Yesterday was hectic for us. New rules were introduced without giving the mods much instruction, which caused alot of the problems. People didnt understand why we were locking topics, and we couldn't keep up with the rage posts
Doesn't that tell you something? Your maybe going a little too overboard? If you weren't given too much instructions and you felt a little stressed from all the locking, take a damn break! Community wont take your precious little title if your unsure about something.
This was my fault rather than the moderators. I underestimated quite how the new rules would go down, and the kind of response they would get.
In future what I plan to do is discuss any changes of the rules with the moderators, ensure they are fully up to speed with them, and then introduce them to the community at large. This way the moderators will be a bit more clued up and can answer any questions put to them a bit easier.
This is the first time that I have introduced such rules to the forum, and it has been as much of a learning experience for me as the moderators. Hopefully going forward things will be much smoother.