Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-25075055-20140228200248/@comment-25075055-20140301090859

Zippertrain85 wrote: For example, we'll never get new mods if no average users try and help situations, a lot of us became mods because of how we would nautrally try and enforce order on the chat. We became moderators for other reasons than keeping order in the chat. Plus, having a bunch of people trying to do our jobs would make our positions pointless.

In addition, the Mods aren't all knowing, and we aren't able to handle every situation that comes up, that rule sounds like it would cause more harm than good. How so ?

Another rule I disliked was that a Mods decision is always be respected, we're not above the users, they should have obligation to blindly believe everything we say. I feel this would be better if it was, don't disrespect something a Mod says for no legitimate reason. Well, most of the problems in the chat have been because other users, who had nothing to do with the situation, were sticking their nose into an issue that they did not know the full story for, then causing drama within the chat. Bans should be kept between moderator and banned user, that way there is no drama being caused when another user gets upset when their favourite member gets banned. Frankly, if they want to know why they were banned, they can ask on their talkpage or via other communications.

And last, users have the right to know why someone might've been blocked. They could've known the person, they might want to avoid doing that, it shouldn't be so black & white that users can't ask any questions about why people were banned. In addition, this could also easily be manipulated, since a Mod could ban someone for no reason and never get questioned for it. See above. Also, mods would not ban people for no reason.

Overall, a lot of these rules give the Mods way more power then we need. Our job is to serve the Community and to keep the Chat a safe, friendly, environment, not be these leaders who can do whatever they want. I honestly think that these rules might turn the chat into a dictatorship of sorts, if the wrong people become Mods. These rules do not give moderators tons of power, all they do is to give them a little more respect and authority to control the chat. Like I said before, one of the issues was that moderators had little authority, despite the star next to their name and issues would continue regardless of a moderator telling people to stop. And the chances of wrong users becoming mods is low, because chat mods are the ones who are deciding who will become chat mods anyway.

I hope this answers your questions.