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Charizard
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★ Charizard ★
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Are Lurking Mods Acceptable?
Safety & Knowledge at 7 Cups / by Charizard
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 November 6th, 2015
...See more I was involved in a chat room where a lurking moderator was issuing warnings left right and center - but was nowhere to be seen in actually being involved in the chat? Aren't moderators meant to try and move chats away from things that are not allowed? I saw one person get banned for basically saying they wished they weren't hear with no attempt for moderators to refer or offer support. Can't this be really damaging to the person? I appreciate that suicidal messages are triggering but to just lurk in the shadows and issue warnings and bans doesn't seem very fair. Forgive me if I am wrong but if that were me in that position, feeling really down and helpless to then be shunted away from a support chat I would probably have felt like I had nothing left. Can this please be brought to their attention? There are many great moderators who engage in chats and who do act upon people who are feeling the way they are and try and get them the help before taking more harsh actions. Sometimes it feels that some moderators just like having that power over users.
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