Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24898085-20140603131329/@comment-731871-20140605213113

WiIlow wrote: Scorch933 wrote: This is for the record.

"Sexual talk. This has been MASSIVELY overdone. Now, the occasional joke or pun is allowed, but nobody wants to hear about what fetishes you have, or positions you like. If you are told to stop by an admin or moderator, you stop immediately, no questions asked. If you wish to discuss these things with someone still, take it to PM."

That is in the rules. OBVIOUSLY, What you have stated that you *want* is already listed in the rules. The only way to make the rule stricter is to remove FULL sexual discussion, regardless of whether it's a joke or innuendo.

Obviously, there is a disconnect where moderators and admins are not upholding the rule above. Because you have stated this is going on. Responsibility lies not with the rule itself, but the people who are *not* upholding it. To be honest, one problem I found when I was a mod was when exactly to step in. How long before sex talk stops being a joke and gets serious? Moderator discretion only covers so much, and most don't wanna enforce the "tyrannical" reputation mods seem to have.

That's just my feelings, though, dunno how others feel. That's a great point. Again, let's look at the rules: "The occasional joke or pun is acceptable but nobody wants to hear about your fetishes". That should be a notion to step in.

We already have made the strong distinction about things such as roleplay, but the truth is that it is hard to draw the line and get a standard. Regardless, when the new rules are put in place, or a new rule is issued, ALL mods and admins should be notified and confirm.

there is obviously a clear line when any user in the discussion says "No, this has got to stop." If a moderator doesn't know when to step in, I'm not sure they should be a moderator. Part of it is moderating and knowing when to step in an issue. Making judgment calls, etc.

It's one thing if a mod doesn't know where to draw the line on a vague topic, and doesn't draw it soon enough. It's something else if that mod *never* draws the line SOMEWHERE, is absent during the discussion and doesn't take action, or is taking part *IN* the discussion. It's about judgment calls.

Like I said before on absence, if somebody is busy and they're the only one on, like, they had family call them for something, or the phone rang, that's fine. But I'm referring to "multi-tasking" and doing other crap while signed in to chat.