Board Thread:Administration/@comment-10950063-20140220154147

For about an hour this morning, Finneow not only didn't do anything while the chat was devolving into excessive sex talk, caps, what have you, but he joined in. I first noticed that he wasn't doing anything after someone posted a wall of text and nothing was done. I was about to kick the person myself, but I figured I would watch and see what Finneow actually does with his rights.

Unfortunately, I didn't realize until too late that the bot wasn't in chat, so there were no logs. By the time I started taking screenshots, most of the conversation was gone and Weaver had come in a chided Finneow.

I do have two, though:



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In general, "STAHP" was the extent of Finneow's attempts to control the room. He tried to defend himself by saying that no one would listen to him. I confirmed with people in chat that he didn't kick or ban anyone in order to get them to stop. Weaver also pointed out that of course no one would stop when the mod himself was participating.

If this were just today it might not be too much of an issue, but other mods have [said that Finneow is immature and too lax].

It seems like mods should consistently be the more mature people in chat, it seems like they should use the tools they were given, it seems like they should be able to make people listen to them and it seems like they shouldn't participate in the problems in chat.

Now, because I'm sure someone will bring it up and because Weaver flipped his shit over it, if I was watching chat why didn't I do anything? To me the question is: what if I hadn't been watching chat? The same thing would have happened. Except in that case, I wouldn't know how one of our moderators handles their responsibility. That was my main focus, seeing how long it took before Finneow actually did what he was supposed to do. Also, logic dictates that I shouldn't have to moderate a moderator while trying to do main site stuff.

For fairness, we can ask: well, what if Finneow hadn't be watching chat? Well, then as the only person with mod powers in chat I would have been obligated to step up. Also, all this stuff might have happened, but they would not have been encouraged and participated in by a mod.

 