionary giant). To make this place accomodating to as many people as possible, we need some groundwork established. We need either a community that can moderate itself, or a set of moderators who can do it for them. It seems that it has to be the latter in this case.
To get to how this affects YOU as a member on here...
We won't be letting any more harrasment, one-line provocatory sarcasm, spam, trolling etc etc. fly any more. If you are willing to engage in any distasteful behaviour on here, we'll make sure you know it by notifying you directly. If subsequently, the behaviour doesn't stop, we'll be notifying MetalAges - I'm sure you're all familiar with his 'No BS' policy.
So guys, please, be fair, be nice to each other and hopefully me and Samsara will be able to lay off again.
Yours truly,
Your one-time-favourite-yet-now-majorly-disdained moderator, Moonie.
