I have twicerecently “gently counseled” people on EA forum norms when they come in, in my opinion, a little too hot for this rather cool medium 😃 is there something official/CEA-endorsed on this subject? If not, should I/someone write it? I could point them to Scout Mindset but that’s kind of a high barrier to entry.
I skimmed your examples and think neither should meet the bar for a ‘little telling off.’
In light of the Netflix doccos coming out later this year, and whatever other scandal might be waiting around the corner, I think we ought to ease up on this level of public language policing. The critics are coming; let’s not make their job easy for them (nor convert from within our own community).
The first person I lightly flambéed also said “sorry I was used to less nice parts of the internet” so I guess that went down well
When someone says “be nice” and it gets more upvotes than the post itself that provides a more meaningful signal of how a post went astray than just downvoting the original post
So I am not persuaded and will keep doing my chastise-y hall monitor thing 😤😤😤
I really appreciate this Seth :) The norms that Mo links below are the official answer to this, we use them when we moderate. We’re working on a version which is shorter/catchier so it can appear in some form for new users.
So far I’ve been sending people messages similar to your gentle counselling. Perhaps I should consider doing them as public comments—it looks like yours have gone down well.
I have twice recently “gently counseled” people on EA forum norms when they come in, in my opinion, a little too hot for this rather cool medium 😃 is there something official/CEA-endorsed on this subject? If not, should I/someone write it? I could point them to Scout Mindset but that’s kind of a high barrier to entry.
Lizka’s essentials of forum discussion are the closest I know of to something official on this.
Thank you, I’ve now hyperlinked to the piece in both of my prior comments where I use the word “norms” (in part so that I remember it next time 😃)
And they call us a cult. A 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡!
I skimmed your examples and think neither should meet the bar for a ‘little telling off.’
In light of the Netflix doccos coming out later this year, and whatever other scandal might be waiting around the corner, I think we ought to ease up on this level of public language policing. The critics are coming; let’s not make their job easy for them (nor convert from within our own community).
I think it’s ok in most cases to ask someone to be nice on the internet. To quote Juana Molina, “No seas antipática. No seas antipática con tu mamá. La la la.” Words to live by.
I seriously doubt this is going to be the example they focus on when they send the trains
The first person I lightly flambéed also said “sorry I was used to less nice parts of the internet” so I guess that went down well
When someone says “be nice” and it gets more upvotes than the post itself that provides a more meaningful signal of how a post went astray than just downvoting the original post
So I am not persuaded and will keep doing my chastise-y hall monitor thing 😤😤😤
Hahaha, alright. I appreciate the self-awareness. :) I, too, have words to live by, even Spanish ones.
I really appreciate this Seth :) The norms that Mo links below are the official answer to this, we use them when we moderate. We’re working on a version which is shorter/catchier so it can appear in some form for new users.
So far I’ve been sending people messages similar to your gentle counselling. Perhaps I should consider doing them as public comments—it looks like yours have gone down well.