Quote Originally Posted by Neel With A Hat
I hate to break it to you, Giga, but "Recognized Member" is a way of saying "We appreciate you doing stuff, and we like it, but please don't be consistent, because we don't want you on staff. And we never will". Or at least, that's how it is for me.
Or "we appreciate you having been on staff, and we like you, but please don't do anything ever again, because we don't want you on staff again and we never will." At least, that's how it was for me before they made the Former Staff group.