Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33668185-20181229231243/@comment-25024589-20181230030049

(Temporarily popping out of my inactivity to write this comment; hopefully it holds some value.)

I've had issues with CC moderation for quite some time, and that was admittedly part of the reason I've stopped going on the chat (and also part of why I'm not active on here in general anymore, but that's a story for another time).

For one thing, the rules everyone is supposed to follow are inconsistent and have been enforced incredibly laxly, especially with admods. As Ozzy showed, regulars have always been instructed not to comment on bans, yet mods do it anyway. I'm not sure why – haughtiness? A superiority complex? No telling – but way to go against your own instructions, am I right?

Second, since I know in advance that I'll likely get attacked over this comment: the CC moderation team cannot take criticism, even if it's constructive. Exhibit A: this entire thread. Exhibit B: that time when&mdash;actually, I won't name-drop, since a) I'm better than that, b) Staff won't listen to my qualms in any case, and c) what I said after the colon in sentence #1 of this mini-paragraph.

Third, I'm able to recount numerous times when Staff's so-called "trusted" volunteers have engaged in blatant acts of harassment. I'd give a few specific examples, but I'm not petty, and, again, Staff won't listen anyway! Still, if the moderation rules weren't enforced so loosely, none of these issues would be problematic in the first place.

As an additional note, the practices I've observed from team members are incredibly shady. Do I expect volunteers to mod the chat/wiki 24/7? Absolutely not. But they don't do much aside from lurk, and when they do say anything, they are highly secretive and at times even very rude. I get it, Staff like you, but no need to flaunt your meaningless rank.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be going back to sites without a heck ton of internal drama and with no corrupt hierarchal systems (aka not Wikia).

Peace.