01-15-2019, 12:49 PM
When your avatar is jailed, it prevents all the characters on your account from going anywhere but the jail yard and interior for the next 60 minutes at most (and while someone could just go offline for any or all of those 60 minutes, that's not a bad side effect). They are also forced into an orange shirt and pants for the duration, along with a "#" icon on their profile and with their name as they walk. Any jailing will come with a report to document it, so they will get an explanation, if not a direct statement from a mod. While I was generally willing to jail people who just were curious and also aware of the restrictions, not every mod will.
The only problem with a PM mute is that the people who generally deserve that ought to just be banned. When it gets down to it, chatting is 90% of MnF Club. And if someone's consistently proven they can't communicate safely with people even in private, they've proven they shouldn't stay on MnF Club. However, I'd be totally in favor of a new mod power to mute someone in public chat for some period of time, as while a jailing will generally settle Wild West or Lagoon Beach (and provide some edginess to the edgy Southern MnF), I can think of situations where mutes can be useful.
Finally, a bit of clarification. If you think someone is doing something they shouldn't, report them. The worst case is that the report gets declined. But even then, declined reports are NOT deleted and can be used to support future warnings or bans. So either way, you're still helping keep MnF Club safe.
The only problem with a PM mute is that the people who generally deserve that ought to just be banned. When it gets down to it, chatting is 90% of MnF Club. And if someone's consistently proven they can't communicate safely with people even in private, they've proven they shouldn't stay on MnF Club. However, I'd be totally in favor of a new mod power to mute someone in public chat for some period of time, as while a jailing will generally settle Wild West or Lagoon Beach (and provide some edginess to the edgy Southern MnF), I can think of situations where mutes can be useful.
Finally, a bit of clarification. If you think someone is doing something they shouldn't, report them. The worst case is that the report gets declined. But even then, declined reports are NOT deleted and can be used to support future warnings or bans. So either way, you're still helping keep MnF Club safe.