Hello all. I am creating this thread as a warning of sorts. Hopefully you will understand why and appreciate new directive I have given the moderator team. (And posting it here in the General KF section as it is the most in need of it at this time).
Over the past year since the release of KF and news of RO:HoS we have gained many new forum users. This is a good thing. But bear in mind that even with the current growth, the users present are only a small fraction of current Tripwire game owners. Being as this is, the community is also filled with those who feel most passionately about our games. However with this swell in users we have also gained "undesirables". Mainly these users are called Trolls but some other labels can apply. Basically these are users who create problems for other forum users and keep the forum from being enjoyable for all.
In an effort to curb this behavior, I have asked the moderators to help weed out this element from the forums. I have instructed them to step up handing out warnings from Trolling. This is to help ensure that the community “gets the message” that we won’t tolerate this sort of behavior and want an environment where all our users and potential users may express their likes and dislikes in a civil environment.
So what will get you targeted? Being an outright troll, being a non outright troll, being aggressively argumentative, being unhelpful (if you can’t add anything helpful, don’t add anything at all), backseat moderation (let the mods do their job, help them out by reporting posts). Now don’t be surprised if you get a warning. I have instructed them to be fairly aggressive in warnings. Just take that as a note about your posting habits and adjust accordingly. Learn to engage your brain before posting. Go ahead and have different view points, keep in mind that not all will agree with you and others on these forums can be just as passionate as you with the opposite view point.
Thank you for your cooperation and helping keep the Tripwire forums a civil place for conversation about the games we love. If you don’t think you can, there are other places on the internet more suited for your posts.
(And for those with the thought that they are too important to have actions taken against them, others have held that opinion as well who are no longer with us or are just returning for lengthy vacations from the forums)
Over the past year since the release of KF and news of RO:HoS we have gained many new forum users. This is a good thing. But bear in mind that even with the current growth, the users present are only a small fraction of current Tripwire game owners. Being as this is, the community is also filled with those who feel most passionately about our games. However with this swell in users we have also gained "undesirables". Mainly these users are called Trolls but some other labels can apply. Basically these are users who create problems for other forum users and keep the forum from being enjoyable for all.
In an effort to curb this behavior, I have asked the moderators to help weed out this element from the forums. I have instructed them to step up handing out warnings from Trolling. This is to help ensure that the community “gets the message” that we won’t tolerate this sort of behavior and want an environment where all our users and potential users may express their likes and dislikes in a civil environment.
So what will get you targeted? Being an outright troll, being a non outright troll, being aggressively argumentative, being unhelpful (if you can’t add anything helpful, don’t add anything at all), backseat moderation (let the mods do their job, help them out by reporting posts). Now don’t be surprised if you get a warning. I have instructed them to be fairly aggressive in warnings. Just take that as a note about your posting habits and adjust accordingly. Learn to engage your brain before posting. Go ahead and have different view points, keep in mind that not all will agree with you and others on these forums can be just as passionate as you with the opposite view point.
Thank you for your cooperation and helping keep the Tripwire forums a civil place for conversation about the games we love. If you don’t think you can, there are other places on the internet more suited for your posts.
(And for those with the thought that they are too important to have actions taken against them, others have held that opinion as well who are no longer with us or are just returning for lengthy vacations from the forums)
