r/Glasgow Tools

> Also keeping in mind that, I assume, the mods are doing this voluntarily and may have jobs, families, etc that will, rightfully, take priority over the sub.

I was a mod for one of the largest independent online gaming communities for four years. It is a huge personal commitment. Modding posted chat in forums was the easiest part, because you have attributable written words. The hardest part was dealing with the ingame cyberbullying which is of course not a concern here.

We had several "zones", one per shard per game. The shard communities which didn't last were those where base standards of decency were not kept. Like when smashed windows don#t get fixed or graffiti doesn't get cleaned and a community goes downhill. People were allowed to be dicks to each other, but there is a line and we all know what that line is. If a line was crossed we would pull them up. Ultimately we banned surprisingly few people. In those shards where we did not have this base level of acceptable behaviour, or the admins just didn't apply it. The community usually turned toxic, shrank and folded, because the vast majority of people who know how to behave simply would not spend their time there.

u/Veloglasgow asked for suggestions to welcome new users or improve the sub. A noble endeavour which I applaud. I gave my opinion that the permacuntish behavior of a small but vocal view is toxic and damaging to the overall health of the community itself. Nobody appointed me a guru but opinions were sought. So now that's up to them to take it or leave it.