Board Thread:Chat Discussion/@comment-24434736-20141125192154/@comment-24881871-20141126020348

Dead and Gray wrote: Promotions, demotions, rules, all that stuff will be left to the moderators who have the most first hand experiance dealing with chat ...

Since they're tasked with watching the chat every day, I can understand why moderators would play a role in the rule-making process. But having power over promotions and demotions? There's enough dissension within the moderator team as it is; giving moderators these rights would quickly result in a bloodbath. There's a reason bureaucrats handle user rights.