by Cinnamonipples Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:06 am
Alright so.
This is a serious business post and I'd like people to read it.
Last night (well, in my timezone it was night), some unfortunate stuff took place.
I won't get into too much detail, but long story short, we had some trolls in the chatroom who were being annoying and rather insulting (especially to yaoi fangirls, and, well...I think it's no secret that a lot of us, at least on the forum, like yaoi). It resulted in me having to ban one of them from the chatroom (the rest seemed genuinely interested in Ouran, so for the time being, I let them stay, but if I encounter them again and they're being rude, they're gone. Also, I was a little confused as to who was there to troll and who wasn't, so I only banned the one who'd obviously come to be rude).
I don't think it was anyone from the forum, I know one of them showed up from Cindy's tumblr and the rest of them got invited by that person, but I'd just like to point some things out to you guys, just in case.
I try to be pretty lenient and not control what anyone says on the chatroom or anything. With that, though, I won't tolerate insults to anyone. Same rule applies on the chatroom as on the forums. BE NICE. Don't invite people who are just going to troll it up. Do NOT use any insulting or derogatory terms based on race, sexuality, or gender, unless it is clear to everyone that you are joking and nobody minds. I will not tolerate words like "n*gger" or "f*g". If anyone doesn't like these rules, they can leave.
If you ever come across someone in the chatroom who is being extremely annoying on purpose, or is making you uncomfortable, PLEASE contact me, and I will try my best to fix things. I think I succeeded in setting Cindy's Ouranliveaction tinychat account as a moderator too, so she should have power to ban people. I don't know about Izzy's, I think I tried but I don't know if it's working. Let all three of us know if there's a problem, though, just in case one of us isn't available. I will do my utmost to help you.
I know pretty much everyone on the forum is a good person, so I hope the chatroom can stay fun and happy like the forum.
also I feel really really horrible for having to ban someone, I hope I don't have to do it again. ._.