by 0xd5e9ef1cedad0d135d543d286a2c190b16cbb89e (DougNFTWorld)
For the purpose of this poll, we are comparing:
Existing Official DAO discord: https://discord.com/channels/894658869391933540
New Unofficial DAO discord: https://discord.gg/mMkUGZ5V8s
Problem:
The Official Decentraland DAO discord runs great events but the channel chats are consumed with toxicity. We see the same content from the same individuals continuously. The system isn’t working. The mod in there (kanwulf) has strong prior experience in moderation but has limited authority from DCL management team. Also, there are many problems with the tool being used to facilitate mutes:
- 7 day mutes can be converted to 24 hour mutes by the muted individual
- Alt accounts can be used to submit votes
- The vote counts are inconsistent between users, and even between page reloads for myself personally
- There is no transparency in the data (we are told there are x votes of each choice as of a specific time and date but no backend data to support it)
- Muted individuals go right back to their previous behavior once the mute is lifted, leading to an endless cycle of personal attacks, name calling, and harassment by the same individuals continuously
As a result, the content of the server is not as productive as it could be if it were moderated more strictly similar to most other discord servers. Valuable community members withhold their participation in the discussions either out of disinterest in the immature and unproductive content, or for fear of becoming a target themselves.
At the root of the problem is a system that is broken which has been chosen by a select few individuals behind the scenes with very little transparency. Key community members have all but begged for bigger changes to be made for enforcing the rules of the server but the behind-the-scenes decision makers continue to govern the server with policies that favor the toxic individuals.
Solution:
I would like to gauge interest from the community in creation of an Unofficial DCL DAO discord that would be enforced more strictly. The same rules apply, but with less tolerance, especially from repeat offenders.
Key differences in this server include:
- Stricter enforcement of the rules by mods with complete authority - not community votes through a clunky tool (such as that which the official server uses)
- Consequences shall be applied to toxic individuals directly, rather than being shared by the community. For example, Slowmode will not be used. The voice of the community at large shall not be limited due to toxic behavior from a few individuals
- Alt accounts will be limited. To enforce this, users who join the server with accounts created less than 2 weeks prior will be autobanned. Valid brand new users may rejoin after the 2 week period. Inactive users will be purged (criteria for this may change periodically to limit abuse by bad actors). Of course, even with all this and other measures, there is no sure way to prevent determined users from using alt accounts on Discord, so alt accounts shall not be banned outright. As long as the content posted from any account adheres to the rules and meets a standard of productivity, it doesn’t matter which account its posted from anyway as long as the user has good intentions. If someone has a valid personal reason and is willing to expend the extra effort to switch between accounts to post valuable content with good intentions, then so be it. However, abuse will not be tolerated (such as using alt accounts to agree with themselves, or push their own agenda).
- Feedback from the community will be incorporated in a more transparent manner
In addition to offering a safer and more productive environment to facilitate DAO discussion, the Unofficial DCL DAO discord may also offer additional in-world meetup events, community exposure opportunities, and other utility outside of what is currently provided in the Official Decentraland DAO discord.
If you would like to see the server in action before casting your vote, please feel free to pop in and see if this is something you can get behind:
https://discord.gg/mMkUGZ5V8s
Additional thoughts and ideas are welcome below!
- Yes
- No
- Invalid question/options