User blog comment:Bourgeoisie/Why current moderating practices aren't working/@comment-25282327-20150320213502/@comment-5052737-20150321105041

"We have extra rights in order to help benefit the community through maintenance, banning/blocking users to prevent disruption/abuse, managing Requests for Rights, etc. None of those things make us in charge.": Uh, sorry, but if I see a particular set of people doing stuff that all others can't do, it's quite natural to assume that this particular set is "in charge", isn't it? It's a psychological thing. I mean, we even have fancy usernames in chat. How can a new user not assume that we are "in charge"?

"LMBW Committee, Suggestion Forum, petitions, RFR, ArbCom, Community Voting, and finally Community Discussions": Those two were massive failures, in the end. No-one bothered with them. Just saying.

"Now the reforms are almost complete, and the admins are no longer "in charge."": Would be interesting to say that to new users that the admins, who should be the ones "in charge", aren't "in charge". XD