Board Thread:Chat Discussion/@comment-5590118-20141120182446/@comment-24841732-20141120225155

I'm with Likferd. Looser rules is a good step towards a healthier chat attitude. We also need to demote mods that cause issues or are regularly hostile. Mods are the role models of chat. We shouldn't have them breaking rules or causing issues.

Another thing is the elitest attitude a large number of the regulars have. This only widens the gap between the two communities. Yes, that's what it is. Chat and Mainsite have these two wildly different communities that are almost entirely separate. We need to close this gap somehow. We can start by welcoming and being helpful to new users, instead of ignoring them or scaring them off.

Honestly, it's frustrating. No other wiki has this issue. I think we need to take a step back and look at some other wikis and see how they handle things.