FORUM STAFF EXPERIENCE (1 Viewer)

[OnlyCalB]

here i will be tagging the last 12 then
@mysteric @Tickita @Xeulgi @Suzy @Flocon @Jimin @Basurafire @Yili @HarmonyParkEJ @wendylee0809 @dnb @ParkHereJimin


also, what about you and concerning this subject? you ever been staff ? experience? ♥

In the early KS days people found this out. We'd just tag a lot and soon realise not all would work. Then we were told it was due to a 30 tag limit per post. Only staff can tag unlimited amount I believe.

 

[Taehyun]

i was a mod for AKP when i tell you it ruiiiiined my mental health, nothing but verbal abuse and disrespect from the users on that site

i'm still an events team member on there and i absolutely love it and it's so much fun, the team is amazing too!! but i could never be a moderator again

 

[brekker]

I have been one of those wildflowers growing up on the Internet. Perhaps, I should thank my Guardian Angel for giving me enough brains not to get in trouble when I was a teenager or anything,but I have been in many forums, social networks etc. I have never been a staff member. but several times I have been close to staff members and had the opportunity to help out with ideas and things like that.

I have never dared to apply as a staff member as I can´t code and that was always part of requirements (someone explain to me, why I haven´t taken the time to learn? the only basics I have ever managed was changing the text colour). I think I would enjoy the position where I could help out with general social stuff (how to start on the forum, how to fit in) and ideas (I´m always for keeping things alive) and I enjoy writing so I´d like to be creative with that. (I´m not boasting, it is fine if my writing is average, nothing wrong with it. I don´t feel like I should justify myself, so if you are now shaking head and thinking "what, you dumb" it is fine). I´m also really dedicated when I care about something, so creating my own space and sharing it with a couple of people would be awesome. So would I like to be a staff member? I wouldn´t be against it. It would be a challenge, but I wouldn´t be able to do it alone.

As for my experience with staff members .... naaaah, how to put it. I´m an honest person, when I don´t like something, I say so. I am often impulsive and sometimes the staff members abuse their power by blocking, restricting etc. I find that a jerk move. Why would you do that unless a rule was severely broken? I also don´t like backstabbing. I was once accused of something and instead of talking with me, the staff decided to just gossip behind my back and tell me that many members complained about this and that. My mistake was .... not having discord .... where my co-roleplayers were discussing how horrible I´m. I also once got kicked out from a rpg because my English was rusty .... during those times I really wished to have my own thing, to be democratic, to give people air to breathe. So I created my own little thingy (I used to be a roleplayer) and I looked for a co-admin (coding, lack of photoshop and laziness to pay for it or download it) and one good soul agreed to help me out just to later steal my roleplay idea, redo everything and tell me how terrible I´m and basically just steal everything from me. I was threatened that she would delete everything so I just let her the whole group and left.

I don´t think being a staff is an easy job, but I also think it depends how you make it. You have to be clever to find good people to share the deed with, you also need to know what you want, where are your borders, where are your capabilities and what are your tasks, otherwise it can´t work. Think about your strengths and weaknesses. Don´t abuse your power. It´s tough but also rewarding. If I found right people, I know it would be fun, but we´d have to share same goal and don´t mess with one another. Like I am ok with some good advice, but you do you and I do me :D.

 

[honeyfornomoney]

thank god because? you think that it is drama only or something? xD

It's just too much trouble 😴and yeah, drama lol

 

[Hanni]

I can talk for my husbando @Baechu , who has been graphics staff on this forum for abt 1.5 years.
He was pretty new on the forum when he joined staff, so he was really glad to meet people right away.
Graphics was always something that interested him and he had the opportunity to prove himself, which started his burning passion for graphics.
He found a lot of friends through staff, was gaining more and more experience with graphics and was just overall happy with everything for a long long time.

As time goes on and his existence on the forums starts to be non existent since he starts to lose interest in a lot of kpop groups and a lot of his friends start to go inactive around that time. But he kept on going with graphics as staff to keep supporting the forum and the people who made the forum. He didn't want to disappoint all those people.

