What is a Monitor?
And what does s/he do?

DeafChat Monitors are here to make sure that people of all ages, races, religions, genders, national origin, and sexual orientation have a safe, harassment-free place to discuss Deaf issues and recent events, meet new friends, and just have fun! To accomplish this, DeafChat has established rules of behavior and a team of Monitors to help enforce them.

Disagreements and bad behavior disrupt the enjoyment of the chatrooms for other visitors. Monitors are here to make sure the DeafChat rules are followed to ensure an enjoyable, respectful, and harassment-free experience for all. If a visitor persists in breaking the Chat Rules, a Monitor may choose to temporarily or permanently disconnect the troublemaker.

DeafChat Monitors are not employed by DeafChat, but are volunteers who dedicate their time to our online community. Monitors are regular people, from all parts of the globe. They are familiar with the chatrooms and how they operate. They can answer questions regarding the many features and options available here. This may include guiding visitors to various parts of the site for rules, options, and further information. Monitors also help new visitors navigate the DeafChat site.

A Monitor cannot see what is taking place in private-chat sessions, and they cannot be in all places at all times. If you need the assistance of a Monitor, please be patient, as they may be assisting someone in another room. Monitors will not take sides in personal disputes, but will request that the dispute be taken to private chat (“PC”), or that the people arguing put each other on “ignore.”

Monitors share information with each other regarding problems and situations they encounter during their on-duty time on DeafChat. So they do compare notes about troublemakers, and warn each other about potential problems and troublesome situations.

If you feel that a Monitor may have acted inappropriately, please report it.