Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10789912-20151206230221/@comment-10789912-20151207212155

RenzXVI wrote: About the things and stuff... I mostly agree with the OP, I just want to add a few things.

People have pointed out that friendly banter or friendly debates can sometimes look wild and sometimes it's hard to decide whether anyone is being offended or not, just because the people who are involved have all known each other for a long time doesn't mean they cant get mad at each other. It has also been pointed out before (also seen the chat policy itself) that moderators are not infallible, that goes the same for the chatters. Point is that when friendly banter has been going on for a while and it's starting to look disruptive it's not wrong if a moderator decides to poke around and see if people are starting to offend each other or not, and when they do start asking around people should make it clear if things are still fine or not, chat moderators aren't people sitting on a help desk just waiting for people to complain, the chatters should not get frustrated and overly defensive if friendly banter was seen as a hostile argument, and ignoring a chat moderator's inquiries should be avoided as well. Each person is different, some people could get offended with simple debates/topics while some don't, it might be hard to tell if it's friendly or starting to get hostile, it could go one way or the other, it's always good if things are cleared up.

By the way, sorry if my opening sentence thingy was weird and stuff. XD If someone gets offended over something civil, or something rather tame, we have absolutely no reason to listen to them. One easily offended user (which we have had) getting pissed about something so minor no one else cares isn't any sort of reason to stop any discussion. It matters how professional and civil it is. Nothing more.

As for the friendly banter, the only people that can say that, are those in the banter itself. PMing them and asking if it is serious or not is the best route of action in that case, and any similar case.