Specifically to Drei's recent post concerning potential grooming, the staff believes a number of things need to be said. An accusation this serious holds a LOT of weight -- publicly stating that someone has engaged in such a terrible act is not something to be said lightly, so the user in question will have their name withheld, as the claims made, while a reasonable concern given the conjecture provided by Drei, are seemingly just that: of conjecture. If further evidence comes to light, action will be taken extremely swiftly and everyone here will absolutely know what happened, but not a second sooner, and I hold the staff as a whole to not disclose any details and potentially mar the reputation of the member in question with no proof at hand.
This course of action may be seen as some as protecting a potential groomer, which is an understandable view. However, the entire moderation staff has reviewed the claim individually and discussed the matter with Drei himself, and at this time we simply cannot say that there is enough there to act upon or even do much more than keep an eye on potential developments.
The staff as a whole do not want to throw anyone's reputation under the bus for what is, at the moment, largely an assumption made by a member. This is not to underplay the gravity of even an inkling of a potential groomer being at hand, quite the contrary. If the staff were to take action and publicly out someone for an unsubstantiated claim of this variety, it opens the floodgates for any members to simply discredit anyone they dislike by publicly creating controversy surrounding them with no solid ground. And in an environment where that is possible, such claims will lose their merit as a whole, even if they wind up true in the end. Thus, the malicious party wins out, in a boy who cried wolf type scenario; while the people who have had claims made against them are forever haunted by "wasn't that person a pedophile?" and other such potential falsities. It's not good for anyone.
I implore anyone who is concerned about the actions of any members here to submit such serious reports in private to the staff. Even if it is just a suspicion (Drei's case was as such, which is fine, that was not the issue) it will be considered seriously. The problem is that trying to call attention to a matter like this in public, especially if you add in that it's something you've withheld for years, comes across as somewhat of a stunt. If you are holding onto such a dire issue until it benefits you in a public context, be it the momentum of a discussion, then it suddenly doesn't seem like it was that pressing to you.
Thus, any public announcements of such varieties going forward will be heavily looked down upon and potentially result in moderative action. That is not to say that whatever is said will not be investigated and considered, far from it if the rest of this post did not make it clear, but members should not be able to throw around such heavy ammunition without any regulation and it seems like many who have stepped forward to voice concerns with staff members agree with this notion.
Would have been posted earlier but I wanted to make sure there was indeed a staff consensus on the matter.
This course of action may be seen as some as protecting a potential groomer, which is an understandable view. However, the entire moderation staff has reviewed the claim individually and discussed the matter with Drei himself, and at this time we simply cannot say that there is enough there to act upon or even do much more than keep an eye on potential developments.
The staff as a whole do not want to throw anyone's reputation under the bus for what is, at the moment, largely an assumption made by a member. This is not to underplay the gravity of even an inkling of a potential groomer being at hand, quite the contrary. If the staff were to take action and publicly out someone for an unsubstantiated claim of this variety, it opens the floodgates for any members to simply discredit anyone they dislike by publicly creating controversy surrounding them with no solid ground. And in an environment where that is possible, such claims will lose their merit as a whole, even if they wind up true in the end. Thus, the malicious party wins out, in a boy who cried wolf type scenario; while the people who have had claims made against them are forever haunted by "wasn't that person a pedophile?" and other such potential falsities. It's not good for anyone.
I implore anyone who is concerned about the actions of any members here to submit such serious reports in private to the staff. Even if it is just a suspicion (Drei's case was as such, which is fine, that was not the issue) it will be considered seriously. The problem is that trying to call attention to a matter like this in public, especially if you add in that it's something you've withheld for years, comes across as somewhat of a stunt. If you are holding onto such a dire issue until it benefits you in a public context, be it the momentum of a discussion, then it suddenly doesn't seem like it was that pressing to you.
Thus, any public announcements of such varieties going forward will be heavily looked down upon and potentially result in moderative action. That is not to say that whatever is said will not be investigated and considered, far from it if the rest of this post did not make it clear, but members should not be able to throw around such heavy ammunition without any regulation and it seems like many who have stepped forward to voice concerns with staff members agree with this notion.
Would have been posted earlier but I wanted to make sure there was indeed a staff consensus on the matter.
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