[Butter Paladin]

After seeing the results of this decision, I think that creating an open line of communication for community members to privately share their criticisms, concerns, and compliments, may have been a good way to give the opportunity for people to voice their opinions. I do not believe that this thread as a whole was any more effective than Battons’s deleted response at communicating opinions in a constructive way. 

Preface: I have missed years of drama with this server and have only been back for a month, so anything I say needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

I ultimately believe in a place to discuss the mentioned items above that stops these types of issues from being discussed behind closed doors (even though it will still happen) but at the same time I know exactly what can happen when people voice their concerns without being held to some sort of guideline or standard in the method/medium of making a complaint. Instead, of taking these issues to heart it just generates more hate towards the individual due to people being stuck in the same method of thinking and not wanting to grow as an individual them leading to lashing towards an individual. In-person this would just be physical/verbal altercations, but online this can only go to verbal/illicit cyber activities as a form of retaliation.

Any place that does allow these types of discussions will have to abide by transparent moderating (With the average Joe relying on anyone that has access to moderate the forum or see the backend) to allow actual discussions about problems/concerns/or just thanking individuals for stepping up for issues they have seen. Without the discussion devolving into essentially mudslinging which would just create more issues within the community. 


Apologies for the wall of text.