Entering 2026: Community Guidelines & Game Rules

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I am actively reading this forum but feel this discussion is out of my scope as a player.  It seems well above the player.

I value transparency in leadership, and frankly would like a lot more on internal deliberations of the mod/Mgmt team in regards to decisions about rules changes and game features.  Perhaps there is way to incorporate that expectation into the rules you all are making here, so players can understand the reasons decisions that they do not agree with are made, and to see who said what about the decision that led to the decision.

I agree with the positive benefits of transparency and I myself am not against being transparent, current "norm" is that we as a team debate amongst each other and then share our stances and the arguments (that usually come from anyone of us, its commonly quite mixed) that led to this stance, so that we have a "team proposal/opinion" that can easily be put under community scrutiny. Personally I can imagine that we might get lost on changes if we put individual mod/admin opinions/arguments on the board that are each getting debated, but If you have any specific ideas on how to introduce more transparency feel free to share with us, we're happy to hear you out.

I think I would suggest a viewable but like closed forum where players could at least see the discussion would be beneficial for some, me certainly. Again, speaking for myself, I benefit from the discussion rather than the result. I am a person with very strong personal opinions but I am also fairly easily persuaded by a good argument that brings up something I didn't think of that can sway my opinion. I really benefit from those discussions, and it makes it easier to accept the results when it comes out.

I don't suggest that the public be able to comment. I often just would like to know why decisions were made. Having a viewable forum for discussions would resolve that. Also, limited to discussions of policies and game rules. I think disciplinary and corrective discussions should still remain private for the sake of those who are being looked at.