Hello. I would like to discuss a critical issue concerning our current chat moderator staff lineup. We ask that all chat mods perform their duties in a reasonably active and efficient manner. However, there are four chat moderators that demand attention in violation of one or more directives. They are Livi, Moon, Perlen, and AwesomePeridot.
Livi had run for chat moderator just for the position. This is not speculation - she has admitted to it. During elections, she also made allusion to this on a few posts in the forums, mentioning that she never visits chat much and does not know many people there. We cannot include users into the staff group who only use their responsibilities as a symbol of status. Additionally, she is extremely inactive, and has shown a less than adequate skill level for moderating the chatroom.
Moon has most of the issues that are seen with keeping Livi as a chat moderator. She ran for chat moderator for the sake of being a moderator. A power-wielding user devoid of all responsibiliy. She is also highly inactive, contributing to the general lack of mods we see in chat in recent times.
Perlen has shown to be an inadequate moderator. Though active, his warnings for violations are often unwarranted, as there was no breach of rules to speak of given context. More harm than good is done in these cases, and shows staff untrustworthiness to users, as well as making the chat worse for people engaged. In addition, he often leaves the chat without mods left to back him up, in a rather dangerous case yesterday.
AwesomePeridot, though having come out of toxic behavior and hopefully fixing it, shows nearly identical problems Perlen has. AP has admitted to not reading the rules, despite being a moderator assigned with enforcing said rules. Keeping him as a moderator can prove to be a very costly risk.
I speak on behalf of not only myself, but many of staff and regular users when I suggest that something must be done to said chat moderators in question, be it a huge wakeup call, mandatory training, or what may be necessary, demotion. We have issues moderating the chatroom as it is, and inactivity and ignorance of the rules cannot be tolerated. This is a position that must be treated as something close to a job. We need certainty that our moderators are active and efficient in dealing with any violations of the chat rules and keeping the harmony in the chat.