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Please make clear in a chat room when a user is a moderator and consider a CoC

The idea is to be able to distinguish at first look when a user is a moderator.

This should avoid problems like being me shadow banned yesterday for remember a moderator that chess is a gentleman's game and you don't have to be rude or disrespect others. Its reaction was remember me that who he was, and then threat me with being banned while he was being rude with another user that I suspect also didn't know that he was a mod. I didn't like that behaviour, and I don't like threats, so I got hot and send him to f... himself.

Another user advice me to be quite, because he could me "silence me", really?

Sorry, but I'm a sysadmin with more than 30 years of experience and I don't like abuse of power, as more power you have more humble you should be. I don't want to blame anyone in particular (he gave excuses like he has problems or something like that, I don't care), but I think that a Code of Conduct (a trending fashion in programmers communities now) should be made for all the users and mod/admins. If a growing community like this, allow this behaviour, people can run away from it easily... I thought of leaving myself, but you have the best site of the net for chess, and I like it, I think that these things can be avoided soon and make of this site a proud for everyone of us.

Thanks!

P.S. As I said, I got hot too, so I don't want to search any revenge, I wasn't a example myself, I only think that a Code of Conduct should be considered.
The problem with this is that trolls/troublemakers would see if there is a moderator around before deciding what to do - if there is one in the chat room, they'll keep quiet, if not, they run riot - this will make it harder to catch them and take action against them.
You have a point, well the Code of Conduct if still a valid one and I should be for all of us, even moderators and admins, and paid the consequences when its breached.
mens_fugit, yes, you are right. Some moderators here think that they can call people cowards without valid proofs, and then they close my topics when I criticize them for this. But the main point is, that while they object me for being persistent, they don't accept their own guilt.
Here is a quote of one very good player:
"however I do not play there anymore, with free sites often you get some abusive admins, - once I was character assassinated in their forums by an admin, and once I was permanently muted in chat (behind stages) - me going several weeks like that before I realized that I was writing chat messages to void, - didn't troll, spam or call names that I know of (guess I beat the 'wrong admin' in some game), so I just don't play there anymore".

So, this site is the best in its chess part, but some moderators here are very impolite and dictators in community part. Which think that only they are right.
That would very sad if we allow that this excellent site and this community turn out like that... that's the reason why I prefer to adopt a CoC instead of going after some particular people, to make community instead of divide it.

Nobody should be more than other only because they are best players or because they are moderators/admins.
#1, I dug through the logs, are you referring to http://en.lichess.org/tournament/FOjFvq7W ? That person is absolutely not a moderator.

To know who a moderator is, look for the eye icon on their profiles like @GnarlyGoat for instance. If a moderator acted like that, well, they wouldn't be a mod! #4, you are rather taking that out of context in my opinion, and the comparison to #1 does not apply, since the guy calling mens_fugit all those horrible things was not a mod.

We do have an expanded code of conduct in the works as part of our new terms of service. The terms of service (which many people don't read unfortunately) right now actually include some statements on how you are expected to conduct yourself, though they could be more well-defined.
As Hellball said, I don't think any moderator here would ban you for telling them to go fuck themselves, but I do think you'd get a warning for it. As a SysAdmin for 30 years, you'd be expected to know how to conduct yourself - and that goes for everyone using the site. There is a level of maturity which is just expected, and you should not be reliant on a Code of Conduct for that.

That said, there is a ToS where, as Hellball said, some conduct related items are mentioned. Again, as he mentioned, we're in the process of expanding this more fully, but as we're volunteer ran, it can be difficult to find the time.

I also agree with #2's point. A certain level of civility should just be expected from a user base. The community makes a community, not the moderators.

As to #4, he is hardly neutral in the proceedings, and I know exactly who he is referring to - a user who racially abused one of our moderators and harassed him for months, as well as sending death threats. That user unfortunately suffered from mental illness, and he was lucky we knew that, otherwise we may have contacted the authorities.
Hey man I have a question.

If someone harasses me, can I harass them back? I hate that I have to adopt a passive attitude on those cases.

So for example, this guy "mens_fugit" wrote "gfy" and some other things, but the other guy harassed him first.
So, what do you do to him(mens_fugit)?
Problematic users are a bigger problem than problematic moderators both in existence and impact. You can help resolve both by (respectively) reporting the misbehaving users with the report form ( lichess.org/report/list ) and writing to us via the contact gmail address (Please note that it's easier to take action when you present more information and don't show an outrageous attitude).

There are plans in the road for implementing a unique display for moderators. There are however several concerns like it may become too intrusive (like the chess.com staff icon). Maybe something like this: https://i.imgur.com/7Vi61FI.png

There is a code of conduct, at http://ja.lichess.org/terms-of-service -
And it applies to BOTH users AND moderators. I don't think it's as likely for a moderator to threaten you like that, as they have a LOT to lose when they're caught. But you should definitely seek attention and let the Lichess authority handle it.
#8: Targeted insults are unacceptable, but the moderator in judgement might score you an empathy point or two when it's the case that you were provoked. In all cases I recommend being the bigger man, reporting behind him, and smile politely while awaiting for his inevitable fate of having an anvil dropped onto his head from several miles above. Responding with something unconstructive like insulting or "reported" might make you feel better but it wastes your time and doesn't achieve anything.

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