I want to see the magical lock, delete, warn, suspend and ban buttons. And the reported posts section.
Serious question:
Why do you do it?
Take on these unpaid roles, dealing with scummy people and generally devoting your life to something which isn't your creation, nor do you gain anything from it as far as I can tell.
I don't get it? Can any staff clarify the motivations, rewards and reasoning behind this investment of attention? Given the posts that remain visible and the nature of the "REEEEEEEEEE!" people who swarm to this place wanting immediate answers for their l337 ha><><0r problems/ROM piracy I can only imagine the crap you wade through daily on a voluntary basis and aside from masochism or having nothing else worthwhile going on in your life I really don't get why anyone would do it.
Glad you do though but just wondering as the topic came up so might as well ask...
Yepp! Pretty much this infact.Staff: we do it for fun or to give back to the community
Poster: no, no, let me armchair psychologist and tell you that you don't
A good majority of the mod team spent years just posting on the site for nothing but fun. If, for whatever reason, we didn't need the mods anymore, I'm sure they'd go back to just posting on the site and checking in like they have for all the years prior.
Interesting. So your self image is tied up in obtaining a position of privilege in comparison to the plebs who frequent this establishment and this in turn gives you a sense of achievement, yes?
Its like a boost to your self esteem to be a "somebody" in this little corner of cyberspace as it relates to your passion/hobby. Can you see how ultimately underneath all of the rationalization its a self serving thing ie you do it primarily for your own benefit. That is the motivation. That is the payoff.
I wonder how quickly you would stop posting here if you were stripped of your rank and demoted back to the level of plebs. Would things feel different? I'm betting they would as a major motivator of putting all that unpaid work in would be gone.
Ban me, senpai!All I see are bannable people... bannable people everywhere!
DoneBan me, senpai!
(please don't ban me~)
Wow, GBAtemp looks terrible from that side. I didn’t realize that’s where the ROMs would be storedDone
(Also you don't need to read things inside the () )
EDIT: Been about 5 minutes. I guess I remove the ban now *sigh*
Yes, the roms... now back to workWow, GBAtemp looks terrible from that side. I didn’t realize that’s where the ROMs would be stored
i remember the first time I wore glasses in teh 1st grade, i was like "wait life isn't blurry? wtf?"You should get some. My cuteness levels went up by 53% by wearing glasses