11-05-04, 01:54 AM | ||
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Wendy's Post
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"I have to get this off my chest...I have probably spent 80-90% of my VF time the past two months dealing with the conflicts on this board and the emails and pms they inspire. If you want to know why VF isn't up to date and why ongoing VF projects aren't going anywhere, that's why. That is not the way I prefer to be spending my time, but I've had no choice. I care about VFers and want everyone to get along, so I try to mend fences when I can, but it has become a full time job, frankly, and I'm exhausted. So yes, whether or not you agree that there has been extra drama or negativity on the board lately, I can attest that there has been extra conflict, conflict that has required intervention. Thanks for listening. " Of course, if there is more controversy in general, there will be more offline complaining and bickering. Since Wendy posts here and there to give gentle reminders in controversial threads, that would not be taking 90% of her time. She clearly states that the "conflicts" on the board, not necessarily civil controversial discussions, have led to e-mails and PMs between VFers that have required intervention. Intervention in a thread takes a few minutes. Dealing with the fallout and trying to "mend fences" (in Wendy's words) between VFers who are taking personal disputes to the moderators or herself, would be the only thing to cause this much work. I am sure that Wendy has to spend alot of time sorting out general things that cause controversy in the first place. For example, I had no idea that the moderators had spent hours working with Wendy, regarding Joe and his association with Collage. I am oblivious to this type of thing. One of the moderators stated in the "Hot Picture at Collage" thread that this task had taken a great deal of time and effort. I think there is a great deal more behind the scenes than we realize. These recent statements by the mods and Wendy really opened my eyes. Deb |
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11-05-04, 07:08 AM | ||
Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Upstate NY
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Moderating is definitely a fluid time commitment in that you spend as much time as you have available to you at that moment, but there have definitely been days since leaving my "real" job that I've spent 6 or 8 hours a day on the forum and dealing with issues. If it's that much time for me, I can only imagine what it is for Wendy, since we all get the "reported" posts but she's the one who gets almost all the direct emails and PMs. |
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11-05-04, 11:29 AM | ||
VF Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Utah
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I knew that WWWendy and the mods spend a lot of time moderating but I had no idea that it could be 6 to 8 hours a day (and probably lots more for WWWendy)!! That's a lot of time for an unpaid, sometimes underappreciated job. So I want to thank you, the other mods, and WWWendy again for all the hard work that you have done to make this board great!! Helen |
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