Sounds like a dumb question doesn't it?
Yet at /v/videos we find our selves under attack from some PV users because we refused to throw out the community chosen rules and replace them with stricter rules chosen by one guy.
Have I taken crazy pills?
They have even threatened that Atko would get involved. Are they on drugs? Atko was the one that told us to not be power-mongers.
We're doing what he asked; what the community wants.
I have long supported PV. But if this community has decided to abandon it's anti-power mod stance, then I'll have to reconsider.
I will not be a power-mod. I will not force arbitrary rules on a community that doesn't want them.
There is no team of mods on this site that is more open, transparent, and approachable than we are. What more do you expect?
If anyone is not happy with the current ruleset, all they need to do is start a community dialogue, and we will do as the community wishes.
If someone thinks they can force us to change rules, without consent from the community, by harassing or threatening us, they are wrong.
If PV is going to start supporting trolls who want arbitrary anti-community rules chosen by them alone, then we no longer value the PV communitys opinion.
I suggest you all review the sidebar here.
@kevdude - You've been silent on this. Enjoying the popcorn and show? How about weighing in.
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InnocentBystander ago
A small voice manipulating people in order to get their way over the community is 'a reddit thing'.
Standing firm and telling them to get bent, is how we do things around here.
It is a bannable offence, it is spam. We have a community-approved rule that covers it. If anyone want us to change the rules, we are willing. But threats will not do it.
We couldn't possibly make it any clearer than we have. Community discussion is the way forward. All other paths will be a deadlock.
We've had the same ban policy for over a year. Break a rule, we ask them not to, break it again, we ask again and may threaten a temp ban, break it again, get a temp-ban.
We usually give more than just two warning first. That applies to all the rules.
We're not saying 'no'. We're saying 'talk to the boss'. (the community)
The idea that some around here are quick to shit on us for following rules that have been in place for a year, while at the same time saying nothing to the troll who is manipulating your sub in an effort to force heavy handed moderation that is against community wishes, boggles my mind.
This sub is losing credibility.
Any one of the people involved could have just made a neutral post in /v/whatever (or elsewhere) instead of attacking us.
If users agree that its an issue, then a sticky goes up, and the community makes the call.
But we do not change rules because someone has a temper-tantrum and demands it. We also don't put up a sticky for a couple people.
There are simple ways to deal with this in a civil manner. But nobody seems to want to go that route.
Encouraging trolls who are actively trying to remove community rule does not seem very PV-like.
Don't misunderstand me though, so far you've been dealing with it civilly, and I have no problem with discussing this and being questioned over it. But if change is going to happen, it is not going to be decided by me, and will not be done without community consultation.