[Discussion] A lore forum Discord chat channel!

[Theodric]

This is the part that you're going to have to convince some of us we want. Some of us are pretty okay with just discussing lore in a side channel of a larger Discord. You get different people who have different takes on lore that way.

If you prefer to stick to a side channel in a larger Discord, then that's fine. This is more intended for those of us who want something a little more focused and less prone to the hostility/excessive fawning that can be found in some of the larger Discord channels.

It's also pretty fun to get to know people who share a fondness for the same hobby a little better. That can't really be done here to a significant degree without risking getting into trouble for going off topic.

To a degree, I can understand the accusation that you seem very invested in automatically being some degree of showrunner; it was brought up a few times that such a server is already set up and sits unused, but in spite of this you set up one you could hold administrator rights for - one might see it as initiative, another might see it as bias. Having a debate over which it really is would be ideally avoided, though; that's just - like - negativity on the tarmac.

Presumably there's a way to ensure that all moderators are on equal footing, perhaps by sharing in administration privileges. I'll confess to wanting to be involved in this project, the degree at which is largely up for debate - but as I said earlier, a lot of people who play FFXIV are prone to flakiness and so I figured I'd take initiative to help get the ball rolling as soon as possible.

In regards to my earlier post, what are your thoughts on my posting on other sites? I really want people to weigh in on that, because so far most of the disagreement stems from accusations of alleged bias - but I've always strove to be civil and to talk things out if problems arise. If I've ever been snippy, it's been after multiple accusations of supporting genocide or some such, which I'd like to think is understandable - and it's never resulted in a breach of the terms of service, so I've never been banned.

Ultimately I feel a moderation panel is for the best. We need to establish some ground rules but we also don't want to just put people in a position of power based solely on popularity. We need some 'grit' - someone who is willing to show tough love if needed, but is tempered by the influence of other moderators on the panel.

So far, most of the concerns raised seem to be in regards to 'bias'. Yet, again, if people take a look through my post history on other sites they should easily be able to see that my 'agree to disagree' approach is consistent.

If people don't like me, specifically, as a person then...that's on them. This is a board that attracted posters from the world over. A lot of us come from completely different cultures and backgrounds. Some speak English as a primary language. Others do not. It just makes sense for 'agree to disagree' to be the default stance. I can't force people to abide by that, of course, though I will stubbornly advocate for it to be embraced.