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Faith

Hi all,

It has come to the attention of the CMods that this forum hasn’t had as much moderation as it could have done in recent times. As a result, tensions between groups have escalated, and lots of people feel like the “other side” are being awful people and that they’re getting away with all sorts.

This forum deals with some contentious issues that can cause inflamed responses and upset feelings. We recognise that more hands-on moderation is needed, along with updates to the charter.

Currently, we are discussing this behind the scenes and working to figure out how to improve things. We are reworking the charter and seeking new moderators. This takes time, and we ask for your patience while we do it.

In the meantime, the Soc CMods will step in to moderate the forum, specifically myself and Dizzyblonde. We aren’t regulars here and we are finding our feet, so we ask that you bear that in mind. We have no allegiance to one “side” or another, so we will moderate as we always have - when we deem that a rule has been broken, we will act on it.

You may feel that we are selective in what we act on, but I assure we are not. We weigh everything up carefully in determining whether it breaks the forum or site rules. We will not discuss our moderating decisions about anyone’s posts except with the person who’s post it is, so please don’t ask. Please continue to report posts that you think are problematic but remember that, just because you don’t see any action taken, doesn’t mean that there wasn’t.

Once we have any further updates to share, we will post on the forum to let you know.