User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/New Community Central Chat Guidelines Announced/@comment-25024589-20170506143445

I've been a user both of Community Central and its chat since 2014, as well as a witness of the decline in chat's stability community-wise, and while I know not everyone will agree with or accept these new rules, I'm glad they're being instated. However, to echo other users' comments, it likely won't be enough to simply say, "These are the new rules, now follow them." It will take some getting used to for a lot of people, and extra guidance/reinforcement might be required from staff's side. (I'm not saying to ban everyone who disagrees, though – I'm merely saying to be honest but polite when violations of the new rules happen.)
 * In the past, I and others have made efforts to help users with wiki-related issues, though said efforts usually were buried by irrelevant conversations (such as roleplaying) and went unnoticed by the OP. Ultimately, by reducing off-topic discussions in the main area, more people should now be able to get the help they need – and more quickly at that.
 * Less wild discussion should mean a slower chat, and a slower chat should be easier for the mods to moderate.
 * Lastly, e-dating and romance discussion in the main chat was quite frankly getting out of hand, so having the romantic users move it off-site or to PM is something that I'm really glad is happening.

That's all I have to say for now.

Also, a productive staff Office Hour sounds really exciting. Can't wait to attend one! :p