More staff

[Targaryen]

Add more staff. It's needed imo. With mick resigning and coco resigning the staff team is as depleted as it will ever be. With mick and coco it was hard for the staff to manage everything now there is less and the only active staff that do a lot of moderation are M6Gaming thebaum64 Doge and Justis . With the exception of Bebosny and possibly lyphiard if he can be classified as staff. 4 is not enough to moderate 50,000 members

Support requests take a while and chat box is only ever moderated by Justis r now the only other mod I see doing any moderation is the Baum and that's not his job.

Now I'm not trying to criticise the current staff but there's just not enough of them. Don't get me wrong they are great at their jobs but we need more.

Pls no flaming

 

[Targaryen]

I see staff members such as Ivain and Shattered on every day whilst browsing. I see Doge daily also seeing how he deals with accounts and that's the main area of the market where I reside. I see Justis less often but I'm pretty sure that's due to timezones as he seems to have gained a lot of respect for being a good staff member. I rarely ever see Baum but that seems to of been explained in previous posts. More staff are definitely needed that specialist in certain parts of the market (e.g at the moment only one staff member really "specializes" in accounts, which is arguably the largest aspect of the market overall, leading to him (possibly) being overworked. I feel that another staff member for the accounts section is needed (For the reasons stated above + the fact that some of the rules in that section are currently not being enforced). Art section could also use a Moderator who's focused on it now due to the abundance of being asking for vouch copies on threads, which is now against the rules (You have to PM them or something, I forget).

Yeh more staff are definitely needed

 

[Ivain]

Well imo that's wrong. Just make the requirements high and choose the format? Then you don't have to ask everyone

1.13 Do not post content that suggests that you want to be a staff member or that you should be a staff member. Our staff are handpicked and doing these things is not the way to get picked.[DOUBLEPOST=1474807498][/DOUBLEPOST]Apart from that, I can feel the need for at least one more staff member now that we've lost so many. The question that remains is, who. And no, this is not where you suggest people. We'll figure it out if we do find someone.

 

[Targaryen]

1.13 Do not post content that suggests that you want to be a staff member or that you should be a staff member. Our staff are handpicked and doing these things is not the way to get picked.

Ok let me get this straight. I don't want staff if that's what you think.

So break the rule? What's wrong with asking people to apply if they have been here for a long time and have good rep what's wrong with letting them apply lmfao?

 

[Ivain]

What's wrong with asking people to apply? well, because it serves no purpose. What will it get, allowing anyone with, say, 1K posts to apply. We've already considered them at least in passing, if not in depth. What they say in the application will be mostly irrelevant since we'd be looking at their on-site behaviour. so why should we allow ourselves to get flooded by dozens of applications full of flowery talk hoping to get mod?

On another note, anyone added to the staff team would become chatmod first. If they can't handle that, they're not fit to be mod. I was promoted extremely quickly, and even for me it was several months still.

 

[Mumzel]

Better to have quality staff than quantity of staff...

 

[Targaryen]

What's wrong with asking people to apply? well, because it serves no purpose. What will it get, allowing anyone with, say, 1K posts to apply. We've already considered them at least in passing, if not in depth. What they say in the application will be mostly irrelevant since we'd be looking at their on-site behaviour. so why should we allow ourselves to get flooded by dozens of applications full of flowery talk hoping to get mod?

On another note, anyone added to the staff team would become chatmod first. If they can't handle that, they're not fit to be mod. I was promoted extremely quickly, and even for me it was several months still.

Ok so make the forum like I said get people to reply with yes or something then look at them in depth if they are somewhat fit put them as a trial mod?

 

[Tyler]

Ok so make the forum like I said get people to reply with yes or something then look at them in depth if they are somewhat fit put them as a trial mod?

Your english writing skills don't determine your ability to moderate a minecraft forum. Applications are pointless.

 

[thebaum64]

I am here and doing things, I am constantly looking at threads and such and moderating, but at the moment, I do not think we need more staff. Quite honestly, on our end it seems fine. Even more so since M6 was promoted again. We may not always seem "active" but we are there.

 

[M6Gaming]

Last I checked, support requests have definitely improved. My goal is to get them to be just like Scam Reports, handled ASAP.

As far as reports go, right now I can tell you all that they are at a very low amount. If you did not get an alert for your report it's most likely because it was either rejected or was already resolved by users themselves. (Ex: User asks for a vouch copy, someone reminds him about the rule, he removes his post - no use of issuing a warning for it)

Other then that, as far as the "application for staff goes" - It's not happening; it's been suggested and declined multiple times.
http://www.mc-market.org/threads/93067/ - Declined.
http://www.mc-market.org/threads/88400/page-4#post-1025934 - BeBosny's response on the same suggestion.

If BeBosny feels the urge of needing more staff, he will do so himself.

