Hey all,
Recently I’ve had the thought of proposing that the Support Team be expanded upon - and be an included position for any applicant who may be interested. I see no reason why forum moderator applications weren’t being accepted in the first place - and it’d do the community good if they were being accepted.
The Support Team should also have forum moderation capabilities. It says on the Staff List that they do, but they do not (or maybe they have extremely limited powers, not sure), unfortunately. From a past experience I can safely say that the regular PMU Moderator has more forum powers than a Support Team Member does. Why can’t one be just a forum moderator and not an in-game one? I personally believe the forums should receive more attention than they do already, but with our Admins’ busy schedule that isn’t very possible at the current moment.
Seeing as how PTD has been the only member of the Support Team for quite a while (I think she was the only one?), means its time for some improvements.
I believe that firstly, for a few months, they should be given only global mod powers that include just: warn, IP grabbing, post approval and disapproval, post editing, and thread maintenance tools. After their trial or evaluation period expires, they should then be given the rest: banning/unbanning privileges and all that other good stuff.
Furthermore, as there is only one member of the Support Team, that kind of takes the whole “Team” part out.
Tl;dr - applications should be open for the support team for people who are interested in just staffing the forums, and the support team usergroup should be given more moderation privileges.
Thoughts?