If you've been following PFN site news as of late, over the last month or so a ton has changed. Here are just a few of the recent happenings:
In addition to those big stories, a number of smaller changes have been taking place behind the scenes as well. One of these recent alterations lifted all posting and private messaging restrictions from all members. We believe such restrictions are only bandaids and don't do anything to deal with the actual "problems" they were implemented to fix. We have not seen any negative impacts resulting from the termination of those constraints. This tells us that our new forum rules and moderation setup is functioning impressively well and has been handling, without any problems at all, situations and conflicts that were previously deemed unmanageable.
It's time to take things a step further.
We're unbanning everyone.
The admins believe that we've constructed a set of rules and a moderation environment that can better deal with all of the situations that have been thrown at us in the past. Though we sincerely hope that we won't need to take any moderation action on the people we're unbanning tonight, we believe that if such a need does arrive, we'll be able to react swiftly, transparently, and appropriately. We figure that the worst possible scenario is that this turns into a stress test for the new rules. Best case scenario? Most of the 14 accounts being unbanned are owned by previous members who have since acknowledged their previous wrongdoings and matured to a point where they can be valuable members of the community.
Lastly, it should be noted that people's previous bans won't be forgotten. Anyone who does opt to attempt to rejoin the community will be put under strict "Last Warning" status. One strike, and they'll be out once again.
- Shane stepped down from the Admin team
- Nicole was promoted to the position
- The new admin team completely rewrote the forum rules from the ground up
In addition to those big stories, a number of smaller changes have been taking place behind the scenes as well. One of these recent alterations lifted all posting and private messaging restrictions from all members. We believe such restrictions are only bandaids and don't do anything to deal with the actual "problems" they were implemented to fix. We have not seen any negative impacts resulting from the termination of those constraints. This tells us that our new forum rules and moderation setup is functioning impressively well and has been handling, without any problems at all, situations and conflicts that were previously deemed unmanageable.
It's time to take things a step further.
We're unbanning everyone.
The admins believe that we've constructed a set of rules and a moderation environment that can better deal with all of the situations that have been thrown at us in the past. Though we sincerely hope that we won't need to take any moderation action on the people we're unbanning tonight, we believe that if such a need does arrive, we'll be able to react swiftly, transparently, and appropriately. We figure that the worst possible scenario is that this turns into a stress test for the new rules. Best case scenario? Most of the 14 accounts being unbanned are owned by previous members who have since acknowledged their previous wrongdoings and matured to a point where they can be valuable members of the community.
Lastly, it should be noted that people's previous bans won't be forgotten. Anyone who does opt to attempt to rejoin the community will be put under strict "Last Warning" status. One strike, and they'll be out once again.
