Member/Mod Middleman - Page 3

August 4, 2007, 11:36 PM

Well on one hand it's not really Darkblade's duty to patrol from topic to topic. Upon request he does make changes in the ACP or have people with specialties in coding or whatnot make them for him. But although this is his site and he does own it, often times he simply just makes sure that the people and applications he's put in place to run the site correctly are working properly. In other words, he seems to have taken more of a supervisory role. And that's not to say he doesn't do anything, he does... a lot. He oversees this whole damn site... but a lot of the time he orchestrates what occurs here, not actually affects it hands on.

Secondly, there are a lot of these topics that moderators, admins, and DB do read through but don't reply to. I'm sure you either haven't seen them reading the topics or they are invisible.

August 4, 2007, 11:45 PM

So going by that judgement, DB is merely a Tech Admin, as is Belazor and that leaves BustaMo as our sole Admin, without full ACP access? I'm sure it's obvious where the problem lies there. And even if that isn't true, DB has been AWOL for several weeks now. I'm actually concerned for the well being of this site, and I think that if the Site Owner doesn't even bother to tell staff that he isn't going to be active, then there's severe problems within the ranks.

And I'm sure that staff do read these threads, in fact I'm positive of it, given that the majority of the time they bother posting. It's worrying that no matter how simple a suggestion is, and how little time it takes for it to be implemented, more often than not, nothing actually happens.

Obviously, the suggestion of a middleman or men would kick the staff into action to get something done.

But I have to ask; why do you have a problem with a person, or people, being given the power to tell the mods what the member populace wants?

August 5, 2007, 12:10 AM

As far as your comment about Darkblade, that's completely wrong. He is the owner of the site. It is his money, his resources, his blood, sweat, and tears that go into making this site run. Your allowed to dislike him or his policies but he is ultimately the owner of the site. He is the boss, period. So please don't downplay his role on here because he is the one who really does make all the changes you guys are begging for right now... so it's probably not in your best interest to bitch about him, eh?

As for the last part of your post, I do believe I said I was on the fence... and that I would rather just have those type of suggestions either made in this forum or via PM.

August 5, 2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Aztec Triogal

I'm not sure that's really necessary considering that we have this forum. Not to mention it's not like mods are really different from members other than a few key details. We still talk to members just as we would if we were one ourselves.

Not exactly 'on the fence.'

I'm not undermining DB here. I understand perfectly that he is the owner of the forum. But the way you described it, suggested that he is does the same duties as a Tech Admin. Which we already have.

My Character Profiles · August 5, 2007, 2:44 AM

My, my! I think this is a wonderful idea! Considering that 70% of the members tend to have a personal agenda against at least 1 of the staff members; there's always some tension that ensues from mod-member interaction. Allowing the members to elect a team of middle-men would give them a fair choice. Let the members negotiate with a person who they actually LIKE and RESPECT.

You can't force everyone to like the staff, it'll never happen. =x

August 5, 2007, 7:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Aztec Triogal

As for the last part of your post, I do believe I said I was on the fence... and that I would rather just have those type of suggestions either made in this forum or via PM.

In my expererience, it's real nice to have the Webmaster/Owner person around the site. Most of them sit back, give the FTP and ACP to the staff and make munnies off their site and rarely login.

As Pooley said, we're not undermining him, but he hasn't been active to post anything in ages and that he does preform the duties of a Tech Admin. It's not that we're ungrateful for the features added to the site, but it'd be nice if he wasn't such a stranger in his own domain.

August 5, 2007, 8:36 AM

It seems from your posts Aztec that you're downplaying DB's role on this forum more than Pooley is by saying that he's taken on a more supervisory role nowadays. But Pooley has brought up a valid concern for the forums about why doesn't the other Admin have ACP access when DB is away. With more people with that power then we don't have to rely on one person and small changes can be made quicker and smoother.

August 5, 2007, 10:13 AM

I agree with Rhea.
All members dont suspect the staff of listioning to their complaints. So maybe having the members pick three or so members they believe is the most respected, and likely to get stuff done for them is a good idea. The only way I see this causeing drama is if the staff ignore them therefore ignoreing what the members want as a whole. And that there would be a problem in it self.
It won't hurt to try it out.
Edit wrong thread someone move to thread about adding a middle men, please
kthx.

August 5, 2007, 2:49 PM

Just to stray away from the subject at hand here, but in light of all these Drama threads popping up everywhere i think that a Member/Mod middleman would be perfect, as the middleman could take these complaints directly to the mods without having to get everyone involved...