There should be a fine line between your community seeing you as staff and seeing you as a member. However I think this varies between communities, as not every one is the same. From the ones I've been staff on, it's a huge fear for me that people will take what I say in DMs when I'm technically "off the clock" and not trying to approach someone about apps or such, as something else. There needs to be a line between the two but there shouldn't be an issue with you running your community and also trying to take part in it, as its a place that YOU created. So why shouldn't you enjoy it? Like yeah, I made this event and I might know what's going to happen but I'm still going to have my characters to participate because I want to have fun. Because I am helping moderate that community to have fun in.
Ultimately, its up to people and how they want to run their communities, but I don't think you shouldn't be allowed to have fun in a space that you created not just for yourself but for other people.
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