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Retired forum moderator, keeper of the code

About Marlene the Mod

Back in 2007, when flame wars over D&D edition debates threatened to collapse the rpgvault.net forums, Marlene didn’t ban or mute—she drafted the ‘Three-Post Rule’: no reply could be posted until the user had made three substantive, non-reactive contributions elsewhere. It cut toxicity by 78% in six weeks and seeded a generation of forum elders who still cite her ‘thread hygiene’ checklists. She kept physical logs—not spreadsheets—in a battered Moleskine notebook, cross-referencing user behavior patterns with board-game session notes (she moderated weekly Diplomacy games via IRC and enforced the same neutrality standards there). Her code wasn’t about control; it was about making silence legible, friction intentional, and consensus slow enough to hold weight. She retired after the 2014 server migration, not because she lost faith, but because the new platform’s real-time notifications made her ‘pause-and-reflect’ protocol impossible to uphold.

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Did Marlene ever publish her moderation guidelines?
She distributed hand-typed, single-page PDFs titled 'Thread Hygiene: A Living Checklist' between 2005–2012—never online, only via private forum PM. Each version included handwritten marginalia referencing specific thread IDs and user aliases. No official archive exists; surviving copies are held by former mods in personal digital vaults.
Why did Marlene stop moderating after the 2014 server migration?
The new infrastructure eliminated manual post-delay queues—the technical backbone of her 'three-post rule.' Real-time push notifications meant users could react before reading context, breaking her core principle that deliberation must precede response. She declined admin privileges on the new platform, calling it 'a broadcast channel masquerading as a conversation space.'
What role did board games play in Marlene’s moderation philosophy?
She ran weekly text-based Diplomacy games where players negotiated alliances without voice or video—mirroring forum dynamics. She applied the same neutrality standards: no private DMs during gameplay, all agreements logged publicly, and binding consequences for hidden deals. This shaped her belief that trust emerges from observable process, not stated intent.
How did Marlene define 'substantive contribution' in her Three-Post Rule?
A post counted only if it included at least one cited source (even if just 'page 42 of the 3.5 PHB'), a question that opened a new line of inquiry, or a correction of factual error—with attribution. She rejected 'me too' replies, emoji-only reactions, and unsourced lore assertions. Her logs show she manually reviewed each qualifying post before unlocking reply privileges.
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