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....preciate the response Meth
We deal with an audience that skews somewhat young - late teens, early twenties. A lot of them still have that high school mentality and, in their minds, the people who volunteer their time to run this place for their benefit = teachers = authority = the enemy. It gets old fast and not everyone has the patience needed to handle that on a day to day basis. Imagine volunteering at a soup kitchen the day after a loved one dies, then having a customer spit in your face because they resent being told that they can't cut in line. That's sort of what it's like to moderate on a site like this. Nobody cares what's going on in your life. Nobody cares that you're doing this for their benefit and reap no material gain from the effort. Often people want to take full advantage of what you have to offer - but they don't want to listen to you, respect you, or respect anybody else. They feel entitled. There's no test you can give to see how someone will handle themselves in a situation like that. Sometimes people who handle themselves with grace and dignity 99.99% of the time will snap. Sometimes people who are generally a bit distant and surly will maintain that same even keel even during times of crisis. It's not a matter of choosing whether you'd rather deal with the occasional meltdown or constant (though subtle) unpleasantness - because you don't really know what you're getting until after the fact.
- ive always known and said this. as ive said before ive worked with teens in a juvenile prison for a fee and hated it, i would NEVER want to do what yall do in my spare time for nothing. kudos to every last one of you guys
....ive always had sympathy for each mod in that department, but sometimes mods group us all in the same category and butt heads with those not trying to buck the system. its cool though, i understand why it happens.
.....that clown actually went there? after all his dirt. he finally gets caught and hit yall with the "it wasnt me"?
- well, i dont think i have the label of being a trouble maker or repeat offender on here. i can say ive recieved similar pm's from JRose5 but i didnt save them. ive also seen JRose5 go HAM on someone in a thread and delete all evidence then come back in the thread with the 'what happened' face
. i guess we werent smart enough back then to screen capture what he was saying.
- glad to see that justice was finally served. dude was like a LA cop in the CRASH unit days.
....well, we cant say NT staff members get over anymore now
We deal with an audience that skews somewhat young - late teens, early twenties. A lot of them still have that high school mentality and, in their minds, the people who volunteer their time to run this place for their benefit = teachers = authority = the enemy. It gets old fast and not everyone has the patience needed to handle that on a day to day basis. Imagine volunteering at a soup kitchen the day after a loved one dies, then having a customer spit in your face because they resent being told that they can't cut in line. That's sort of what it's like to moderate on a site like this. Nobody cares what's going on in your life. Nobody cares that you're doing this for their benefit and reap no material gain from the effort. Often people want to take full advantage of what you have to offer - but they don't want to listen to you, respect you, or respect anybody else. They feel entitled. There's no test you can give to see how someone will handle themselves in a situation like that. Sometimes people who handle themselves with grace and dignity 99.99% of the time will snap. Sometimes people who are generally a bit distant and surly will maintain that same even keel even during times of crisis. It's not a matter of choosing whether you'd rather deal with the occasional meltdown or constant (though subtle) unpleasantness - because you don't really know what you're getting until after the fact.
- ive always known and said this. as ive said before ive worked with teens in a juvenile prison for a fee and hated it, i would NEVER want to do what yall do in my spare time for nothing. kudos to every last one of you guys
....ive always had sympathy for each mod in that department, but sometimes mods group us all in the same category and butt heads with those not trying to buck the system. its cool though, i understand why it happens.
.....that clown actually went there? after all his dirt. he finally gets caught and hit yall with the "it wasnt me"?
- well, i dont think i have the label of being a trouble maker or repeat offender on here. i can say ive recieved similar pm's from JRose5 but i didnt save them. ive also seen JRose5 go HAM on someone in a thread and delete all evidence then come back in the thread with the 'what happened' face
- glad to see that justice was finally served. dude was like a LA cop in the CRASH unit days.
....well, we cant say NT staff members get over anymore now
