Room Guideline Stuff

Hi Everybody!

As you should know by now, we've got some important Kongregate links listed to the left of the pages *points* over thar. However, I'd also like to talk a little bit about expectations of FtDers and modding styles and whatnot.

DISCLAIMER: These are not "extra" rules outside of the Kong guidelines. This isn't stuff you'll probably get banned for. These are just various preferences and pet peeves that I thought I'd share. :)

Hmm, where to start?

Here be my thoughts on swearing. Once in a while, relatively mild swear words are juuuust fine. But think about it...are they *really* necessary? If you can get out the sentiment of your statement without using them, it's all the more impressive. Also, no swearing at other users, please. Even if you know each other in real life, are joking, etc. These are the internets, and it's easy to be misunderstood and upset someone, even when you don't mean to, so best to avoid it altogether.

Fighting! Arguments are perfectly ok - discussion between two dissenting parties can be one of the coolest things around. Freedom of speech ftw! Until, of course, it gets ugly. If you're going to argue, argue your topic, don't make personal attacks and flame. Imho, you lose the right to argue when it gets out of hand.

Speaking of which, the mute button! I love the mute button. I think it's so cool. I think whenever you don't want to hear somebody speak, you should go right ahead and push it. It's better than a ban, because they can't come back after an hour and start harrassing you again! That being said, I know a lot of users prefer not to. If that's the case, remind yourself to ignore. It's much better than potentially feeding trolls. Starve them, and they'll look elsewhere for food.

One little pet peeve of mine - please don't ask me to recommend you for moderator! I love all the members of my room, but my moderator recommendations are not open for discussion, nor will they ever be. Modship must be earned, and I understand that you may think you're doing great! Chances are, you are doing great! But honestly, it can take a very long time to get modded. Months, sometimes. So if you're patient throughout all that time, we'll be even *more* impressed than we were initially.

Hmm. As to my modding style. I am a fairly lenient mod. I r not scawy. In fact, none of us are! We'll always warn before a ban, because we know lots of times users don't understand what's acceptable (though after you've read this post, you should have a good idea!) The only times that warnings aren't given are for porn links, massive chunks of spam, and blatant and shameless racism.

Anyway, this is a start. If there are any other topics you're wondering about the mod position on, write in and ask. :) We'd be happy to clarify. And other mods, if I've missed something and you'd like to make your own post/edit this one, you're welcome to.

NOTE: I may not speak for the other mods in my room
RE-DISCLAIMER: Please don't write into Kong saying, "Ducky says she'll ban me if I call somebody a poopydoodyhead!" I won't. These are just my observations and musings on how everybody should be treated. :)