We already get a lot of abuse as it is. Our hope is that codifying things will help.
The thing is, there's no real way to create iron clad rules around some of the behaviors, such as insults and negative comments. What's an insult to one person can be a joshing to another. What I will say is that we'll continue to give people the benefit of the doubt; as those who've reported things in the past know, reporting a post doesn't necessarily equate to action taken against the poster. Sometimes an outside view gives perspective that what seemed aggressive isn't. Ultimately, the final decision of what to do and whether something is worthy of a warning lies in the hands of the mods and, finally, me (or whoever the admin may be). It's not as if we're turning the "report post" button into a "warn user" button.
As I've said before, those who are at the least professional and respectful to their fellow members won't notice any changes. Those who like to pick fights, shout down topics, post snarky images, and generally cause trouble will notice a rapid increase in their warning level and an automatic delivery into Time Out. I'll also note that, in the post, I explain that we're not in the business of policing tone except to deal with the worst cases. Change has to come from the membership, ultimately.
As far as trust goes, if people don't trust me... I don't know what I can say about that, other than you implicitly do when you log on. If there's truly a large group of people who feel I can't be trusted, then I'd be enthusiastic to resign, since I'm not helping anyone at that point.
The thing is, there's no real way to create iron clad rules around some of the behaviors, such as insults and negative comments. What's an insult to one person can be a joshing to another. What I will say is that we'll continue to give people the benefit of the doubt; as those who've reported things in the past know, reporting a post doesn't necessarily equate to action taken against the poster. Sometimes an outside view gives perspective that what seemed aggressive isn't. Ultimately, the final decision of what to do and whether something is worthy of a warning lies in the hands of the mods and, finally, me (or whoever the admin may be). It's not as if we're turning the "report post" button into a "warn user" button.
As I've said before, those who are at the least professional and respectful to their fellow members won't notice any changes. Those who like to pick fights, shout down topics, post snarky images, and generally cause trouble will notice a rapid increase in their warning level and an automatic delivery into Time Out. I'll also note that, in the post, I explain that we're not in the business of policing tone except to deal with the worst cases. Change has to come from the membership, ultimately.
As far as trust goes, if people don't trust me... I don't know what I can say about that, other than you implicitly do when you log on. If there's truly a large group of people who feel I can't be trusted, then I'd be enthusiastic to resign, since I'm not helping anyone at that point.
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((about me | about L'yhta Mahre | L'yhta's desk | about Mysterium, the Ivory Tower: a heavy RP society of mages))
