This page is dedicated to why
we choose to have OPS in Senior-Moments
#SENIOR-MOMENTS
Luverly Judd aka scotiaman
Phylfromoh Patti Pajama Zoey122
betbrancook Itsi-Bitsi
harvene Gramps
An OP is a room OPerator.
An OP in senior-moments is just like everyone else---
a chatter. They just have certain tools at their disposal to enable
them to take care of problems as they arise. Such as a jerk coming
into the room and harassing folks. Or a flooder or hacker coming
in to cause havoc cause it's "fun".
All our OPs came into our room to make friends and have fun
without having to contend with raunchy or ugly behavior.
They found that could happen in our room, and stayed.
Now they've volunteered to help keep it that way :-)
There are a number of things that come up that make having room OPerators desirable. Most of our roomies have made our room their
home because the room is kept free from "problems" for the most part.
In order to accomplish that, there have to be OPs.
Why more than just a couple of OPs?
Because we want our OPs to be able to have a good time too.
We want them to feel they can be in whisper or IM or just
enjoy chatting, like they did before becoming an OP.
If there are more than just a few OPs, usually at least ONE of them is paying attention to what's happening in the room. There are times there isn't an OP at the wheel (afk) so be sure to whisper one if you're having a problem. Just because an OP misses something one day, and doesn't act on it, and a different person does the SAME thing the next day,
and the OP acts on it... doesn't mean they are playing favorites...
it just means they're human.
ANYTIME you're having a problem, feel free to whisper an OP.
If you're not sure who the OPs are, ask in the room or whisper anyone, they'll tell you.
to be helpful, and to maintain a good, "fairly" (lol) clean room!
We all have our strong views regarding politics and religion.
It's ok to talk about either one for a little while, but we prefer that it not dominate
the room. WHY? Because it ALWAYS leads to an argument, or someone insulting someone else. Yes, ALWAYS!
There are rooms in starchat that are dedicated to the 2 topics,
and OPS will strongly recommend that people go there if
they want to get into discussions regarding Politics or Religion.
unwisely choose to bash the GOOD OL' U.S.A.!! TRUST ME!
Some OPs on computers LOG the room. This is mainly because if any problems arise, there's no question about what happened in the open room, should it be needed.
No problems with "who" to believe in a "she said this" ~ "she said that" situation. You'd be surprised at how many times a problem can be quickly cleared up with
looking at the log from the room. Sometimes it's nothing more than someone misreading what another person said.
In the case of a flooder, or someone who has popped in the room to be vulgar, or to advertise porn... STARCHAT sometimes requests a log, and they frown on things if you can't produce one.
OPs CANNOT see your whispers!
The only whispers an OP can see are their own! Just like anyone else!
If you get UNWANTED whispers, let an OP know, and we'll get them to stop.
Nicely of course :-)
It's not something any OP enjoys doing, but is sometimes necessary.
When a nick is just KICKED, they are able to pop right back in the room.
This tool is used when a WARNING is deemed necessary by an OP.
Sometimes all you see is that the nick is kicked, you don't know why.
Usually it comes after the OP has tried to get cooperation in whisper first...
with no luck :-(
An OP will automatically kick a nick for using obscene language or being blatently raunchy. Sometimes a nick is kicked for disrupting the room by being rude or obnoxious, arguing, bickering and roomies and OPs have tried to get the person
to stop, with no luck.
It's pretty much a judgment call, and usually the OPs have patience.
If it's bad enough, the nick may be banned, as it's usually intentional, and we don't want them back. When a nick is banned, usually it's just for 24 hours. If the behavior was bad enough, or if the nick comes back and decides they want to act the same way,
then I may decide to permanently ban the nick.
We do our very best to try to give people chances to modify their behavior to "fit in" with what we want for our room. But sometimes, they just don't "GET IT".
THIS NEXT SECTION IS FOR ADULTS ONLY
with the policies we want enforced in our room
THE MAIN THING IS THAT THIS ISN'T A "JOB"!!!
We want you to have fun as usual in the room, not FLAUNT OUR OPS!
We are just like everyone else, we just have the "tools" to "KEEP" our room "NICE"!
PLEASE DON'T CHANGE!
Flirting and carrying on is super, but if it starts to get too graphic... it's time to ask whoever is involved to please take it to whisper.
USUALLY, the best way to get cooperation is to
"KILL'EM WITH KINDNESS"!
The words that are NEVER acceptable are:
"F" word, pussy, cum, calling someone a Bitch or a slut, etc
PLEASE IMMEDIATELY KICK! Or ban too! Just get them out!
If you just kicked, when the nick pops back in, let them know IN THE ROOM
that they will be banned if the language is used again.
In the case of using the word "pussy, make sure in what context the word is being used. Ask them to not refer to the animal by that word. Same with the use of the word "bitch"---I know you know the difference between saying something referring to a pussy cat, or saying something like "my ex bitched too much
NOTE: The word pussy can also refer to an infection...
ie: the sty on my eye got so pussy I have to go to the Doctor
If you've seen them before, and they've done the same thing, ban them immediately!
Let me know their nick so I can put them on autoban. We don't want them back.
REMINDER: This always pertains to "regulars" and other OPS as well.
NO matter what you're going into someone's whisper for... be nice about it!
Most people cooperate and respond in a nice manner when treated nicely and with respect. Please identify yourself as being an OP the very first thing you say, and always end your statement or request with a thank you.
We need to treat others as we'd like to be treated were we in a room and an OP whispered us because of a room policy we may not be aware of.
OK, let's talk about the word "SHIT"
The first time someone uses it, if it's not repeated, and roomies ignore it. Let it slide.
A lot of the time a roomie will say we spell that chyt or chit. You can too.
As long as it doesn't become a habit, We tend to be better off to let it slide.
Arguing and bickering back and forth is NOT PERMITTED!
That's not what people come in our room to see!
Anyone idle for 3 hours or more will be whispered by an op. If no response they will be kicked with the message to please come back when they want to chat :-)
To welcome new people with open arms...
and to be a source of support when our roomies need it.
We don't want roomies to have the burden of seeing bickering,
foul language or raunchy behavior at any time they enter.
The main RULE: "BE NICE"
We hope this has helped you understand a little better
what our room is about, and WHY WE LOVE OUR OPS!
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