Announcement: Regarding Recent Moderation Decisions

[Alvino Castillon]

So a long list of vague complaints that for as far as I know, have already been dealt with. Its still unclear why now all of a sudden. And no explanation as to why the Mods flouted their own banning proceedures. That doesn't seem arbitrary at all.

The complaints mentioned are only a few of the issues that have been raised since the inception of our current policies. While they were dealt with, that does not mean that they are not to be considered in future complaints and rules violations. Instead, they are considered when reviewing further complaints and violations against an individual. The more complaints brought forth and the more of those complaints deemed actionable, the more we consider escalating the applied penalty. In this case, our review found that the N-word issue was actionable enough for a longer-term ban, although not a permanent one.

Also ''While our general policy is to keep our decision-making within our discussions'' seems a bit strange for I know that at least 2 Mods were not aware of any bans being implemented, let alone discussions about it.

I'm not certain as to which moderators you're referring to. At the time of the N-word issue, we all did come to a consensus on our response. However, we could not come to a consensus on the length of the ban, which is why it was not responded to immediately. This was a failure on our part and we apologize for the sudden action which seemed as if it was out of nowhere. As such, we'll be reviewing how we conduct moderation efforts (which we haven't had to do due to the lack of overall incidents) so that these complaints and decisions can be handled expediently.

However, we still felt that with the history provided it was still necessary for action to be taken and stand by that ban. We understand that it seems sudden, but we truly do not feel that this could not remain unanswered for.