Okay..
Obviously, unless you were under a rock somewhere, you'd be aware of a bit of trouble last night with one of our long term members.
This probably won't be believed much, but what this thread is about isn't really connected with all that (except maybe very, very marginally).
Three days ago (ie. BEFORE this happened), I said the following to Ice wolf in the Admin forum:
(I can provide a screenshot with the time and date stamp to anyone who isn't convinced)
I think it's time for a post-TLD G'Dope. I'm not about to take my ball and go home, or otherwise storm off in any sort of huff. I'm staying put until we can collectively work out a way forward. It's just that after three years, I wanna take a bit of "long service leave" and put my feet up for a while. The idea of coming here as a normal member and having a bit of fun is attracting more and more appeal to me. Adminning this board is more work and less ego trip than many people might suspect. Getting put in "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situations time after time after time starts to grind a bit, especially if ya don't get paid!
Whether this is a temporary thing or a permanent one is something I haven't decided.
I was thinking of announcing this for the past six months or so. I was aiming to wait for a really smooth period on the boards so that I would not be seen as reacting to any specific incident, but I can't see that sort of window approaching any time soon, so here I am saying it now.
I haven't discussed this in any great detail with Ice Wolf yet. Wolfie is quite capable of running this place on her own, but if she'd prefer I stick out the "help wanted" sign, I can do that too.
Not after validation or sympathetic posts - more practical advice and suggestions on how to do all this smoothly.
I'll still be around the joint regardless. I like it here.
Edit: I changed the title. Originally I called this thread " This is NOT a Meltdown Thread
" to reinforce the fact that I wasn't rending any garments or anything as I typed it up, and that it was a considered OP. On review, that title looked very bitchy, so I removed it. It wasn't meant to be bitchy.
Obviously, unless you were under a rock somewhere, you'd be aware of a bit of trouble last night with one of our long term members.
This probably won't be believed much, but what this thread is about isn't really connected with all that (except maybe very, very marginally).
Three days ago (ie. BEFORE this happened), I said the following to Ice wolf in the Admin forum:
Quote:
To be honest, I'm trying to pare down my online activity to the point that I'll be able to go and restore steam locomotives. Somehow, I suspect you might have guessed that. The admin gig is wearing thin.
(I can provide a screenshot with the time and date stamp to anyone who isn't convinced)
I think it's time for a post-TLD G'Dope. I'm not about to take my ball and go home, or otherwise storm off in any sort of huff. I'm staying put until we can collectively work out a way forward. It's just that after three years, I wanna take a bit of "long service leave" and put my feet up for a while. The idea of coming here as a normal member and having a bit of fun is attracting more and more appeal to me. Adminning this board is more work and less ego trip than many people might suspect. Getting put in "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situations time after time after time starts to grind a bit, especially if ya don't get paid!
Whether this is a temporary thing or a permanent one is something I haven't decided.
I was thinking of announcing this for the past six months or so. I was aiming to wait for a really smooth period on the boards so that I would not be seen as reacting to any specific incident, but I can't see that sort of window approaching any time soon, so here I am saying it now.
I haven't discussed this in any great detail with Ice Wolf yet. Wolfie is quite capable of running this place on her own, but if she'd prefer I stick out the "help wanted" sign, I can do that too.
Not after validation or sympathetic posts - more practical advice and suggestions on how to do all this smoothly.
I'll still be around the joint regardless. I like it here.
Edit: I changed the title. Originally I called this thread " This is NOT a Meltdown Thread

