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Thank you for your over 200 responses to our PF Betterment survey. They contained valuable feedback that will improve your experience here. I have started to organize feedback and the staff has begun to discuss important or commonly expressed feedback. To return the favor of your feedback we decided to give a public response regarding our discussion on an issue if we feel it will be helpful. This thread will remain closed for comments to remain efficient. Feel free to create a new thread in feedback with your question or comment. Here we go!
Issue #1: Community Civility and Reporting
Overall
Physics Forums must be grounded in civility. We have members from across the globe, guests from literally every nation on earth, ages spanning 8+ decades, with expertise in dozens of fields and we all must act civil to each other. We don't have to agree or even like each other, but we must act civil. Going forward staff will be acting more often on behavior that is unfriendly and unwelcoming. PF must be a force for good. We're in this together. Below is a reminder of our values. Remember them every time you post.
We Value Quality
• Topics based on mainstream science
• Proper English grammar and correct spelling
We Value Civility
• Positive and compassionate attitudes
• Patience and diplomacy while debating
We Value Productivity
• Disciplined to remain on-topic
• Honest recognition of own weaknesses
• Solo and cooperative problem solving
Reporting
We've had some confusion on the purpose of the report link available under each post. PF averages hundreds of posts a day and PF staff consists of only about 20 members. We work incredibly hard, but we can't review all posts. We encourage members to click the report link for a post/thread that they feel should be looked at. This can be for any number of reasons. It's just a way to notify us to take a look. Being part of a community means you help take responsibility for it. It's no different than the communities you are apart of in the real world. In the real world if you see an issue you let someone know. Again it's not only about reporting bad behavior. It could be a broken image, a poor thread title, garbled formatting, anything you think staff should know about so we can take a look. Take pride and ownership in our community. Lastly if there is bad behavior or a post that gets you riled up we ask you not douse more fuel to the fire by replying in a less than civil manner. It's best to report and walk away. Let us handle it
That's it for the first issue. I will be back in a few days with the next one.
Issue #1: Community Civility and Reporting
Overall
Physics Forums must be grounded in civility. We have members from across the globe, guests from literally every nation on earth, ages spanning 8+ decades, with expertise in dozens of fields and we all must act civil to each other. We don't have to agree or even like each other, but we must act civil. Going forward staff will be acting more often on behavior that is unfriendly and unwelcoming. PF must be a force for good. We're in this together. Below is a reminder of our values. Remember them every time you post.
We Value Quality
• Topics based on mainstream science
• Proper English grammar and correct spelling
We Value Civility
• Positive and compassionate attitudes
• Patience and diplomacy while debating
We Value Productivity
• Disciplined to remain on-topic
• Honest recognition of own weaknesses
• Solo and cooperative problem solving
Reporting
We've had some confusion on the purpose of the report link available under each post. PF averages hundreds of posts a day and PF staff consists of only about 20 members. We work incredibly hard, but we can't review all posts. We encourage members to click the report link for a post/thread that they feel should be looked at. This can be for any number of reasons. It's just a way to notify us to take a look. Being part of a community means you help take responsibility for it. It's no different than the communities you are apart of in the real world. In the real world if you see an issue you let someone know. Again it's not only about reporting bad behavior. It could be a broken image, a poor thread title, garbled formatting, anything you think staff should know about so we can take a look. Take pride and ownership in our community. Lastly if there is bad behavior or a post that gets you riled up we ask you not douse more fuel to the fire by replying in a less than civil manner. It's best to report and walk away. Let us handle it
That's it for the first issue. I will be back in a few days with the next one.
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