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Staffing Confessions written Jun 30, 2024 14:49:32 GMT
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Jun 30, 2024 14:28:19 GMT said:


yeah ai is a joke and yet another nft-like tech scheme. i enjoyed this blog post quite a bit on the subject too, from a "beleaguered engineer suffering in industry" perspective I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again which i think many people will have already read, but it's still funny as hell.
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Staffing Confessions written Jul 1, 2024 2:01:44 GMT
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Jun 29, 2024 7:02:01 GMT said:
unrelated to the ai stuff, but i love when i have to make a reminder that there's no set portrayal of canon characters because of how many mediums the site takes inspo from. like no, i don't have to make a note on the canon list that there's a "derivation" from canon for a character so it's "easy to see at a glance". we have no set canon! read the damn app!


update i actually discovered the character doesn't deviate from canon at all it's just the manga ver. im so mad



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Staffing Confessions written Jul 2, 2024 0:47:19 GMT
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i've staffed for so many places over so many years, and i still can't figure out a split between Being Staff and Also Being A Member in my head. it isn't bad every time, but there are always days where my brain is like ... mm, no, no roleplay for us today. we need to be prepared in case we have to suddenly take care of the... everything.
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Staffing Confessions written Jul 2, 2024 1:32:44 GMT
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Honestly, I've been thinking about ways to potentially reduce the load, but it still seems a little daunting... I think it's been a little easier when I organize stuff to think about things in ways of 'what needs to be taken care of now', and what can be kept until I've got free time on my hands where I'm not writing myself... unless it's a time-sensitive site event, or someone's very first profile approval, there's a lot of stuff that could be compartmentalized...

...But I like to have moderation tasks completely cleared out T.T The duality of man... one braincell wants to procrastinate on work and one braincell wants a clean desk
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Staffing Confessions written Jul 3, 2024 4:50:40 GMT
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With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
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Jul 2, 2024 0:47:19 GMT said:
i've staffed for so many places over so many years, and i still can't figure out a split between Being Staff and Also Being A Member in my head. it isn't bad every time, but there are always days where my brain is like ... mm, no, no roleplay for us today. we need to be prepared in case we have to suddenly take care of the... everything.
Truly, one of the most important things for me personally when it comes to staffing is this: is this a site that I am enjoying writing on? I have not made sites to simply serve other people— I'd like to also be a member too. I should be making a site that I too want to write on, otherwise it's just not sustainable because I'm not getting paid to run a site, it's always been a passion project.

Still, I do see where you're coming from here! I really like to get tasks out of the way, and I feel so bad when I'm holding up members because I didn't process A, B, and C, or I haven't written out what the next bit of lore that would be necessary for the site plot just yet.

Personally haven't admin'd in a long time because I really needed the time to simply be a member in a space just focusing on writing and not pleasing other people, but be kinder to yourself, you're trying the best that you can. If you aren't writing enough on your own, it might be a good time to give yourself a small break because some of the strongest comebacks happen after a well earned vacation.
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