I write to this community about an issue that I believe needs to be addressed; staff bias. Before I begin, no, I am not talking about everyone. Unfortunately calling people out would reflect poorly on my character. Hence, I’m simply going to stick to making a claim that expresses my views. Should you be in a state of disagreement, by all means, feel free to discuss it below.
I personally define staff bias as the unfair treatment of users due to their relationships with the staff, or previous reputation. I’m sure there are many of you out there who have felt neglected or punished unfairly. Yet, your voice has no influence on how you’re treated. The “report” button (on the bottom of all posts) rarely works when I click it, and you’d wonder why.
Here is a brief explanation of the case:
Recently there has been a small influx of semis appearing in the OG forum. It’s really obvious that the staff moderating the reports from that forum are aware of this, yet aren’t doing shit about it. I even reported some of the names, waited a few days, and I can confidently say they were just ignored. This matters because OG threads receive more publicity, therefore more potential buyers. I noticed that each of the account owners weren’t no namers in the community, but highly reputable.
I sniped the name “Drawn”, (high-tier semi, debatable og) not too long ago. After seeing the semis in the OG section, mine was good enough of a name to fit into that category as well. Just hours later it’s moved to the semi forum. Feel free to explain to me how that works? You have names such as “Laggy”, “Corsage” (very uncommon), “Venomous”. “Transcribe”, “Clauncher” (uncommon pokemon), “Godly”, and more in the OG forum, threads untouched. “Drawn” is supposed to be classified in the same manner as the words above. In fact, it has two meanings... What pisses me off is that the people who try to say something about this problem, without intending to trash a thread, are treated poorly by thread owners (who are aware they’ve posted in the wrong section).
Do not misinterpret my concern. To be clear, I have nothing against the account owners.
No, I did not make a whole thread on my personal problems. This is something bigger, because everyone has their own story. It might be regarding a suspension, ban, getting ignored through PMs, etc. I just told you all what sparked the need for this discussion. I am not calling for a whole staff reform. The purpose of this thread was rather to raise awareness or hold the staff accountable for an issue many of us want answers to. There's a lot more that can be said, but I'm tired and have work to do.
Thanks for reading~
I personally define staff bias as the unfair treatment of users due to their relationships with the staff, or previous reputation. I’m sure there are many of you out there who have felt neglected or punished unfairly. Yet, your voice has no influence on how you’re treated. The “report” button (on the bottom of all posts) rarely works when I click it, and you’d wonder why.
Here is a brief explanation of the case:
Recently there has been a small influx of semis appearing in the OG forum. It’s really obvious that the staff moderating the reports from that forum are aware of this, yet aren’t doing shit about it. I even reported some of the names, waited a few days, and I can confidently say they were just ignored. This matters because OG threads receive more publicity, therefore more potential buyers. I noticed that each of the account owners weren’t no namers in the community, but highly reputable.
I sniped the name “Drawn”, (high-tier semi, debatable og) not too long ago. After seeing the semis in the OG section, mine was good enough of a name to fit into that category as well. Just hours later it’s moved to the semi forum. Feel free to explain to me how that works? You have names such as “Laggy”, “Corsage” (very uncommon), “Venomous”. “Transcribe”, “Clauncher” (uncommon pokemon), “Godly”, and more in the OG forum, threads untouched. “Drawn” is supposed to be classified in the same manner as the words above. In fact, it has two meanings... What pisses me off is that the people who try to say something about this problem, without intending to trash a thread, are treated poorly by thread owners (who are aware they’ve posted in the wrong section).
Do not misinterpret my concern. To be clear, I have nothing against the account owners.
No, I did not make a whole thread on my personal problems. This is something bigger, because everyone has their own story. It might be regarding a suspension, ban, getting ignored through PMs, etc. I just told you all what sparked the need for this discussion. I am not calling for a whole staff reform. The purpose of this thread was rather to raise awareness or hold the staff accountable for an issue many of us want answers to. There's a lot more that can be said, but I'm tired and have work to do.
Thanks for reading~
