Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-25936766-20180609024117/@comment-4403232-20180609035341

Alright, so as stated by SYUTK, I've reduced the ban lengths a bit for both users involved in this.

Regarding the mexican food at a gas station comment, Kami misinterpreted it as being a racially insensitive joke, and then explained why he thought it was one, and that he was unaware that Ark actually worked at a gas station. Kami stepped back from his warning after having this explained to him.

Regarding the bans later given. A lack of moderator presence as a whole due to our team being smaller than ideal caused us to not be active and ready as the situation unfolded. SYUTK and Kaiser engaged in unsavory banter towards each other, mainly as jest, but there were still some comments that shouldn't have really been said on both sides. SYUTK requested his ban to be appealed and after my investigation and consideration, I lowered the bans from a week for SYUTK (this length was due to his previous ban being 3 days) to 3 days to match his last ban, and lowered Kaiser's from 1 day to 2 hours.

Now for the matter of the nomination for Kami's removal itself. The two main points in this nomination are the warning he gave, and then the bans he gave. He stepped back from his warning after the situation and context was explained to him. The bans he gave were longer than I would have put, and I've lowered them after an appeal. These two actions personally do not merit a removal of rights in my opinion, so I'm going to vote in opposition. This could have been handled better, yes, but I don't feel as it were a violation strong enough for me to recommend his removal.

Another point made is that Kami was being too sensitive towards jokes. I can't speak for Kami regarding this, nor am I defending him in particular directly, but I'd like to make a comment regarding the situation of the Discord. We have gotten feedback from users that we are both too strict towards users, and that we are not strict enough towards users. In addition, several staff members feel that we have a moderator team that's too small. We've lost a few moderators since the switch to Discord, but neither staff nor community members have identified potential members to nominate since the switch. As a result, the remaining moderators and administrators that perform moderating duties are stretched thin and leave gaps in coverage and slow response times to issues. Again, while I do not mean for this to be an explicit defense for the perception towards Kami, nor am I speaking on his behalf, I feel the chat situation is something that may lead to any moderator's behaviors being less than optimal, or appearing less than optimal by other users.