User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/New Community Central Chat Guidelines Announced/@comment-29403643-20170527135418

It's good to see some attention going into the chat, but I'm afraid this might not quite cut it. Like Annabeth said, it didn't last long. We're back to the same old crap it was before, (to once again quote the great Annabeth) and users could really care less about following the rules, and they have no respect. Also, moderators are, all of a sudden, something the chat lacks most of the time. We always have the chat bot, but I have come in several times and not a mod in sight. The chat bot can kick/block/ban us, but it can't enforce rules. It just kicks/blocks/bans us whenever things get too far. Chat moderators can tell us to stop before we get kicked/blocked/banned. And users are still off-topic, giving status updates and complaining about their personal lives. This has failed. It was practically set up to fail because nobody cares, and those who do are just pushed into a corner into silence because there really is nothing they can do. Nothing changes.

I am not impressed.