Member Questions

@Osiris. The problem is, when you have a team that doesn't gel on how management should be handled, things go south very quickly.  When different staff have different expectations, resentment builds, and suddenly the admin space is awful.  It isn't even necessarily anyone's fault, but it's happened many times in iterations on wolf, and only policy changes we've tuned over the years have made it so we can actually run effectively and enjoyably now.  This includes our "hands off" approach.

this means "training" staff isnt the important part.  This isn't a job, it is a hobby, and we don't want to step down.  We shouldn't be forced into a position where we do.  Wolf is a site for members to enjoy until they can't, and then they should find one they can.  It's harsh but it is 100% the truth and I will stand by it.

if you ever, at any point, find yourself not enjoying this site, take a step back.  Take a breather, re-evaluate, and consider why.  If it isn't something you can change, then perhaps this isn't the site for you.

We want members to come to us when they have a problem, and we do change policies or address concerns when we can.  But sometimes we don't feel comfortable doing so.  This is our right, just as it is your right to bring these things to us.

Typically we don't make a decision beforehand if we post a discussion, but I admit this is fair.  We can do a better job, in the future, of stating when a decision has been made and announcing it.  A few of the previous threads were unfortunate in that a decision was made while the discussion was happening - and if we had talked about it as a team, we may not have had a discussion in the first place.  We can be better about this! And it's something I'm going to def walk away from this with.