More time goes on and he is at the point, where he has to make life changing decisions. His motivation is completely gone and he can't afford graphics to consume for of his time. He really thought he wouldn't be one of those staff ppl who just leave after a short time, but he had to move on.

Staff puts a lot of work on you, and you will have benefits but also a lot of disadvantages.

But was he a good staff? He doesn't know to be honest. Based on the feedback he got for all the graphics he has done, probably yes.

And no I'm not his alt!! Ily @Baechu

 

[Suzy]

I have only ever been a staff member on KS. I believe it’s almost 3 years since I joined the team. Being in events is really fun honestly. Our team members are really easy to get along with and the admin team are very responsive and easy to speak to as well. I’m very comfortable with them which is important for me to do well anywhere. As for the actual position, coming up with and preparing events can be time consuming and even hard some times but it’s lots of fun. I think I’m in one of the few teams that gets to truly connect and interact with the KS community too and I love it. Even though my timezone is the opposite of everyone so I’m awake waaaaaay past my bedtime to host events, I really enjoy hosting our events and games. And having users tell me they had fun at the end makes it all worth it.

 

[StrayMixx]

um... why was I tagged??? lol

 

[milk]

I have no experience and I wouldn't want to become a staff of a forum. I'd probably get annoyed lol. I respect the staff bc they really have to deal with a lot.

 

[SHlNEE]

um... why was I tagged??? lol

because i thought it be nice of me to tag as many people as possible who been active in past couple weeks so people feel included and stuff
+ sharing = caring

but if you want to tell me; never tag me again, sure , no problem

 

[SHlNEE]

I have no experience and I wouldn't want to become a staff of a forum. I'd probably get annoyed lol. I respect the staff bc they really have to deal with a lot.

i get it but also, it should depend on the job you have on a forum though
admins and moderators usually experience the most stress as staff
other type of teams you find on forums nowadays like on here, awards, events, graphics etc
usually experience different type of stuff than the kind of pressure mods and admins could experience
but it does differ per forum of course!

 

[uhgr8]

For some reason people don't see me as mod material even though I'm always the mediator friend, I've never gotten in trouble, and I have years of irl management experience

 

[SHlNEE]

For some reason people don't see me as mod material even though I'm always the mediator friend, I've never gotten in trouble, and I have years of irl management experience

the irony of it all right

 

[SHlNEE]

i was a mod for AKP when i tell you it ruiiiiined my mental health, nothing but verbal abuse and disrespect from the users on that site

i'm still an events team member on there and i absolutely love it and it's so much fun, the team is amazing too!! but i could never be a moderator again

i am honestly surprised to hear some of this
but i am glad you are doing ok on the other team
fighting!

i honestly prefer the moderator job over something else but it is obviously only doable on forums with not much toxicity going on

 

[SHlNEE]

I can talk for my husbando @Baechu , who has been graphics staff on this forum for abt 1.5 years.
He was pretty new on the forum when he joined staff, so he was really glad to meet people right away.
Graphics was always something that interested him and he had the opportunity to prove himself, which started his burning passion for graphics.
He found a lot of friends through staff, was gaining more and more experience with graphics and was just overall happy with everything for a long long time.

As time goes on and his existence on the forums starts to be non existent since he starts to lose interest in a lot of kpop groups and a lot of his friends start to go inactive around that time. But he kept on going with graphics as staff to keep supporting the forum and the people who made the forum. He didn't want to disappoint all those people.

More time goes on and he is at the point, where he has to make life changing decisions. His motivation is completely gone and he can't afford graphics to consume for of his time. He really thought he wouldn't be one of those staff ppl who just leave after a short time, but he had to move on.

Staff puts a lot of work on you, and you will have benefits but also a lot of disadvantages.

But was he a good staff? He doesn't know to be honest. Based on the feedback he got for all the graphics he has done, probably yes.

And no I'm not his alt!! Ily @Baechu

since i am also the graphics type of person.... i find it ashame i never got to meet them!!
what did he experience as disadvantage if i may ask you?

