First of all, I don't think this is a bad idea for a discussion at all, BUT insults to the moderators will absolutely not be tolerated. Go do that in the other thread. Here, be constructive or be deleted. In other words, act like an adult. It isn't that hard. Repeated violators will be put in the quiet chair, you know who you are. All we want is for this to continue to be the best discussion forum for Kansas City, and the only way to do that is to get feedback, so let's hear it.
nota wrote:
But my main definition would be that a moderator cannot moderate any thread that he/she is participating in.
This is the only thing I disagree with, and the only thing you've said which I personally have violated. I think it is better to have moderators who actively participate in the discussions, and it may not be until 4 or 5 or 100 pages that things start to sour, by which point everyone is likely to have participated in it.
However, I never
ever moderate out of anger. If someone is raising my ire or attacking me personally, I won't moderate them--I'll either let another mod do it if they think it is necessary, or I'll wait a few hours or a day and revisit the offending comment. If I have
expressly asked someone to stop doing something and they keep doing it, then of course they will get moderated; but that has only happened one time.
Additionally, I have never and would never put anyone in the Quiet Chair without warning them first. But you only get one. If I say stop it and you don't stop it, that's your problem and it is all on you, in my opinion.
"It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that has brought upon him the character of heretic." -- Ben Franklin
