Ceroria
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Please excuse any historical errors, this comes from my recollection of events and mine only.
Now as you may have known, the friend rank has been redefined to serve only "friends" of the Sr. Staff, which was somewhat of its original point. It then evolved, though I don't know how, into a rank given to ex-staff members and staff members alternate accounts (which, imo, was an incredibly good move to honor mods services). The friend rank has been around for almost a year now, and has served the community positively, until yesterday it was removed from the ex-staff aspect. There was a slight outcry from ex-mods, current staff members, and friends of people who may have had this rank removed. I am here to voice my opinions on this, and let others share theirs.
First off, I believe the friend rank was limited because of multiple reasons. Ever since it was implemented, a lot of good and respected staff members resigned within the first 5-6 months of its existence. I am not saying these people actually resigned to just get friend rank, but if the rank was not there, who knows if they would have ever resigned. Our conscience brains aren't the only parts of us doing the thinking, we sometimes have impulsive and deeper animalistic desires that drive us to do things, some in a good way, some in a bad. These mods may not have consciously resigned for friend, however they might have resigned earlier than without the rank because they knew that they wouldn't have to be thrown back in to the world of being a regular unprioritized member. This is shown in the real world today. There are some people around the world that feed off strong healthcare because they can live off of it, there is no need to get a job if there is incredible healthcare in some countries (given that it may not be a good, high-quality living, it is still a free one). This led to an increase in laziness in some people.
So MCSG made a choice to limit who receives the friend rank to actual friends of staff.
(^ my theory ^)
Here is an excerpt from CAm's "All Ranks with Descriptions" thread.
So spinning off my idea of VIP, why don't we just create a whole new rank to recognize ex-staff members and staff member's alts? My answer: why not. I'm sure MCSG has its reasons, or maybe they haven't though of it yet. We don't really know, from a normal user perspective. That's why we make suggestions like these, to let the staff know we're out here and have something awesome to say to lend a helping hand! Anyway, back on track. What if we were to give out a whole new entire rank for this purpose? We could give it its own original color, maybe an excited one that hardly any servers use ^.^ like a dark royal blue. Anything, but as long as it serves as something to recognize and appreciate our former staff members who have worked their butts off to make sure that yours stay safe.
The underlying point of this massive OP is to say this: "Hey, the staff deserve some recognition for what they've done, be it friend rank, VIP, a whole new rank dedicated to the ex-staff, or even a bolded green name, to just show that they have previously helped out the community (it doesn't have to have any more permissions than normal members, it could simply serve as recognition)."
Now as you may have known, the friend rank has been redefined to serve only "friends" of the Sr. Staff, which was somewhat of its original point. It then evolved, though I don't know how, into a rank given to ex-staff members and staff members alternate accounts (which, imo, was an incredibly good move to honor mods services). The friend rank has been around for almost a year now, and has served the community positively, until yesterday it was removed from the ex-staff aspect. There was a slight outcry from ex-mods, current staff members, and friends of people who may have had this rank removed. I am here to voice my opinions on this, and let others share theirs.
First off, I believe the friend rank was limited because of multiple reasons. Ever since it was implemented, a lot of good and respected staff members resigned within the first 5-6 months of its existence. I am not saying these people actually resigned to just get friend rank, but if the rank was not there, who knows if they would have ever resigned. Our conscience brains aren't the only parts of us doing the thinking, we sometimes have impulsive and deeper animalistic desires that drive us to do things, some in a good way, some in a bad. These mods may not have consciously resigned for friend, however they might have resigned earlier than without the rank because they knew that they wouldn't have to be thrown back in to the world of being a regular unprioritized member. This is shown in the real world today. There are some people around the world that feed off strong healthcare because they can live off of it, there is no need to get a job if there is incredible healthcare in some countries (given that it may not be a good, high-quality living, it is still a free one). This led to an increase in laziness in some people.
So MCSG made a choice to limit who receives the friend rank to actual friends of staff.
(^ my theory ^)
Here is an excerpt from CAm's "All Ranks with Descriptions" thread.
It is stated that Friend rank is subject to change. There is also something else I noticed. Read about the VIPs. VIPs, or Very Important Players/People are people who have greatly helped the server in certain ways. Judging by that, all ex-staff and staff's alts should have been VIPs in the first place! Just by being themselves and moderating the servers, they are acting as a first defense against rule breakers which is almost the most important job someone can do on the servers. VIP is however given to Ex-Sr. Staff members because of their greater contribution. Why not give it to mods too?
So spinning off my idea of VIP, why don't we just create a whole new rank to recognize ex-staff members and staff member's alts? My answer: why not. I'm sure MCSG has its reasons, or maybe they haven't though of it yet. We don't really know, from a normal user perspective. That's why we make suggestions like these, to let the staff know we're out here and have something awesome to say to lend a helping hand! Anyway, back on track. What if we were to give out a whole new entire rank for this purpose? We could give it its own original color, maybe an excited one that hardly any servers use ^.^ like a dark royal blue. Anything, but as long as it serves as something to recognize and appreciate our former staff members who have worked their butts off to make sure that yours stay safe.
The underlying point of this massive OP is to say this: "Hey, the staff deserve some recognition for what they've done, be it friend rank, VIP, a whole new rank dedicated to the ex-staff, or even a bolded green name, to just show that they have previously helped out the community (it doesn't have to have any more permissions than normal members, it could simply serve as recognition)."
