Like I mentioned to Christi, I don't think anybody should be unlocking anything (and a play-by-play post would be too much and infringing on people's privacy), but like I also said to her there are some issues the locked comments situation creates. Besides what I mentioned before, other complications happen.
First problem with the mods taking their time to post is... well sort of like how livejournal takes it's time to post until they think they've got the problem resolved. It only builds tension for the people who aren't in on the flock, and it makes them look like they're not doing anything to make sure that unfair voting or player conflicts aren't being resolved. And that's a big break from how the mods normally treat things because they're awesome and on top of things. Even if they don't have an answer yet about the whole kerfuffle, a simple "We've gotten reports about this and we just want you to know we're really thinking over the problem." would help to deflate any sort of "you're not doing anything about it" feelings that players/possible players might have. As it is I'm not sure if I should contact the mods myself. Would it be okay for me to app that character? Should I put a disclaimer in my app? I'm really worried that the kurfuffle will affect the app but I don't want to wait a round and have someone else get that character excexc.
The other, more pessimistic reason I'd like to see a mod post is to beat others to the punch. Even though there's a good chance there won't be a F_W post about it, I can see there being a rpsecrets post about it, and that's only going to make things worse. Then NOBODY'S going to come out of this looking clean, and I'd rather we solve our own problems then have the roleplaying community jump on us and start saying that we're not only elitist, but we're also all drama queens and likely to hit below the belt too. If anything even though we've got a bad reputation for our app system, at least we're the fluffy, nice kind of elitists.
tl;dr it's a tough call either way. On one hand the mods HAVE said something about wank when it happened in the main irc chan, but this is a more private affair. I think there's a compromise available between "reveal everything" and "don't say anything", but it'll require the mods to balance a fine line and I only send my deepest sympathy for being stuck in a position like this. Seriously if I could give fruit baskets over the internet, I would.
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First problem with the mods taking their time to post is... well sort of like how livejournal takes it's time to post until they think they've got the problem resolved. It only builds tension for the people who aren't in on the flock, and it makes them look like they're not doing anything to make sure that unfair voting or player conflicts aren't being resolved. And that's a big break from how the mods normally treat things because they're awesome and on top of things. Even if they don't have an answer yet about the whole kerfuffle, a simple "We've gotten reports about this and we just want you to know we're really thinking over the problem." would help to deflate any sort of "you're not doing anything about it" feelings that players/possible players might have. As it is I'm not sure if I should contact the mods myself. Would it be okay for me to app that character? Should I put a disclaimer in my app? I'm really worried that the kurfuffle will affect the app but I don't want to wait a round and have someone else get that character excexc.
The other, more pessimistic reason I'd like to see a mod post is to beat others to the punch. Even though there's a good chance there won't be a F_W post about it, I can see there being a rpsecrets post about it, and that's only going to make things worse. Then NOBODY'S going to come out of this looking clean, and I'd rather we solve our own problems then have the roleplaying community jump on us and start saying that we're not only elitist, but we're also all drama queens and likely to hit below the belt too. If anything even though we've got a bad reputation for our app system, at least we're the fluffy, nice kind of elitists.
tl;dr it's a tough call either way. On one hand the mods HAVE said something about wank when it happened in the main irc chan, but this is a more private affair. I think there's a compromise available between "reveal everything" and "don't say anything", but it'll require the mods to balance a fine line and I only send my deepest sympathy for being stuck in a position like this. Seriously if I could give fruit baskets over the internet, I would.