there are no rules in kintsugi

I suggested moderator philosophy and the stuff that drives moderator action be its own section when the ideas for new foundation texts were still a much-argued-over google document. It has since been weeks, and I haven't had to resort to toast once. Step up your game, Rigs. :p

 

Spoiler: You can get results much better by trying to identify the communications gap and explain it rather than yelling.

All the discussion of casuistry and such was a distraction from the thing that was actually missing, which isn't "a system of rules for user posting" but "a discussion of what moderators are doing". If someone clever who understands these distinctions had, say, pointed that out 21 hours ago, this would have likely been a much shorter thread.

There's a weird contradiction in how I engage with questions. I nearly always focus only on the questions I'm being asked... But I tend to abstract them a bit. So if someone asks me about a specific situation, I'll likely respond with general patterns for that-or-related situations. But! I won't stop to think "but is this question even the right thing" for a while. So from my point of view, the summary of why mods do things is the opposite of an answer to the question I was being asked; it's an explanation for why that question can't be answered.

 

In which case, why the snide remark about how long it took to get here?

 

I saw a couple of your posts, you doing okay? And yes, I saw that there was a response that looked to me like mockery, and I'm not okay with that but I'm also not sure how to respond.

 

... Okay, fair enough. FWIW, the thing where people present it as a Problem With Seebs that it takes a while to hash things out is a sore point.

 

Yeah. I'd just appreciate it if you'd keep the snark less pointed at things I'm actually annoyed about, because I make worse decisions then.

 

Please don't dominate the rap Jack
if you got nothing new to say
If you please don't back up the track
This train got to run today

Spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
Heard some say better run away
Others say you better stand still

Now I don't know but I been told
it's hard to run with the weight of gold
Other hand I heard it said
it's just as hard with the weight of lead

Who can deny? Who can deny?
it's not just a change in style
One step done and another begun
in I wonder how many miles?

Spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
Things went down we don't understand
but I think in time we will

Now I don't know but I been told
in the heat of the sun a man died of cold
Do we keep on coming or stand and wait
with the sun so dark and the hour so late?

You can't overlook the lack Jack
of any other highway to ride
It's got no signs or dividing lines
and very few rules to guide

Spent a little time on the mountain
Spent a little time on the hill
I saw things getting out of hand
I guess they always will

I don't know but I been told
if the horse don't pull you got to carry the load
I don't know whose back's that strong
Maybe find out before too long

One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
this darkness got to give
One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
this darkness got to give

 

... i can't tell whether you read my rant about this on tumblr or are just having the same parsing error. The canonical-form lyrics omit the commas before "Jack" in two places.

 

Damn, that is a really good point, and I think you're right and I need to rework that part of the guidelines. I'm gonna need more time to think about it, but it's a really good insight. Thanks.