/qa/ - Questions and Answers

>>5850
>abused victim
On this board, over the years, I witnessed a lot of staff behavior that I dismissed at the time because I assumed they only ever happened to me. Now I have begun to worry that they weren't just directed at me, but other users as well in a site-wide, systemic fashion. If that really is the case, I do not think it is appropriate to remain silent about them.

>>5850
>wide your range of demands
What are you even talking about? What "demands" have been posted to this thread that sound like they could be anything personal, let alone harmful? Is transparency that frightening to you?

>>5843
>Fair point, and again we can probably post some kind of staff roster and update it every time someone joins or leaves, if you really want to know who is on staff and who more or less does what. Making big bold site announcements every time someone gets hired or fired seems a bit overdramatic, but we can probably maintain a public list if you guys want.
This sounds like a doable compromise. It would mean that the information is available to the community, even if it's discreet.

>>5853
Look I believe, but not 100% sure, it happened to me that the mod was in a bad mood. However, because I'm not a faggot to screech for silliness, I let it go.
Take in count I am not kissing the mods' asses, I just understand that there's a hierarchy in place needed to make the place to run smoothly = Mods are Gods. Period.
So, the method to go along is simple, if the mods says of tip you about something, just follow the advise and that's it.

>>5854
>Is transparency that frightening to you?
No transparency, but rigid goalpost that can be used by faggots to gain a beachhead. Fuzzy rules allow the management a relaxed handling of faggotry. At the same time also it loosen up the users by allowing fun.

>>5856
>However, because I'm not a faggot to screech for silliness, I let it go.
See, I thought this exact same thing, but only because I thought nobody else was the target of it. Now I am beside myself that all of that was directed towards other site users. I can only imagine how many of our previous artists and contentfags go frustrated and left forever because they were treated like shit, how much board traffic may have suffered because one person was in a bad mood, and it makes me sick.

>>5858
>See
Ahem, I said "silliness" and NOT 100% sure, therefore don't dare to use it like support for screeching. Leave that for faggots.

>>5859
I'm not talking about "silliness"...

I notice the discussion suddenly stopped and all boards are dead. Is because everypony moved to Discord?

>>5864
>all boards are dead
Wym? Theres been a good number of news/fun posts all morning

>>5864
I think it's because Elway did a really good job of honestly answering all those questions one by one so some anons are satisfied.
Also Anons have jobs/school too, and the boards aren't any more dead than usual.

>>5864
The spirit is willing but the body is weak.

>>5867
OP here. Most of my questions for the topic of the OP (moderation and staffing) have been answered for the time being, and much has been clarified which has helped to put me at relative peace. I think the discussion of the other topics raised in this thread would be better off in their own respective threads, such as the happening of the site ownership changing without announcement, the site's difficulties related to transparency, or the how the policy page needs to be changed. Right now I'm just absorbing the rammifications of what I just heard and considering what I think if them, what else there is to say, and what the next step is.
>>5864
I think it's been well established by now that discord is not the best way to discuss site-related matters, or really any way at all. That's it's own topic though, which could probably be continued here considering it relates to how to contact the staff as well as transparency and user input.

>>5868
>and much has been clarified which has helped to put me at relative peace
So, I understand you are going to give a chance to Friendship.

>>5869
Friendship was the objective from the beginning, lol

For good measure
>No staff member shall use the information he obtains in his position on staff for personal gain, lulz, or to harass/humiliate a user or other staff members
>The information of the users is sacred and shall not be used outside of needs by administration, we don't even have access to IP addresses from the users, we keep no logs, not even error logs, outside of what the website provides us directly.
>Using information for any purpose, including selling to others, data mining for malicious purposes, or for any reason are grounds for immediate removal from staff position, permanent banning from the site, and if the offense is serious enough, main staff will cooperate with law enforcement

>>5884
Hoof down every line written.

>>5885
If only any of it were true. Shall I detail the laundry list of failure to abide by that policy?

>>5886
>failure to abide
/mlpol/ is running fine.
Only you cares, I wonder why.

>>5887
Mlpol has been operating outside its professed intent for a very long time. The highlighted section is but a part of it.

>>5888
Do you have any proof, anon?

>>5889
OH yeah. And had staff adequately addressed the issue prior, this all could have been avoided. But no, as is par for the course, decisive individuals decided to pretend it didn't happen and assume it would go away. It wont go away.

Not sure what actually this is about, because the stated reasons don't have enough merit for such a overblown push for "clear rules"
Anyway, can we be friends again?

>>5887
To: Any Anon
Subject: RETWD
Gaze upon this sequence, backwards, inversely and fowards.
Sincerely, Anon