Timeline for The new moderator agreement is now live for moderators to accept across the network
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| Jul 24, 2020 at 7:31 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | If any mod thought this "do as we say" rule, written or not, had not been in effect since day one they were mistaken. In all reality it is also self-understood. It would also be self-understood if the company were mod-owned: There must be means to take the privileges away from rogue mods. How this is used and handled practically (if at all) is a separate question. In Monica's case it was dramatically mishandled, but afaics that was an aberration. | |
| Jul 14, 2020 at 23:50 | comment | added | sth | "accept guidance" simply means to do as you are told. As you explain, if it meant anything different there wouldn't be a point to add that to the moderator agreement. | |
| Jul 13, 2020 at 18:03 | comment | added | ChrisW | @Pleasestopbeingevil It can be useful to have a policy in writing, before enforcing it. E.g. I usually invite a user to read the CoC before (not when or after) I suspend their account. | |
| Jul 12, 2020 at 17:10 | comment | added | Please stop being evil | @MadScientist While a certain amount of drama may continue to happen, having a codified rule they can point to and say "See? It's not arbitrary, Monica broke the Moderator Agreement. That's where we put important things like not doing hate speech and not illegally stealing user information!" is designed to and will dampen public protest to continued unethical behavior by the company. | |
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| Jul 10, 2020 at 21:14 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | @ChristianRau They can always override the mods if they want to, they own the site. The only thing this clause achieves is to tempt someone higher up that doesn't know better to actually use that power. But no matter what is in the agreement, this is unlikely to end well, especially after recent events. If SE overrides mods in some aspect that actually matters, it is likely to lead to a serious amount of drama no matter if the mod agreement allows that or not. | |
| Jul 10, 2020 at 13:31 | comment | added | Christian Rau | The fuzzy wording is simply to soften the blow, but it's clear the intention is a lot less soft than its words suggest, however these will align in actual practice, though. | |
| Jul 10, 2020 at 13:30 | comment | added | Christian Rau |
I'm afraid this is, however, the primary rule that motivated a rework of the agreement. It is the one that is supposed to rein in the "rogue" moderators and to give the now distrusted (and possibly disrespected) SE employees more authority over them. A prime example of such a situation would be the (now aptly mod-agreement-policy tagged) featured debacle. SE can't afford SO moderators disobeying them. So this would likely be the last rule to get dropped, as without it there wouldn't need to be a new moderator agreement (from SE's point of view). It is codifying the command hierarchy.
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| Jul 10, 2020 at 7:13 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 10, 2020 at 6:20 | history | answered | Mad Scientist | CC BY-SA 4.0 |