Hi iFoneProMaxPlusUltra,
First, welcome to the forum. Feedback like this is important, so I’m writing here to make sure it’s clear that feedback is being heard.
I agree with your argument that moderation is problematic. We’ve been working on this, and we’re not even close to done.
Recently, we introduced a moderation plugin that lets our moderators kick and ban across servers without being on the server. Currently in development are various features for helping players moderate their sessions, such as the option to easily “hide” other players (no tab+delete needed, rejoin doesn’t break it, etc.). We’re also working on various features to let users moderate what they see in game, and we are working on tracking down guest account abuse. The idea to just remove guests has been discussed for hours on end, and will likely not happen anytime soon, but is certainly an option if nothing else works out.
I’m going off the wonderful HN rule of “respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that’s easier to criticize, and assume good faith”, so when you say
you guys care more about chat moderation and kicking others for fun
I’m assuming you’re talking about instances where people are kicked from official servers, or banned from official servers, for violating rules, but particularly in mild or unfair cases? If you or anyone observes moderation behavior that is problematic, please report it to us. You can do so easily on discord or via DM to one of the admins on this forum.
That all said, I want to emphasize that this project is open source, and driven by the community. Anyone can add features to our code on GitHub, for example to help add more moderation features (like vote kicks, for example). We’re all volunteers, and you, and anyone who wants to, is free to apply to join the team here or help on the coding side on the GitHub linked earlier.
Further, we try to make this information public, for example in our 2024 Statement: https://forum.beammp.com/t/project-update-statement-for-2024, and we’re trying to communicate more.
Thanks for your feedback, and I hope this gave some insight into what we’re doing to fix these problems. I’m also always open to chat if anyone shoots me a DM, here or on Discord.
Lion