It has been a week since the changes were made but there has still been no official announcement. Since we are all bound by these rules it seems prudent to inform the community.
It has been a week since the changes were made but there has still been no official announcement. Since we are all bound by these rules it seems prudent to inform the community.
Might just be me being stupid but what’s changed between the old rules and these?
A couple off the top of my head: Some of the carding (moderation escalation) is worded differently/has been changed. I believe the guidelines have a larger focus on safeguarding and making TSR a more inclusive place for all than before. Also I think the section about misinformation has been added (this will help massively in the health forum)
Might just be me being stupid but what’s changed between the old rules and these?
Quite a lot, rules that were previously unwritten have now been written such as misinformation, contacting users off site, contempt of court, etc. Mostly it seems it has been a rewording to make certain things less ambiguous such as including various forms of discrimination as examples.
Just replying briefly to let you know I've seen this, but @Pink Unicorn will be best placed to respond next week I'm afraid (as she's unavailable today).
Just a quick clarification on the PM issues though - I feel I was unclear in the post I made 10 months ago about that. I just want to confirm, the issues we were having were nothing to do with functionality, and it does still get used regularly and without issue when it comes to service messages and changes. So I'm not sure this previous conversation is actually super relevant to this.
Just replying briefly to let you know I've seen this, but @Pink Unicorn will be best placed to respond next week I'm afraid (as she's unavailable today).
Just a quick clarification on the PM issues though - I feel I was unclear in the post I made 10 months ago about that. I just want to confirm, the issues we were having were nothing to do with functionality, and it does still get used regularly and without issue when it comes to service messages and changes. So I'm not sure this previous conversation is actually super relevant to this.
Have a nice weekend.
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Given that the only reason I know the rules changed is because I was forwarded a PM someone else received from TSR, it doesn't seem like the PM system is functioning. Unless of course the plan was to only tell random users that the rules were updated. And then hide any threads made about the new rules.
Seems like a strange communication strategy to me.
I believe the announcement of the changes have been affected by staff availability over the last fortnight. Once the availability of CS returns to normal (Monday onwards), I would expect further developments then.
17th September - Rules Changed 17th September - PM about change sent to random users 17th September - Thread asking if others got PM, most say no. Thread deleted 17th September - Thread asking why rules have changed. Thread deleted 20th September - TSR make statement that a different statement will be made "shorty" 24th September - Thread informing people of change posted in Chat. Thread moved to here 24th September - TSR says there is no problem with PM system 27th September - TSR learns there is in fact a problem with PM system
Community Update thread remains un-updated and any questions in the thread have been ignored. Still no official communication from TSR to everyone about rules change.
17th September - Rules Changed 17th September - PM about change sent to random users 17th September - Thread asking if others got PM, most say no. Thread deleted 17th September - Thread asking why rules have changed. Thread deleted 20th September - TSR make statement that a different statement will be made "shorty" 24th September - Thread informing people of change posted in Chat. Thread moved to here 24th September - TSR says there is no problem with PM system 27th September - TSR learns there is in fact a problem with PM system
Community Update thread remains un-updated and any questions in the thread have been ignored. Still no official communication from TSR to everyone about rules change.
Community Update thread remains un-updated and any questions in the thread have been ignored. Still no official communication from TSR to everyone about rules change.
This has been done, since you made this post.
It has already been explained that staff availability has affected the communications on this particular development.