Staff Disagreements

[Shortie]

This sometimes can happen all too often if communication gets mixed up or enough information does not get discussed. I myself have been in this situation too many times before which can get really annoying especially if you are joint owners of a website or forum and it feels like you get pushed out and do not have any kind of say.

Have you ever been in a situation where you have gone into partnership with someone on say a forum and once the forum is ready and open and things start to happen it starts to feel like you are just a spare part and don't really have a say?

I was once in this situation on a forum where I was admin and there was another admin, everything was fine from the start but after around a week or so after opening and members coming in, it was like they wanted to run the place how they wanted and I did not have a say or if I tried they would slam me and make another decision themselves. Forums I feel can not survive like this especially if you are joint owners and need to be discussing rather than making decisions alone.

How did you deal with situations like this?

 

[Azareal]

Similar, but not exactly. I was once in a open source software projects where there were three founders including myself. It was somewhat run like a council and we kept overruling each other.

When it came to dealing with a troublesome staff member, sometimes there was consensus for removing him.. Sometimes not.. Sometimes there would be for a while before the third person walks in and practically overrules everyone.

 

[NetGuru]

I just left a forum for that same reason, when I asked an Administrator a question, the response I got was vague and tantamount to a rude response, so I just called it quits, to make matters even worst, they were not paying sufficiently and when I did get paid, I had to wait an entire week, my question to forums like this is, what if everyone left your forums because of your ill-treatment, would business for you still go on, think about that.

 

[hedonologist]

I ran a forum with someone else once, it didn't go well. I would personally either like to have the absolute last word, or have someone else have it. Being a joint leader just creates problems as disagreements are bound to come up from time to time, but there has to be someone in control in my opinion.

 

[cyberpuppet]

I once had the online emotional breakdown to end all breakdowns because of this (which I am now ashamed of). I had worked hard to get a forum going, slowly adding staff etc and with a long term vision and it seemed everyone suddenly decided they wanted something else and were going to to it regardless of what I wanted or planned for. I appreciate now a lot of it was because of my poor communications - I am useless at explaining what is in my head. At the time though it hurt like hell - I had near enough burnt myself out trying to do what everyone wanted then they all decided they wanted something else and I did not handle it well.
I actually spent over 12 months away from forum life and now approach it from a different direction - and when setting up my latest forum I am working on separating owner and poster IDs to try and give me a level of buffering.

 

[Maniak21]

No, I have not. But, if I'd be in position to chose myself a partner, I'd only choose somebody with the same vision and the same passion for the community that I have. It's not enough to be interested in the topic and then start making partnerships and fail because you have disagreements. And if such a situation would occur then I'd have a vote put up, and hopefully he doesn't have all the moderators and other admins under his belt.