he / they
USA
Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
I'm going to lose the formatting, and just type up a general post. To make what could be longer descriptions short (Forever pretty much took the words out of my mouth), I'll say that with the Supporter rank, I do think of them as being somewhat more mature or responsible than normal members (though it really all comes down to the the person), but in terms of helping the community, I believe they're equals. They can both suggest things CQ&F, or pitch ideas to staff via PMs, and help each other to keep the community going.
Likewise, mods may not have as much power as higher staff ranks, but if they know what they're doing, they can throw out ideas just as good as any h-staff member. Like most have said, their most important job is to help the members. In my book that should come before locking a thread, even if both are important (of course).
Anddd.. s-mods are still closer to mods than admins from my POV, but maybe in reality it's a bit of a medium. Seems to me like helping the members and being there for them is still what's most important, second would be to help make decision alongside the admins. And of course, instead of being stuck in one area, we keep an eye on the entire forum. That's a chore in itself, at times.
& Admin ranks, I don't really blur them together. I value their opinions equally just the same as with mods and s-mods, etc, but I still realize they're a separate rank. Both of them still need to do their best to help out members, and keep the forum going, but it seems like Staff Admins need to do less of the helping newbies out, and more of the decision making (Not never, just less of, because so many lower staff ranks already help out so much). Also, it seems to me like the final word of an SA would overrule whatever was said by an AA, because to be technical they are different ranks. =w= Feels like an Assistant Admin could be promoted, and really would get a legit rank boost for it, even if the difference is slight.
lol whoops tl;dr
I can't leave this spot that's empty without you
It's an area that no one else can fill
The night's never gonna be the same.
SHINee - Area
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