Fran Posted:

I support Chawin’s post, and I request that we have a detailed information of every moderator’s ins and outs along with a detailed info from psychological traits from every moderator.

This is ridiculous, for a number of reasons. First off, the decision on what will and will not be considered a ‘shock image’ will be a collaborative effort (and will have to be approved by CZ in any event), and once a consensus has been reached, there will be less need for an individual Mod to make specific judgment call on a new image.

Note that I said less need; there will always be borderline images and activities, and anyone that chooses to dance on that line, does so at their own risk. The guidelines will be more understandable, but no set of guidelines will ever be able to delineate, to the pixel, what is and is not ‘shock’.

Second, you have no requirement to have any sort of ‘psychological profile’ on each Moderator, and the suggestion of such is an obvious and intentional trolling attempt. In the interest of open communication, let’s move past that, but again, I will remind you that this is intended to be a serious discussion. If you are unable or unwilling to participate under those guidelines, please refrain from posting anything further.

It’s been more and more obvious that the mod team got little to no communication, and because of that I’d feel more safe if I know what would offend one or other mod, so I can post freely without getting a ban. You know, there’s too many close calls to risk my account again.

If you are seriously concerned about stepping over the line and risking your account, then it would be in your best interest to contact one or more Moderators to get feedback on any new ideas that might ‘dance on the line’. This is the safest way to make sure that you don’t get in trouble for ‘honest mistakes’. That has been an option for a very long time, and the posters that use that option seem to have very rare and infrequent bans. Those that don’t, do so at their own risk, and seem to have more frequent bans.