If you are a forum owner, would you ever step down as owner of the forum and become just a regular member of the staff? Maybe the job of forum owner was too time consuming so you sold the forum but stayed on as admin or moderator. This could be an ideal solution for someone not ready to let the forum go, but still not wanting the daily responsibility of forum ownership.
Would you step down as owner and work as staff?
- Thread starter Beverly
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Resident
I've seen this happen many times on different forums and the community almost always starts declining... I'm not sure why but change in ownership is just never a good thing for forums.
Demon_skeith
Paragon
I would only do this if I had to sell my forum for some serious reason and even then it most likely wouldn't happen.
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New Arrival
That would be a last resort if I absolutely didn't have time.
If I didn't have time to maintain my own forum, then I would pass on my responsibilities to someone who is trusted and has been apart of my staff team for a long time. I would still do work, but not as much. I wouldn't want to drag the forum down with my inactivity.
Forces of Steel
Resident
If you're the driving force of your own forum, then that is a very bad idea. We've had a former co-founder resign from his staff job, because of his inconsistent presence.
My advice to all disgruntled forum owners: take a few days off from running your forums, and just let things cool off on their own. Once you have the patience to work again, then put your abilities to the test. Don't give your members the impression that you're not to be trusted, because nothing turns people off more than an indecisive administrator.
My advice to all disgruntled forum owners: take a few days off from running your forums, and just let things cool off on their own. Once you have the patience to work again, then put your abilities to the test. Don't give your members the impression that you're not to be trusted, because nothing turns people off more than an indecisive administrator.
It's very useful to go underground and experience life as a staffer. You may learn more from 1 month of that than by sitting behind the directors table for a whole month. Relinquishing the position though and re-starting as a staff member does not make an enormous amount of sense.
I think it'd just be way too awkward for me to do that. 😛 If I was to step down and become part of the staff, I would hand over the site to someone I actually know in real life so I know the forums going to be taken care of.
It'd still be rather awkward for the rest of the staff though. :lol:
It'd still be rather awkward for the rest of the staff though. :lol:
Beverly said:
There is only one instance where I've done this personally. I've witnessed others do this as well. I agree that it's a great solution for forum owners who feel overwhelmed by the responsibilities of running a forum.
I would if I didn't have enough time to work on the forum. That way, the forum itself wouldn't die and it'd still be in good hands. Plus you'd still be staff, so you could still help out. 🙂
- It is rather beneficial to move underground as well as experience life being a staffer. You could find out more coming from 30 days of the as compared to simply by sitting down guiding this administrators kitchen table for any complete month. Relinquishing the positioning however as well as re-starting being a employee isn't going to make a massive quantity of impression.
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