Thread:KevinVolkov/@comment-25583733-20190803163703/@comment-38078079-20190822130847

Ah, I forgot about that, but - yes - you're so right!

A while back I remember leaving a legitimate comment on a thread, only to be accused of having a "tone" and warned, and - when I commented back that I was being sincere and objected to their attack - they proceeded to close the thread. . . I've seen them do that a few times, when critiqued or people might make a joke or so forth. It stifles conversation and prevents any kind of critique as a whole, and - as my fiance said - just seems like they close threads as they don't want to admit to any fault or be seen to apologise. It's rather irksome on the whole.

I always thought this place should be run as a forum; as in smaller moderators, a few admins, and one 'bureaucrat'. The roles at the moment are confusing (what even is a 'helper' or 'councillor' or so forth, and what are the differences?), and anything serious just gets told to go to Support, as you say, and they then tell you to go back to the forums/admin, in a vicious circle of no one willing to take any kind of responsibility or answer to the question/critique.

If everything were self-contained to the forum, with one staff member in charge as 'bureaucrat', and then admins and moderators with clearly defined roles beneath them (subject to promotion and demotion as the bureaucrat saw fit), it might lead to a better environment and one in which people can actually feel safe to engage in discussion, too.

I do also admit I'm surprised that there hasn't been a warning here yet, too. I do have Discord - no Skype, though - if you wanted to swap details to chat (I'm busy until next week, though, so I might not be able to respond for a while). If possible, you can drop me your Discord name and I can add you back? I'm always reluctant to post my Discord on here, as - with histories always being preserved - I can't delete it later to keep it private ^_^

Wishing you a good weekend, and all the best!