10-11-2021, 07:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2021, 07:28 PM by matt_st3 (Strongrule). Edited 3 times in total.)
Now that I have some wi-fi I can start rolling out the upcoming changes.
* To start I will be starting up a Web Mod team. @[Yellow] Travis1421 will join as our first web mod and our second candidate did not meet height requirements. The web mods will be responsible for the overall moderation of the forums while the server admins will focus primarily on their individual sections. As we eventually fill more mods this will continue until server admins theoretically only need to focus on their sections, but until then you may still see them moderate in the general sections. The web team and server admins will have an evolving set of guidelines built throughout the month's update.
Additionally several rule and moderation tweaks will be made. Some of these have been largely discussed while other issues will see the relevant teams weigh in.
* Posting any IP other than the servers will not be allowed. This will be an addition to the rule on releasing personal information and is fairly self explanatory. The team will also act on more cases where members use personal data from the forums to post in discord and server. E.g. do not pull faces from the dinks thread to post if they are not yours.
* No alt accounts are to be used on the forums. This is an extension to the ruling that alts are not to be used for unbans and alt evasion in general. The majority of such accounts have been used to unban the main (we are moving away from this) or shitpost or drag out some kind of old drama. Or +1 their own apps, ill miss seeing those. If you want an alt account to be deleted or merged into the main account, dm me I can look into it.
* Posts deleted by admins and *checked by web admin* for moderation purposes will lose the reputation. This is post dated to Sep 1 when it was decided.
* A directory of threads that carry sub-forum specific rules will be made to clarify an issues that sometimes arise.
* Requirements to comment in sub-forums such as applications will be universal. The verbiage from the rules will reflect on the server specific threads. This will mainly clarify that posts must vote towards the app, ask a question, and/or add feedback. This means do not start up back and forth conversations or arguments, do not be posting that someone should not be voting (the admins consider what they will), do not go through and thank individual posts to bump your own thread or otherwise derail the process. Comments that do further a conversation in a necessary way, such as feedback on bans, is fine but all posts should be aimed at the purpose of the thread not the individuals commenting.
* We are adding escalation to the forum warnings. At 10+ total/historical points a person will be considered a well warned individual and no long receive the lighter to none warnings or general passes that an admin may grant someone new. This is a measure to help prevent staff from choosing favorites to not moderate. Another layer will be decided on how to introduce temp bans into the warn system after the first level of escalation, but this still has yet to be decided a line to cross and what times/levels. As it stands a user who reaches 10 points in a month receives a ban, so we used this as the line.
* General tweaks to rules that need clarifications and other tweaks after this post.
We have other bug fixes to do and still are trying to roll out a version of dark mode for forums. Ill be adding and responding to this over the next few days.
* To start I will be starting up a Web Mod team. @[Yellow] Travis1421 will join as our first web mod and our second candidate did not meet height requirements. The web mods will be responsible for the overall moderation of the forums while the server admins will focus primarily on their individual sections. As we eventually fill more mods this will continue until server admins theoretically only need to focus on their sections, but until then you may still see them moderate in the general sections. The web team and server admins will have an evolving set of guidelines built throughout the month's update.
Additionally several rule and moderation tweaks will be made. Some of these have been largely discussed while other issues will see the relevant teams weigh in.
* Posting any IP other than the servers will not be allowed. This will be an addition to the rule on releasing personal information and is fairly self explanatory. The team will also act on more cases where members use personal data from the forums to post in discord and server. E.g. do not pull faces from the dinks thread to post if they are not yours.
* No alt accounts are to be used on the forums. This is an extension to the ruling that alts are not to be used for unbans and alt evasion in general. The majority of such accounts have been used to unban the main (we are moving away from this) or shitpost or drag out some kind of old drama. Or +1 their own apps, ill miss seeing those. If you want an alt account to be deleted or merged into the main account, dm me I can look into it.
* Posts deleted by admins and *checked by web admin* for moderation purposes will lose the reputation. This is post dated to Sep 1 when it was decided.
* A directory of threads that carry sub-forum specific rules will be made to clarify an issues that sometimes arise.
* Requirements to comment in sub-forums such as applications will be universal. The verbiage from the rules will reflect on the server specific threads. This will mainly clarify that posts must vote towards the app, ask a question, and/or add feedback. This means do not start up back and forth conversations or arguments, do not be posting that someone should not be voting (the admins consider what they will), do not go through and thank individual posts to bump your own thread or otherwise derail the process. Comments that do further a conversation in a necessary way, such as feedback on bans, is fine but all posts should be aimed at the purpose of the thread not the individuals commenting.
* We are adding escalation to the forum warnings. At 10+ total/historical points a person will be considered a well warned individual and no long receive the lighter to none warnings or general passes that an admin may grant someone new. This is a measure to help prevent staff from choosing favorites to not moderate. Another layer will be decided on how to introduce temp bans into the warn system after the first level of escalation, but this still has yet to be decided a line to cross and what times/levels. As it stands a user who reaches 10 points in a month receives a ban, so we used this as the line.
* General tweaks to rules that need clarifications and other tweaks after this post.
We have other bug fixes to do and still are trying to roll out a version of dark mode for forums. Ill be adding and responding to this over the next few days.
Matt_St3 / Strongrule / Spartan001295
Forum Admin - Resigned TTT Admin
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