Treated as "GOD"
- Thread starter Chadook
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I don't think staff members should be treated as "Gods" per se, but treat them with respect. You know what, just treat every member with respect. However, staff members do take on a extra role on the forum to help with its wellbeing, so I think that should be a step up from just being respected.
Andraž Rihtar
Up-and-Coming Sensation
Staff members aren't Gods and therefore they shouldn't be treated as one. They're just normal people so I don't think they deserve any special recognition beyond the fact that they're cool enough to help run the community.
Well in a way they are the god of their own forum. They have absolute power and all that jazz, some even let it go to their head. However, we all know they are just some dude / dude-ette behind a computer screen just like us 😛
Bluezone777
Dinner Team Leader
I wouldn't treat anyone as a god no matter if they were admin, member, or something in between. Yes, they have the power to silence you but you have the power to silence them by sticking to the truth even if it means standing up to them when they are wrong. I recall one instance where an admin demanded they treat him as a god and I disagreed with his policies and he silenced me as a result but others started to speak up and they were silenced and so forth till the staff and co admins turned on him and his ways because he was basically destroying the board as he turned everyone against himself and his forum died as a result.
Respect your leaders but respect the truth more then the people in charge. If they do things you know are wrong then speak up. It's better to be banned for being honest then it is to join the wrong minded through indifference. A good staff member will argue his point through the truth and a bad one will just throw around his mod tools. That's how you know the difference between a good and bad staff member.
Respect your leaders but respect the truth more then the people in charge. If they do things you know are wrong then speak up. It's better to be banned for being honest then it is to join the wrong minded through indifference. A good staff member will argue his point through the truth and a bad one will just throw around his mod tools. That's how you know the difference between a good and bad staff member.
I don't treat anybody in a position of power as gods or goddesses but as human beings who deserve to be treated with respect. Basically, I'm all about: "You give me the respect I deserve and I'll treat you the same way." It's all about treating others the way you want to be treated. No one should be considered as gods or goddesses no matter what their position of power is on a forum. It doesn't matter if they're the owner of the site, a co-owner, a regular admin, or even a moderator. I've always been an advocate of everybody being treated the same way on a forum, regardless of his or her status. I've even heard of simple VIPs (those who pay up to have special features, special forums to themselves, etc.) let even a position like that go to their heads all because they helped the forum admin by donating money to their site. That's wonderful that you helped out in order to keep the forum going, but that's no reason to let it go to your head either.
Absolutely not. Obviously it happens, but for me, when I'm a staff member on a website/forum, I actually feel like I'm below everybody else. I feel like as staff on a forum you are there to serve the members and not the other way around. The most important people on a forum are the members since there are way more of them. I've left different forums because the staff thought they were 'gods' and I hated being apart of it.
It's a bit gimmicky. Plus it starts to eventually create a division. The 'big brother' dynamic is to rather be minimised IMO. Another way, and the way many larger sites work, is to make the moderation less personal and more system based. That way, people do not feel so much rejected and personally slighted when they are pulled up over some action.
Everyone is a member, including the staff on there. Treat everyone with respect and you're good to go. I think with being staff it's harder to gain respect because you're always banning people or giving out warnings and earning a some haters so I think thats where some people get the whole "God" complex however if they need to be treated as a God they are a little power hungry. Staff have rules to enforce, and people should respect them as long as they are enforcing those rules fairly.
Chadook said:
Not at all. The online world is exactly that, the online world. Why would you treat people you don't even know as "gods." I think that you should respect authority and treat staffers with respect. However, when I join sites and staffers act like "gods," I normally don't come back because it's a turn off.
They're just like regular members (Of course, they have extra permissions and such) but giving them special treatment isn't really necessary. I even think some people out there are afraid of staff members which can be a bit silly. :lol:
Violetstar
Up-and-Coming Sensation
No way all staff including admin are members first and foremost, respect has to be earned not demanded or expected
Lackay! said:
That is a terrible mindset. They are volunteers, they made the decision to take on the role with no obligation and therefore it is a position of humility, not power. If any volunteer position has an application and more importantly, a selection process, then that role should never be treated with a higher level of respect.
I don't like that mentality. I think staff should mingle and be part of the community. They shouldn't stop being member or put a holier than thou kind of aura. If you cannot relax and trust the staff then you won't feel comfortable to be yourself for fear of angering "the god".
I also think Bluezone777 has a great point regarding not just accepting something you didn't agree with just because the other person is in the position of power.
I also think Bluezone777 has a great point regarding not just accepting something you didn't agree with just because the other person is in the position of power.
My members jokingly refer to me as Queen but in reality I don't treat anyone like god simply because I don't believe in God.
I am the owner of my site and there may be staff but we are basically the same as members in my eyes...we just have far more responsibilities.
I am the owner of my site and there may be staff but we are basically the same as members in my eyes...we just have far more responsibilities.
- Workers are certainly not Gods and therefore they will must not be treated as one. They're simply normal men and women so i don't think they will should have any unique reputation past the truth that they are awesome enough that can help manage the city.
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