Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10789912-20151206230221/@comment-25356303-20151207202103

I have an extremely hands-off approach when it comes to monitoring chat. I don't consider the job of chat moderators to be controlling what people say or think. I like all the different opinions being expressed in chat, and the debates that come with them. As long as they stay civil I have absolutely no issue with this. As an administrator, I'm obligated to keep an eye on these conversations and make sure that everyone stays in line, and I do my best to make sure that happens all the time.

I don't agree with a lot of the stuff people post on chat, but if you "sanitize" chat to the extent where there is no profanity or arguments at all it will become somewhat of an echo chamber. (i.e. "This opinion is right, and no one is allowed to contest that because you can't have arguments.") Swear words are used to express higher levels of emotion, and I have no issue with their use as long as it's not every other word.

If you have a star, people will know that you are a chat moderator. You don't really need to stress that yourself by lecturing people at every turn on exactly how to behave all the time. Only step in if things are becoming an actual problem.