User blog:Ahri-chan/Definitely not walking away.

Alright, guys. In response to the recent chat shutdown, here I am in my first blog post.

I am quite annoyed by the actions of some people leaving this site just because chat was shut down. While chat isn't the only way to communicate in this site, we could use our own talk pages. But it would take some time for others to reply, but it's a versatile choice if you want to ignore the waiting time.

I understand why the chat was shut down. It was because of the political drama and the newcomers who abuse the loophole of the chat guidelines, or the rules or whatever policy we have on the chat. Being a chat moderator is a tedious job to do here. We can't trust people, mainly the newcomers to leave them be without breaking a single rule.

The picture that is created in my beautiful mind is that the chat is like a nursery with the mods as the caretaker of the babies, which are the users. The mods enforce the rules in order to keep the chat in order, and to provide some sort of protection to users, and some help whenever the users are in need.

But how do I see myself as a temp, and the rest of the mods? To be honest, I can see them and myself as babysitters instead of enforcers. Despite all this, I'm not gonna leave this site.

I'm seeing the shutdown as something that would encourage users to edit and create and submit their pastas, which are a good thing, but the problem is that we let the immature kids and the rule-breaking noobs stir up drama soup on the chat itself. Even I couldn't think of a possible way to get rid of these users that would not involve the shutdown of chat.

This depopulation wouldn't do jack shit that's beneficial. All I can think of is to encourage users to be nice, polite and to follow the rules. And besides, the chat may go back sooner or later. Who knows? And to all who leave, a good luck wish on those fellows. Hoping for the success and triumph they dream after making a sacrifice of leaving this site for good.