Have you ever been screwed over by a staff member?

[pandaa]

As the title asks, have you ever appointed a staff member and been hurt by them? If not, how do you avoid this?

 

[xpl0iter]

Selecting staffs will be a difficult job indeed. The best choice would be to select someone whom you know for long time.
That way you won't have nothing to fear as you have been knowing this person for somewhat long and know what s/he normally do in almost all situations and whether that person is matured enough.

 

[Martee]

Selecting staffs will be a difficult job indeed. The best choice would be to select someone whom you know for long time.
That way you won't have nothing to fear as you have been knowing this person for somewhat long and know what s/he normally do in almost all situations and whether that person is matured enough.

You didn't know me you just plucked me after I asked via PM!

 

[xpl0iter]

Yeah I was kinda hoping you would be a nice guy. =P

 

[Southern Comfort]

Reverse kind of, I was hired by a dude and he fucked me over. I'm just going to copy-paste this from another forum as it takes forever to type.

Ages ago I worked at a Final Fantasy forum (I'm a fan of the older ones still haha, I was crazy about it then though) and I was fired. I joined the forum when it was only about... 20 members big. And being the younger version of me, I was overly determined to prove my worth and become a staff member. So I talked to the forum owner for a while and said that I would help out with the memberbase if he promoted me. So he did but made a mod group where it was real restricted, like suspiciously restricted. I could only lock and move topics in specific forums when he told me I was Head Mod. Anyways, I went on an advertising frenzy. I'd like to think I invented pm advertising (and I felt bad about doing it for a long time afterwards haha) and I went to a bigger Final Fantasy forum and just pm'ed every. damn. member. Even the admins cause I didn't give a fuck!

I boosted our small little forum to over 200 members in a matter of days. He promoted me to admin and all was good, except once again it was real restricted. When I told him I was tired of advertising he demoted me saying he didn't want lazy staff members (when he himself would be gone for days at a time). So I did the reasonable thing and re-pm'ed all the members that were active on the big forum and told them that the admin was trying to steal their passwords to their emails or some bullshit haha!

So after that long wall of text, I got the last laugh and he ended up closing the board. Didn't feel bad about it at all.

And boom, my fired story and how that asshole screwed me over.

 

[Martee]

Yeah I was kinda hoping you would be a nice guy. =P

And were you correct? *praise mode initiated*

 

[Sylar]

Not really been screwed over by a staff member, they've tried, but we've handled them quite well

 

[Martee]

Not really been screwed over by a staff member, they've tried, but we've handled them quite well :smile:

We handled them very well, haha.

 

[Gytix]

We handled them very well, haha.

This involve that Steven guy?

 

[Martee]

This involve that Steven guy?

Amongst others lol. I have made peace with Steven now though.

 

[Sam1]

Have you heard of AdminTalk.net? Their owner was completely screwed over by a staff member they fired. They had achieved 1500 posts in a week and it all went down the drain.

 

[xpl0iter]

Is that the one with spudster as an admin?

 

[Martee]

To be brutally honest, I think Spudster has screwed that site up himself with the amount of closing/opening/ and other assorted crap he has done to that place. ><

 

[Southern Comfort]

I just got screwed over by a client rofl. They requested a new logo for $25, I said I would do it. I did it. They hadn't been around in a few days so I signed up on their forums and told them that I finished their request and they should go check it out. Then they ban me. I watermarked the logo so good luck trying to get it out, it'll take you a year.

 

[Martee]

I just got screwed over by a client rofl. They requested a new logo for $25, I said I would do it. I did it. They hadn't been around in a few days so I signed up on their forums and told them that I finished their request and they should go check it out. Then they ban me. I watermarked the logo so good luck trying to get it out, it'll take you a year. :smile:

Lmao, the importance of Watermarks eh. ^_^

Name and shame?

 

[Southern Comfort]

Lmao, the importance of Watermarks eh. ^_^

Name and shame?

Naw, I'm giving them a bit of time to apologize.

 

[Martee]

Naw, I'm giving them a bit of time to apologize.

Aww. Anyone I may know? (Don't have to tell me who )

 

[Southern Comfort]

Aww. :unhappy: Anyone I may know? (Don't have to tell me who )

Naw, on another forum. They run a gaming forum of about 12 people. xD

 

[Martee]

Naw, on another forum. They run a gaming forum of about 12 people. xD

Damn, I want to poop on them for making you waste your time. <3

 

[Southern Comfort]

Damn, I want to poop on them for making you waste your time. <3

Honestly, it took me 15 minutes. xD