 

[SHlNEE]

It's just too much trouble 😴and yeah, drama lol

you know what, you totally right
forget about everything i said above and forget ever becoming staff on any forum at all and just focus on yourself and real life.................................and maybe me , a little
so far our convos........ ugh talking to you is like talking with a cute soft teddy

 

[SHlNEE]

I have been one of those wildflowers growing up on the Internet. Perhaps, I should thank my Guardian Angel for giving me enough brains not to get in trouble when I was a teenager or anything,but I have been in many forums, social networks etc. I have never been a staff member. but several times I have been close to staff members and had the opportunity to help out with ideas and things like that.

I have never dared to apply as a staff member as I can´t code and that was always part of requirements (someone explain to me, why I haven´t taken the time to learn? the only basics I have ever managed was changing the text colour). I think I would enjoy the position where I could help out with general social stuff (how to start on the forum, how to fit in) and ideas (I´m always for keeping things alive) and I enjoy writing so I´d like to be creative with that. (I´m not boasting, it is fine if my writing is average, nothing wrong with it. I don´t feel like I should justify myself, so if you are now shaking head and thinking "what, you dumb" it is fine). I´m also really dedicated when I care about something, so creating my own space and sharing it with a couple of people would be awesome. So would I like to be a staff member? I wouldn´t be against it. It would be a challenge, but I wouldn´t be able to do it alone.

As for my experience with staff members .... naaaah, how to put it. I´m an honest person, when I don´t like something, I say so. I am often impulsive and sometimes the staff members abuse their power by blocking, restricting etc. I find that a jerk move. Why would you do that unless a rule was severely broken? I also don´t like backstabbing. I was once accused of something and instead of talking with me, the staff decided to just gossip behind my back and tell me that many members complained about this and that. My mistake was .... not having discord .... where my co-roleplayers were discussing how horrible I´m. I also once got kicked out from a rpg because my English was rusty .... during those times I really wished to have my own thing, to be democratic, to give people air to breathe. So I created my own little thingy (I used to be a roleplayer) and I looked for a co-admin (coding, lack of photoshop and laziness to pay for it or download it) and one good soul agreed to help me out just to later steal my roleplay idea, redo everything and tell me how terrible I´m and basically just steal everything from me. I was threatened that she would delete everything so I just let her the whole group and left.

I don´t think being a staff is an easy job, but I also think it depends how you make it. You have to be clever to find good people to share the deed with, you also need to know what you want, where are your borders, where are your capabilities and what are your tasks, otherwise it can´t work. Think about your strengths and weaknesses. Don´t abuse your power. It´s tough but also rewarding. If I found right people, I know it would be fun, but we´d have to share same goal and don´t mess with one another. Like I am ok with some good advice, but you do you and I do me :D.

since when do you have to be good at coding to become staff on a forum? unless you talking about certain positions on an actual coding forum where it is a focus, like kpop is the focus on here

maybe in the future you can apply for staff on here, if you decide to stay that is

oh wow im sorry to hear you been through such awful experience online with others on forums, i feel you though
i met such terrible ones on forums as well unfortunately

and you right, never abuse your power as staff!!!! nor should the real police but unfortunately they do so anyways

 

[brekker]

since when do you have to be good at coding to become staff on a forum? unless you talking about certain positions on an actual coding forum where it is a focus, like kpop is the focus on here

maybe in the future you can apply for staff on here, if you decide to stay that is

oh wow im sorry to hear you been through such awful experience online with others on forums, i feel you though
i met such terrible ones on forums as well unfortunately

and you right, never abuse your power as staff!!!! nor should the real police but unfortunately they do so anyways

hmm, if I remember correctly. staff members need to be capable of dealing with some minor technical issues, at least it was a thing at the forums I was on. Mods needed to know some basics to deal with minor technical difficulties so that the whole forum didn´t break down and didn´t have to wait for one person to become online. so yeah, it usually was a requirement.

yeah, I mean .... the more people you meet, I suppose....the more experience you get :D. as for applying for a staff position. I can hardly imagine what a useful thing I could do here :D.

 

[honeyfornomoney]

ugh talking to you is like talking with a cute soft teddy

omg <3333333333333333333333333333