Re: Enough is enough
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:58 pm
And responsibility. To be serious for a moment, here:
To anyone wanting to become a moderator or admin of any forum, you might think it's pretty cool to be able to ban people and edit posts and stuff... but really, you shouldn't have to do that. You're there to dissuade members from doing it. As a normal member, you can leave things up to the mods and admins, but as a staff member, you can't just walk away from problems like spam attacks and raids; you have to be there and do everything you can to stop it. It can be quite stressful at times. Especially as the admin -- I have to deal with a lot of things. I mean, we're still getting accounts being made, some of them obviously fake, others, I'm not so sure about. I have to decide whether or not to approve them, which can lead to unpleasantness, as you've seen with Nick.
So... yeah.
To anyone wanting to become a moderator or admin of any forum, you might think it's pretty cool to be able to ban people and edit posts and stuff... but really, you shouldn't have to do that. You're there to dissuade members from doing it. As a normal member, you can leave things up to the mods and admins, but as a staff member, you can't just walk away from problems like spam attacks and raids; you have to be there and do everything you can to stop it. It can be quite stressful at times. Especially as the admin -- I have to deal with a lot of things. I mean, we're still getting accounts being made, some of them obviously fake, others, I'm not so sure about. I have to decide whether or not to approve them, which can lead to unpleasantness, as you've seen with Nick.
So... yeah.