Infractions

[LG6R]

Is there a written explanation of how the infraction system works? I couldn't find it anywhere. Thanks.

[Tim@VMG]

I don't think we do actually have a written guide, but basically, it works like this:

If a moderator sees someone breaking our rules, they will send that person an infraction. What this does is to send a PM to the user with a note from the moderator. The moderator should explain what rule was broken, why they are sending the infraction, etc.

A note also gets attached to the user's profile that the administrators can refer back to later if there are recurring issues with a certain user - that way we can see if there has been a pattern of behavior despite the moderators trying to handle things, etc.

There is also a "point" assigned to the user when the infraction is sent, but we don't use the points system here - it was designed so that you can do things like automatically banning anyone who gets x number of points or whatever, but we believe that stuff like that should be handled on a case-by-case basis, and we don't want the system auto-banning people, so that part is turned off here.

Does that answer your questions? Feel free to PM me if there's anything more that you'd rather not ask in public.

Thanks,
-Tim

[LG6R]

Nope that's pretty much it, thanks.

It's a little annoying to see old expired infractions received every time I click on the "My Posts" button. Guess they'll be there forever but that's my own fault.

[Tim@VMG]

You know, I didn't even realize that showed up on there, but I just had a look, and you're totally right. Interesting.

Thanks for understanding about the whole thing, though - one infraction here or there (unless it's for posting porn or something, in which case you wouldn't be here any more.... ) is definitely not a big deal.

-Tim

[BURT2]

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[BURT2]

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