Member Questions

At the end of the day, if we lose interest or are overwhelmed, wolf dies.  We protect member interests, but we also protect our own, and I can't feel bad about that.

If an admin is losing interest or feeling overwhelemed why don't they step down? It's a million percent understandable to protect yourself... but pushing on despite how you feel seems extremely counteractive. There is no shame in taking a step back and I know there are so many people on this site who would be willing to step up and help.

The point is, we try to also enforce boundaries so that we don't need to get to this point.  We sometimes don't go with changes because of these boundaries.  We want to continue as staff - we do enjoy it.  And we work hard to ensure that doesn't change.

Melee summed it up well in her address earlier this year, but while we are member driven, this is a site run by staff.  That means we do get final say on how things go, and that means sometimes members will be disappointed.  Wolf is successful because of members, but we will never be upset if someone decides wolf isn't the place for them and chooses to go somewhere else.  We get it.  We can only do our best to balance.

I see what you are saying and I completely understand and respect setting boundaries.  Especially if the reason for the boundaries is openly communicated with the community. I guess it was when you said, " if we lose interest or are overwhelmed, wolf dies", that I misunderstood what was being said.

There is a way to prevent WOLF's death—allowing others to step up and help. You have more than a dozen people who have played the role of ACM who have the base line training. Why not permanently promote one of them? Step down and let someone YOU TRAINED take your spot for a while until you can get out of your negative funk.

At the end of the day, if we lose interest or are overwhelmed, wolf dies.  We protect member interests, but we also protect our own, and I can't feel bad about that.

If an admin is losing interest or feeling overwhelemed why don't they step down? It's a million percent understandable to protect yourself... but pushing on despite how you feel seems extremely counteractive. There is no shame in taking a step back and I know there are so many people on this site who would be willing to step up and help.

I don't think that's what Starr is implying here -- rather, admins make decisions that help protect against them being overwhelmed. And that goes for any potential admin, not just the current ones. Let's say, hypothetically, players get what they want and admins get double the workload. Who wants to step up and inherit that?

Editing to acknowledge @Cam. 

I can't speak for everybody, but I know that I would be willing to do so!