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Guybrush · 01-19-2023, 02:46 AM

Regarding our friendly coup,

People are tired of hearing this, but I can't come to terms with the fact that MB has an owner / admin who is entirely absent and who doesn't provide updates. It seems exploitative to me and it becomes a barrier to my own involvement with MB. But I've been saying this for ten years or more and know that most people feel different, so I know whatever we did, it wouldn't be a coup. I believe many of the people who would support us have already left (as I also have earlier).

I've been told many times to lighten up and to not take things so seriously. That's actually what I've been doing since stepping down from modship more than 10 years ago. I realized back then that caring too much about MB is just gonna sap your energy because the people in power don't respond to you and there are problems at the core of MB which we're unable to change. MB creates this environment where caring too much becomes a source of frustration and the solution is to not care. So while I used to run genre weeks, write review journals, etc. I've instead been absent for years. When I got back, I've been way less involved in everything and probably cared less about being nice, etc.

So this less involved person who adds less to MB is the relaxed me, but it's not who I want to be. I want to be more involved, write great content and help nurture a great community. I just refuse to do that as an unpaid worker bee for a boss who doesn't give a shit about me, the community or what I do.

So SCD is, for me, a place where I can invest my time and energy the way I'd like to. I don't have to be an admin to be satisfied and would actually prefer a more functional MB, but lacking that, I can at least try to co-run SCD more the way I believe MB should be run. I want to try and make it a place where making an effort, caring and getting involved is rewarded.

Best case scenario for me would be MB with a management that was involved and implemented the kind of features we have now on SCD, but that's a fairy tale.

01-19-2023, 02:46 AM	#46 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Regarding our friendly coup, People are tired of hearing this, but I can't come to terms with the fact that MB has an owner / admin who is entirely absent and who doesn't provide updates. It seems exploitative to me and it becomes a barrier to my own involvement with MB. But I've been saying this for ten years or more and know that most people feel different, so I know whatever we did, it wouldn't be a coup. I believe many of the people who would support us have already left (as I also have earlier). I've been told many times to lighten up and to not take things so seriously. That's actually what I've been doing since stepping down from modship more than 10 years ago. I realized back then that caring too much about MB is just gonna sap your energy because the people in power don't respond to you and there are problems at the core of MB which we're unable to change. MB creates this environment where caring too much becomes a source of frustration and the solution is to not care. So while I used to run genre weeks, write review journals, etc. I've instead been absent for years. When I got back, I've been way less involved in everything and probably cared less about being nice, etc. So this less involved person who adds less to MB is the relaxed me, but it's not who I want to be. I want to be more involved, write great content and help nurture a great community. I just refuse to do that as an unpaid worker bee for a boss who doesn't give a shit about me, the community or what I do. So SCD is, for me, a place where I can invest my time and energy the way I'd like to. I don't have to be an admin to be satisfied and would actually prefer a more functional MB, but lacking that, I can at least try to co-run SCD more the way I believe MB should be run. I want to try and make it a place where making an effort, caring and getting involved is rewarded. Best case scenario for me would be MB with a management that was involved and implemented the kind of features we have now on SCD, but that's a fairy tale. __________________ Something Completely Different Last edited by Guybrush; 01-19-2023 at 03:04 AM.