Post by Latino on Apr 23, 2009 7:00:04 GMT -5
Yea, I know this title is already going against my last chapter but there are two edges to this sword. There are good things that go along with the job of being mod.
I think one of main things that I, myself, enjoyed about being a mod was being able to help people. It's what I naturally like to do and this job gave me the perfect outlet. That's why whenever someone had a problem I would quickly try to help resolve it... even if it wasn't really about ACW. Sometimes I would go out of my way to talk to the other party involved in the argument to try and find a commonplace. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't but in the end I think I helped a lot of people at least vent their frustrations and I think that's all they really ever wanted.
Another thing that I really enjoyed doing is whenever a knew member would show up in ACW I would quickly IM them or send them a PM. I would not only welcome them to ACW but answer any and all questions. I would point them to people they made want to talk to and pretty much explain all the details of ACW. I would keep talking to them though. I wouldn't leave it at a one time conversation but I also wouldn't keep bothering them. I just wanted them to feel secure. It's surprising to see a lot of those same people I talked to years ago still show up to ACW today. I never really realized how much this meant to people until they actually started to leave and a lot of them would give a thank you to me for doing this in the goodbye post. It's a good feeling I'd say.
I constantly worked to make ACW feel like a community. I knew that if we established that first and then establish the writing then we'd have a chance at succeeding past two months. Luckily, it worked. We all became a family and being able to see that evolve from the mod's point of view was great. It made me feel good because i knew people were adjusting well and were happy. And.. that's why being a mod is awesome. I don't think I can say anything else why. Sure there's lots of work and you deal with issues you probably don't want to deal with but you can get a inner satisfaction from seeing all that hard work and effort pay off in the people that constantly return to this place.
I think one of main things that I, myself, enjoyed about being a mod was being able to help people. It's what I naturally like to do and this job gave me the perfect outlet. That's why whenever someone had a problem I would quickly try to help resolve it... even if it wasn't really about ACW. Sometimes I would go out of my way to talk to the other party involved in the argument to try and find a commonplace. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't but in the end I think I helped a lot of people at least vent their frustrations and I think that's all they really ever wanted.
Another thing that I really enjoyed doing is whenever a knew member would show up in ACW I would quickly IM them or send them a PM. I would not only welcome them to ACW but answer any and all questions. I would point them to people they made want to talk to and pretty much explain all the details of ACW. I would keep talking to them though. I wouldn't leave it at a one time conversation but I also wouldn't keep bothering them. I just wanted them to feel secure. It's surprising to see a lot of those same people I talked to years ago still show up to ACW today. I never really realized how much this meant to people until they actually started to leave and a lot of them would give a thank you to me for doing this in the goodbye post. It's a good feeling I'd say.
I constantly worked to make ACW feel like a community. I knew that if we established that first and then establish the writing then we'd have a chance at succeeding past two months. Luckily, it worked. We all became a family and being able to see that evolve from the mod's point of view was great. It made me feel good because i knew people were adjusting well and were happy. And.. that's why being a mod is awesome. I don't think I can say anything else why. Sure there's lots of work and you deal with issues you probably don't want to deal with but you can get a inner satisfaction from seeing all that hard work and effort pay off in the people that constantly return to this place.