Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
aviel wrote:My concern isn't that anything nefarious is going on. I don't think the moderators would deliberately do something problematic, but they might accidentally, and as such it's reasonable that users know about this. Again, nobody has provided a compelling reason why the guidelines shouldn't be released. Tone certainly doesn't count.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Bert wrote:The best part of my job is fistfighting an 8 year old every day.
aviel wrote:Imagine, for example, that the fourth amendment were secret. Police may have to abide by internal guidelines to secure a warrant, but if they violated them, people wouldn't even know they had recourse.
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
SilverMaple wrote:As such, it's not really useful or relevant to regular users, so why is not being able to see the guidelines such a big deal?
Imagine, for example, that the fourth amendment were secret. Police may have to abide by internal guidelines to secure a warrant, but if they violated them, people wouldn't even know they had recourse.
Or say that Supreme Court decisions were secret, and they just said something like "We side with the plaintiff." Then legislators wouldn't know what was or wasn't Constitutional, and citizens wouldn't know how to abide with the law. Transparency is important so users know how to behave.
The reason this kind of transparency is important is that it's important for users to know how moderators will behave and what their protections are. There is a chilling effect if users can't anticipate what moderators might do, because they don't know what actions they take might get punished. And if there is moderator abuse, users need to know what that would be and how they could deal with it.
Marcuse wrote:So, in summary:
The information you are requesting does not pertain to you, or any other user.
The information you are requesting would constitute an unreasonable burden upon staff to provide.
TCS has no obligation to provide the information you are requesting.
There appears to be no general call or desire for this to be published.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Kate wrote:I'm not sure how you reconcile trusting us to provide the guidelines in full with not trusting what we say about them.
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
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