Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33668185-20181229231243/@comment-24055022-20181230032018

Look, we completely understand that, as moderators at Community Central, your hands can be tied sometimes, because Staff are the main controllers of this wiki compared to others. As a result, there is little you can change on your own. We also understand that of course we don't expect you to moderate something 24/7 as a volunteer. At some point, you need to start earning a living. That's why there's more than one moderator. That was very ignorant for you to actually believe I meant it that way when that is not at all what I said. Volunteering is to be involved when you have the time/are free to do so, but if there are other matters that take more precedence and takes up more of your time, we completely understand that. But if it's been a reasonable amount of time, say, six months or even a year, since you've been able to volunteer, we do wonder why you still have the rights to volunteer if you're just simply too busy to do so. We also are fully aware of how many users are harassing and even stalkerish towards you moderators. We see it every day on your wall or even a troll having made a username with your username to mock you on chat. We don't support that kind of behavior at all and totally back any ban/block as a result of it. But when we believe a user is being somewhat respectful, that they do deserve one explanation as to why they were banned/blocked.

PyroNacht wrote: Quite frankly, sometimes, yes, the admods do want to spend time on Discord rather than participate in chat simply because the Central Chat has become a pool of stress. I was growing increasingly frustrated as an administrator - to a point where I literally cringed every single time I had to enter chat (and I even gave up hours of sleep for it) because the same people didn’t know how to behave. Yes, it was my job. But it does not mean I was required to spend every waking second there, especially when my own mental health was taking a turn around that time.

If moderatoring Community Central puts so much stress and damage to your mental health, then why are you even coming back? By doing so, you could project that onto other users, and that's not good or healthy.

As moderators, I do believe you should have a little more leverage than just regular users, but that doesn't mean you get a free pass/get it both ways. The moderators are expected to stay within the rules just as much as regular users, and are not above them. But as shown above, that is not always the case, and no one cares to do anything about it.

PyroNacht wrote: The CC crew is chosen carefully. It just so happens that all of the people chosen follow the guidelines and don’t blatantly disrespect the admods.

And how dare you actually say that the only users that follow the rules and respect the moderators are just you moderators? FYI, you weren't always moderators, as are the rest of us. We respect what time you are able to offer, but we need respect as well, as we are also trying to help the moderators maintain the same goal here. It's not just the moderators that keep this wiki going.