Serious or silly?

[Levian]

As long as they treat everyone the same and don't have double morals, I don't have a problem with it.

[eestlinc]

Fun is verboten!

[Citizen Bleys]

Staff should definitely horse around. Remember when Sean and his RL friends got -faced and went on a spamming spree? That was great. Of course, I would have made a more entertaining rampage, but I'll settle for what I can get.

Fun is what makes the MB worthwhile.

[Leeza]

I take all of my jobs seriously and do them to the best of my ability, whether they're paying jobs or one like this for which I get absolutely no money. This job probably takes up a lot more of my time than my paying job, but I don't mind giving it because I love this site and I want to do my best to keep it a place that is above par in all areas. This means enforcing the rules that are set out for the board and these responsibilites come first; however, some fun is necessary when the time is right for it. All work and no play can get rather boring. However, I don't think that that fun should be something that goes totally against the boards regular policies.

However, there are times with I believe it is absolutely necessary for Staff to be professional. Feedback is one of them. When a member suggests something, especially if they are in some form giving feedback to staff(usually to critique) in a serious manner, than I believe it's necessary to respond in turn.

I agree with you here. Help and Feedback should have total professionalism, but sometimes it's almost impossible to maintain that standard, especially when the main purpose of some of the suggestions and questions really is to just get a flipant response or it's just another whine fest thread in which it is again impossible to please everyone.

[crono_logical]

I like the smilie

[Raistlin]

Yes, it's not that hard to do any of that, but I'm just saying that the ridiculous posts far outnumber the serious posts. It doesn't look like anyone draws a line between what's all in fun or what's just plain useless, you know? In fact, this, in itself, probably won't do that much unless someone critiques a specific matter or something similar.

Oh, I could. I definitely could. But I do not in the interest of peace.

Staffers tend to be chosen because they contribute something special to the community, and shouldn't have to change the way they act simply because they've got a new title under their name.

Definitely, but there's certain expectations towards staff. As a regular member, I feel no restraints in my interactions with other members. I don't bother trying to restrain myself, and if I go over the line, I'll hear about it from Staff, and know not to continue down that path anymore. However, Staff shouldn't go over that line - they should restrain themselves in the face of the other members. And if they don't, Cid should hear about it, and that's much more serious than if a simple ol' regular member did something wrong.
To put it simply: a staffer flaming is a much more serious offence than a regular member flaming someone.

[Del Murder]

What do you mean by 'restrain yourself'?

[eestlinc]

he means that I can touch you, but if you touch me back then its news!

[Yamaneko]

Staff should definitely horse around. Remember when Sean and his RL friends got -faced and went on a spamming spree? That was great. Of course, I would have made a more entertaining rampage, but I'll settle for what I can get.

Fun is what makes the MB worthwhile.

I agree with this. Having fun and trying to include everyone in that, has a better effet on the community than trying to enforce the rules.

[Del Murder]

I agree with the part that Bleys would have made a more entertaining rampage.

[Raistlin]

What do you mean by 'restrain yourself'?

I mean by not patronizing members, not cussing out members, not getting into fights with members, not blowing off stupid suggestions(you know all the stupid stuff you guys deal with here in Feedback? Multiply that by ten and you get what I have to deal with at tGA, so I'm speaking from experience here), and the like.

[Yamaneko]

Most of the stuff we blow off here is dumb. I liked Feedback when there was one or two active threads in it, not nine or ten about the dumbest requests ever.

[Raistlin]

That doesn't mean you have to say "this is dumb." You can take the extra two seconds of thought to instead type, "I don't see why this is necessary" or something similarly non-derogatory.

[edczxcvbnm]

The rules of the board should tell the admins and mods how to act. The more rules there are the less fun mods can have. It is their job to uphold the rules and follow them better than anyone else.

[Raistlin]

I <3 you, edcjgkhklgknvinfxcnvbnm.