The moderation team has a few updates that we would like to bring to your attention. The first is the creation of the Tengaged Advisory Council and the rest are rule changes that are upcoming.
TENGAGED ADVISORY COUNCIL
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A few weeks ago, the moderation team asked for those who were interested in serving on an advisory council to submit applications for the positions. Since that time, the moderation team (myself, koolness234 & CheapCheep) has chosen 8 individuals to help serve in these roles. These users are:
There were a number of qualified applicants, and some that we can definitely see serving in this role in the future. Our expectation at this time is that the council will likely be rotational, and the users listed above will not be permanent members. However, this is a new concept to us as well, so more information will be flushed out in time. I understand a few users may be upset about not being chosen for the advisory council, but rest assured that those who continually express interest in helping out will certainly be considered in future opportunities. We appreciate you. These candidates were chosen based on the quality of their application, the degree of which we thought they'd bring a different opinion than that of moderation, and their previous reputations/involvement in the general Tengaged community.
Essentially, the role of the council is to advise the moderation team on specific areas of Tengaged that we deem necessary to consult with the community about. When an issue arises, a discussion will occur in the Tengaged Advisory Council's Discord Server. Typically, the thread will outline the scenario we are facing or the rule we are trying to refine, and what we are looking for from the council. We expect that all council members will remain active and contribute meaningfully often. Council members have also been given the ability to delete blogs and have been informed that this is only to be used in situations that have been approved by moderation.
In the name of transparency, decisions made by the Advisory Council will be released. However, the overall discussion will be kept confidential. A moderator will sum up the key discussion pieces each time, but will keep the names of the council member who brought each thing up out.
The council has been established for approximately a week. We did not announce it until now due to the activity during Stars: Winners at War. However, the council has been hard at work discussing these 3 topics: design rules, refining harassment rules, and strategies to limit inappropriate conduct with minors/pedophilia. In the coming days, more will be announced regarding these discussions.
Cry baby Calvin on this list is hilarious. He filters anyone who even attempts to cross him. Brandon you are by far one of the biggest dumbasses I have ever met lol.
Daniel (I think that鈥檚 his name) seems somewhat petty at times, so it should be interesting to see any bias that may come from him. Great picks aside from that, though!
I tried to bring up the fact that Xx_Legend_xX (EyooMarcus) still isn't banned multiple times, and if those 8 people don't notice it either then idk what to say.
I can definitely recognize the lack of diversity on the council (namely in relation to the lack of POC representation). However, the number of applicants we received from people who the team actively knew would fall into that category was minimal at best. That probably speaks to a larger issue in general, but I have just brought this concern up with the mod team, so I'll keep y'all updated.
NGL kinda loving this group. Feel like this is just going to continue to take tengaged into a more positive direction. Our mods continue to do such an amazing job brandonpinzukoolness234cheapcheep 鉂わ笍馃挄 thanks for all your hard work
brandonpinzu yeahhhhh but were there any BR or ES users who applied because theres not even one of them on a council where they make up like 20% of the site at least
Thank you brandonpinzu for recognizing the need to have equal BIPOC representation on the council. Users seeing this as a priority and a need for the council may spark more interested BIPOC candidates to apply in the future as well :) I can think of many that would serve TG well and hope they consider.
Absolutely disgraceful you have included a bully in survivorfan37 in this. Fancy having a disgusting person like him helping you out. There is another person that did raise my eyebrows. Shocking!