@bored said in Regarding administration on MSB:
Are we not allowed to criticize?
Am I not allowed to criticize the criticism? I don't think "I think this topic is stupid" should be mistaken for "you aren't allowed to have opinions". I'm making my case. You're making yours.
How many 'and most of the time I moderate it just makes things worse' does a mod get
You're going to have to be clearer on how her recent post made anything worse. I sure as hell don't see that she was:
modding for the fun of it
Maybe the 'Not Mod Voice', but I didn't see that. Maybe it was in the Hog Pit. The thought of it was kind of funny to me, but I don't know the exact context.
and instead save it for really critical problems
You mean like people thinking about pulling an attack on a game using Soapbox as its base?
Then yes, we agree.
I would have preferred if she waited for it to be an actual thing, but as far as mistakes go the worst I see is that she was blind to how others might react to it without having her knowledge.
Which has been prevalent in this thread by others who have been criticizing tone, which comes largely from their own view on things without explaining where their view comes from and expecting others to just agree with them.
Or as @wolfs says, endless back and forth.
It's easy to say someone is tone-deaf. It's much harder to prove it. The best we can do is try and discover what each other means by it and hopefully come to an understanding about it. If people don't want to come to an understanding then while I personally believe that they should stay out of the discussion, things can still be learned by those willing to try.