06-10-2024, 12:38 PM
A lot of people have said what I was going to say, but I will try to bring a new viewpoint (and try to keep this short, which never happens).
As someone who had their rank (rightfully) stripped from them due to inactivity, and had to regain the trust of the community and work my way from Donor+ to Trusted to TMod to Mod, I don't want anyone resigning and then getting their rank back after asking, especially a Moderator resigning and asking for their Moderator rank back after a few months. And the way you went about it in the original post is just outrageous, joke or not. "gimme mod back" "I have a level head like 73% of the time" Absolutely frick-frackin' not. How about you humbly ask for your rank back because it was you who abdicated it in the first place. And maybe it is because I have robotic tendencies (a lot of people have called me a robot in my personal life, or apathetic like Squidward), but I don't care. The gall for anyone to not ask for, but demand their rank back after relinquishing it is a hysterically terrible look.
Additionally, you wanted to take a break from staffing because I (presume) you were burned out. But after a few months break, you're reinvigorated and ready to jump back into the saddle? Why is that? Don't you think that you'll be quickly burned out again because of the lack of staff that is on and a culture of staff that you don't think is up to snuff? As you said, "Not enough has changed really for me to think the staffing culture has improved significantly..." Is this something you want to jump back into?
TL;DR: anyone who resigns should not be allowed to be reinstated at the rank they were at when they resigned. There is a BIG difference between being inactive and saying that you no longer want your rank.
-1 for Mod. +1 for Trusted.
As someone who had their rank (rightfully) stripped from them due to inactivity, and had to regain the trust of the community and work my way from Donor+ to Trusted to TMod to Mod, I don't want anyone resigning and then getting their rank back after asking, especially a Moderator resigning and asking for their Moderator rank back after a few months. And the way you went about it in the original post is just outrageous, joke or not. "gimme mod back" "I have a level head like 73% of the time" Absolutely frick-frackin' not. How about you humbly ask for your rank back because it was you who abdicated it in the first place. And maybe it is because I have robotic tendencies (a lot of people have called me a robot in my personal life, or apathetic like Squidward), but I don't care. The gall for anyone to not ask for, but demand their rank back after relinquishing it is a hysterically terrible look.
Additionally, you wanted to take a break from staffing because I (presume) you were burned out. But after a few months break, you're reinvigorated and ready to jump back into the saddle? Why is that? Don't you think that you'll be quickly burned out again because of the lack of staff that is on and a culture of staff that you don't think is up to snuff? As you said, "Not enough has changed really for me to think the staffing culture has improved significantly..." Is this something you want to jump back into?
TL;DR: anyone who resigns should not be allowed to be reinstated at the rank they were at when they resigned. There is a BIG difference between being inactive and saying that you no longer want your rank.
-1 for Mod. +1 for Trusted.
