User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-2061246-20170118174113

I'm not too content with how moderation can be handled in the Discussions at the moment.

There needs to be a way to list the Guidelines for all users to see and easily access when they're on the app version. Currently, they only see the rules the first time they log in, and that's it. A lot of users ignore the rules, but if the rules are at least easily accessible to the mobile users, then the moderators would not be held as abusive for actions without user knowledge of the rules. If the users knows the rules exist, but fail to follow those rules, then it's the user's fault for not following those rules. But without those rules easily accessible, then the moderators look like abusive moderators, and the users complain about not knowing the rules.

Keep in mind that my Wikia is, literally, full of pubescent teens, and they really love to challenge authority. It's currently a vicious circle.

1. Troublemakers cause trouble.

2. I lock the thread and give them a warning.

3. Troublemakers get offended and revolt.

4. I ban them.

5. Sympathizers complain against moderator actions.

6. I lock the thread and give them a warning.

7. Sympathizers get offended and revolt.

8. I ban them.

9. Eventually all of the bad weeds are weeded out, but the field was nothing but weeds, and so there's no green left to see.

10. Grass grows again, weeds come back, repeat #1 - #9.

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100. Mods look like the bad guys.