Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33668185-20181229231243/@comment-35262387-20181231083249

YuzuPear wrote: Are there any particular examples where the lack of transparency has actually made the moderation policy unclear? I see no reason why the chat moderation team should waste time writing detailed reasons for every little thing. for example, the ban I got this time. I'm not going to fight anyone to get unbanned (because it's pointless), just providing an example: I assumed my behavior would be fun, and I tried my best to act less harsh than I did previous times. However, I got banned practically for the previous times I acted rough. It looks like I must lose the access to the chat every time I join, just because I got banned some time ago.

Additionally I have to tell I already find the chat guidelines unclear. For example, there's no rule about Caps Lock, excessive flood, inappropriate content, or anything else we've used to see in any wiki: just rules like "be polite", "be fun", etc. Chat Guidelines are created for users, not for pointless staying on the page.

These guidelines let the mods to set the length of ban they feel like they should set. Therefore, the expiry time depends on many factors, including the mod's relation to users (or a certain user). Does that sound fair?

I hate saying that, but are you afraid of global changes in the chat guidelines? Are you afraid it would become clear and truly rightful?