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Some questions have been raised about some recent modding.
Some background may help: when the forum got big enough, Robbie asked some people to become Moderators. He asked a range of people who would be able to give global coverage but who he felt would be able to apply the right kind of modding touch – a bit like a referee with good management.
Historically, we have tried, as you can see, to have a light touch and only intervene in one of two situations:
When a forum member asks us to
When we feel that in some way the community standards, explicit or otherwise, have not been met.
We have now come to a third situation, where no single incident has met the critical mass of being mod-worthy, but a pattern of behavior has meant that some action has needed to be taken. This is a place of strong personalities, but it is ultimately one that is rugby oriented, and that means that respect should underpin how we interact. A joke here or a joke there – generally no problem. Sharp elbows between people who know each other, or are friends outside here – again, no problem. But consistent elbows at someone who you know doesn’t like the elbows – that I am afraid is a problem. You remember the scrum half who never does any single thing that really mandates a yellow card but is somehow disrupting the game to the extent that he needs very heavy management? That is where we are just now. As things improve, so the degree of modding will lift.
To be explicit – there have been complaint about Browner, and from more than just one person. We’ve also been able to observe his behavior aside from the complaints. He isn’t banned, or suspended. He is simply being kept on a short leash just now
As a general plea: let’s keep threads on track. If they are going to go off topic, let’s at least keep it relevant in some degree to the OP.
Some background may help: when the forum got big enough, Robbie asked some people to become Moderators. He asked a range of people who would be able to give global coverage but who he felt would be able to apply the right kind of modding touch – a bit like a referee with good management.
Historically, we have tried, as you can see, to have a light touch and only intervene in one of two situations:
When a forum member asks us to
When we feel that in some way the community standards, explicit or otherwise, have not been met.
We have now come to a third situation, where no single incident has met the critical mass of being mod-worthy, but a pattern of behavior has meant that some action has needed to be taken. This is a place of strong personalities, but it is ultimately one that is rugby oriented, and that means that respect should underpin how we interact. A joke here or a joke there – generally no problem. Sharp elbows between people who know each other, or are friends outside here – again, no problem. But consistent elbows at someone who you know doesn’t like the elbows – that I am afraid is a problem. You remember the scrum half who never does any single thing that really mandates a yellow card but is somehow disrupting the game to the extent that he needs very heavy management? That is where we are just now. As things improve, so the degree of modding will lift.
To be explicit – there have been complaint about Browner, and from more than just one person. We’ve also been able to observe his behavior aside from the complaints. He isn’t banned, or suspended. He is simply being kept on a short leash just now
As a general plea: let’s keep threads on track. If they are going to go off topic, let’s at least keep it relevant in some degree to the OP.
