Post #1658996

Because of this, I've been thinking a lot about the purpose of "rules" in a chatroom. I think it's good to have some, because then the moderator's job is easier. Let other people report violations so that you don't have to read every message every day to catch them. As former outcasts, I think a lot of us are afraid to write strict rules for our chatrooms. "What if we become the bullies?" My answer to this is: write the appeals process first. Kick people early with little to no warning, but make it easy for them to rejoin. Ideally you could kick someone in a way that they keep their chatlogs, so that they could reference them during appeal -- again, automatic log export is something I deem necessary for safety.