 

[TechBanana]

Having a form/application process for a position like this is always a bad idea, people who are suggesting it clearly haven't thought it through. When in writing, people have the ability to make themselves sound better than they actually are and make promises they can't keep. Analyzing a users activity through a period of time of being on the forum is the surefire way to tell their genuine self and commitment.

Pretty much the same things get commented by users & staff members on these "more staff" threads, I wonder how many more it will take for users to finally realize that selecting staff members is a very intricate process and not as simple as "oh hey this guy has a lot of posts and ratings, let's make him staff"...

 

[SoldierAlex]

I do agree that there needs to be more staff. The problem is that mc market is an immature community in general. I see far too many low quality posts on these forums. I also see a lot of so called, "high rep" users who are constantly trying to find a way around the rules or try and not be caught. I couldn't see too many people actually being eligible to be staff on this forum.

 

[omarhachach]

I honestly have no problem with the staff.
If you are complaining that your support requests aren't being answered quick enough, it is most likely because the request requires extra consideration, or your request is stupid and unnecessary. My requests get answered quickly, and sometimes instantly.

And if you are complaining about moderation on the forums, use the report button. My reports are fixed very quickly as well. If you say the report is slow, it just takes you back to my first point: It either requires extra consideration or your report is stupid.

And seriously guys. Why suggest this again, it has been suggested and answered many times before.

 

[Shattered]

Add more staff. It's needed imo. With mick resigning and coco resigning the staff team is as depleted as it will ever be. With mick and coco it was hard for the staff to manage everything now there is less and the only active staff that do a lot of moderation are M6Gaming thebaum64 Doge and Justis . With the exception of Bebosny and possibly lyphiard if he can be classified as staff. 4 is not enough to moderate 50,000 members

You forgot myiume....

 

[Targaryen]

You forgot myiume....

He's not active I've never seen him on lol

 

[Ajdin]

This is one of those suggestions that you see often because it is logical, the community heavily backs it up, then they don't implement it.

Because even if the OP was true, it's not something you implement in 123. Getting a staff member on the team is a difficult and risky thing if not done/screened properly.

JeffplaysMC, Kman, Kitcat, Style, Doubt, Gavin, Nara, Devon, and more?!?!??!?!! Active, don't act like idiots around the forum, would probably make great staff.

Because activity = great personality

Open up a forum and make the requirements 10-18 months on MCM. 500-1000 posts and a positive reputation

These are numbers. You can reach them by shitposting. Numbers mean literally nothing to me. Recently Coco left our team. She was one of the best staff members this forum has ever seen and her numbers are quite low eh? In fact, she has 600 posts less but almost 400 reactions more. According to your logic, you have more chance of becoming a staff member.

Just make the requirements high and choose the format?

Here are the requirements: be a reasonable and respectful member. I'll repeat it: numbers mean nothing.

Ok let me get this straight. I don't want staff if that's what you think.

No, he's pointing out the fact we like to handpick our members. When I say handpick, I really do mean handpick from 0. Application process allows people to fake themselves. You can claim a bunch of bullshit in there about your experiences and whatnot but nobody really cares about that. Members care about your personality and reputation on this forum.

Better to have quality staff than quantity of staff...

This. I can't express how important this is to me. I've been really careful with picking staff members. I only try to get the very best and so far I'm extremely happy with my method

Me > Some shitty application form.

As for activity, we had some downs in activity during August but other than that we were pretty consistent for the past 6 months. I'm not even sure how you're assuming we're inactive?

Pretty good eh. (1st is mod-queue, 2nd is report queue)

Most reports are handled within 24 hours. Support requests aswell unless I'm working on big irl projects like this week but I still manage to respond in less than 48 hours most of the time.


That being said, this thread has been posted and archived several times before. I honestly don't think you guys should be worried about the administration side of things We got that covered aye.

 

[Lacroix]

ivan & @Shatterd are my dawgs, they always doing their job to make sure we have a better community. I hope you guys stay staff for the next 5k years .

- Working my way up to you guys.[DOUBLEPOST=1474850150][/DOUBLEPOST]TBH, I feel like Tyler might be the next staff . #Vote for Tyler, Very generous user. Always there to help.

 

[TechBanana]

ivan & @Shatterd are my dawgs, they always doing their job to make sure we have a better community. I hope you guys stay staff for the next 5k years .

- Working my way up to you guys.[DOUBLEPOST=1474850150][/DOUBLEPOST]TBH, I feel like Tyler might be the next staff . #Vote for Tyler, Very generous user. Always there to help.

Don't really know Tyler but #letsnotstartvoting

 

[Lacroix]

Don't really know Tyler but #letsnotstartvoting

But Ey, Don't really see anyone else that is even close to getting near the Requirements. Not even myself, I call people My Nigga to much.