Board Thread:Wiki discussions and announcements/@comment-145064-20140320170332/@comment-4593717-20140320234309

Shaw Fujikawa wrote: I don't doubt the diligence of the chat mods at all, but they're still ultimately a reactive measure. If people know they're being scrutinized, it can dissuade them from doing any damage in the first place.

The Tribunal is a pretty good analogy, now that I think of it. People can cite the mute button as all you need to stop abuse, but as long as people can get that first shot in it's only a bandaid solution.

All due respect, but that's a horrible analogy. The mute button is nothing like in-chat moderation. In-chat moderation removes "the Tribunal" like the mute button, but unlike the mute button, it still ends up with a toxic person removed from the community, just without all the intermediate nonsense of having tons of people peruse through directly incriminating material (which they still might pardon the person regardless of how clearly bannable their offense is).