Now, I know you may be thinking:
"Staff have every right as a Memeber"
"Staff have business too, they don't solely get paid from MC-Market"
"What is the hurt of Staff advertising in a chatbox anyway"
Before you read the title and disagree with this suggestion, here me out first, please.
Now, recently I've seen some staff members advertising constantly in chat with their new business (not going to say any names). In my opinion, even though yes they should have every right as a Member, at the same time, it's almost unfair if you would say so. Think about it, when a staff member talks in chat (compared to a member talking in chat) which do you notice better? The staff member obviously.
Here is a picture to just point out one of the things that screams "Look at me"
Not only that, but because of this, when they decide to advertise in the chat box every 20 minutes, it almost makes it seem like they're only active in the chat just to advertise their business, and not for the reason they should be active in chat: Which is to moderate the chat and watch for people breaking the rules.
"bUt AnDrEw, StAfF cAn MuLtItAsK!!!1!"
I understand staff can multitask, but there's been a few times where I saw a staff post their ad and then just get off of the chat box (this hasn't happened a lot, but it's happened). To add on to the multitask claim, I know staff get a lot of messages and tags when they're on chat box so it's not really easy to talk to everyone that's trying to ask them questions, let alone advertise their company and then talk to everyone.
Now, what are some solutions we can do to fix this problem of unfair advertising for staff?
1. Not let staff advertise anything that's being constantly copied and pasted every 20 minutes (maybe limit their advertisement of a specific company to a certain number of times per day rather than a cool down on time)
2. Let the staff advertise, but get rid of the huge tag in front of their name. Everyone pretty much knows what a staff member looks like without that tag in front of their name. So just get rid of it so it's not standing out in the chat box. Plus their names are literally in red.
3. Not let staff advertise anything at all in chat box. There's still ways of advertising a business on this site like the following:
* Sticky Threads
* Top Header Banners
* Side Slot Banners
* Users Signatures
* Even paying someone else to advertise their business in chat box (maybe, idk though this is kinda weird and can get complicated)
Overall, instead of bashing this thought, give it a second and just think about it.
This isn't all staff that's doing it, and to the ones that are doing it, I'm not mad at you. It can just come off as a bit annoying and unfair to someone who doesn't have that eye drawing tag in front of their name.
Thank you for taking the time on reading my suggestion, please please please if you agree or disagree with this idea, tell me why in the comments. I love to hear improvements or how to improve my view on things.
- Andrew B.
"Staff have every right as a Memeber"
"Staff have business too, they don't solely get paid from MC-Market"
"What is the hurt of Staff advertising in a chatbox anyway"
Before you read the title and disagree with this suggestion, here me out first, please.
Now, recently I've seen some staff members advertising constantly in chat with their new business (not going to say any names). In my opinion, even though yes they should have every right as a Member, at the same time, it's almost unfair if you would say so. Think about it, when a staff member talks in chat (compared to a member talking in chat) which do you notice better? The staff member obviously.
Here is a picture to just point out one of the things that screams "Look at me"
Not only that, but because of this, when they decide to advertise in the chat box every 20 minutes, it almost makes it seem like they're only active in the chat just to advertise their business, and not for the reason they should be active in chat: Which is to moderate the chat and watch for people breaking the rules.
"bUt AnDrEw, StAfF cAn MuLtItAsK!!!1!"
I understand staff can multitask, but there's been a few times where I saw a staff post their ad and then just get off of the chat box (this hasn't happened a lot, but it's happened). To add on to the multitask claim, I know staff get a lot of messages and tags when they're on chat box so it's not really easy to talk to everyone that's trying to ask them questions, let alone advertise their company and then talk to everyone.
Now, what are some solutions we can do to fix this problem of unfair advertising for staff?
1. Not let staff advertise anything that's being constantly copied and pasted every 20 minutes (maybe limit their advertisement of a specific company to a certain number of times per day rather than a cool down on time)
2. Let the staff advertise, but get rid of the huge tag in front of their name. Everyone pretty much knows what a staff member looks like without that tag in front of their name. So just get rid of it so it's not standing out in the chat box. Plus their names are literally in red.
3. Not let staff advertise anything at all in chat box. There's still ways of advertising a business on this site like the following:
* Sticky Threads
* Top Header Banners
* Side Slot Banners
* Users Signatures
* Even paying someone else to advertise their business in chat box (maybe, idk though this is kinda weird and can get complicated)
Overall, instead of bashing this thought, give it a second and just think about it.
This isn't all staff that's doing it, and to the ones that are doing it, I'm not mad at you. It can just come off as a bit annoying and unfair to someone who doesn't have that eye drawing tag in front of their name.
Thank you for taking the time on reading my suggestion, please please please if you agree or disagree with this idea, tell me why in the comments. I love to hear improvements or how to improve my view on things.
- Andrew B.
- Type
- Suggestion
- Status
- Denied
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