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| Help Wanted Sunday, July 4, 2010 10:43 pm — Posted by Livio |
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I'm starting a new series of blog posts called "State of the Interguild", in which I explore various topics about the Interguild. Sometimes I will analyze complicated problems we face, while other times I may comment on an observation, or maybe discuss the site's future and where we are headed.
I've had a vague idea for this series for some time now, and as my first post, I will explore an idea I got while writing this week's weekly update. What happened was that I realized that I had spent the last two weeks actively participating in the community a lot, which in turn meant that I was neglecting all the technical work I hoped to achieve this summer. I then began thinking of how I could better manage my time so that I participate in the community more while also working on more things for the site.
I have to balance my time between programming, keeping up with the community, and making sure the website is successful in terms of design, advertising, growth, usability, etc. So the common sense solution to this workload is to get more manpower, and that's where the staff is supposed to come in. The reason why the staff has so many staff powers is so that they could maintain the community while I focused on the technical stuff. However, the staff has proven to not always be so reliable, and there are some things that I just end up doing better myself.
But if I am to acquire the manpower necessary to achieve the Interguild's goals, I realized that what I need isn't to give staff members small responsibilities around the site, or to make things more self-sufficient. What I need is someone that I can depend on to actually run the site.
What if I taught one or more of you how to edit the site and even how to make pages for it? It really isn't that hard. I bet you could learn HTML and PHP in just one day. I think you guys always overestimate how complicated this stuff is, and you underestimate what you can do. And just think what it would be like if the site didn't have to rely on me for everything. We could get more things done around here and still have more time for Aeon. And if the site really does become dependent on you the same way that it depends on me, we could split what little ad money the site makes--I think last month, the Interguild made around $6 USD.
I'm not sure if I would trust many non-staffers with such a responsibility, but the offer is still there. Comment if you're interested.
User Comments (61)
| canadianstickdeath | ||
Age: 36 Karma: 350 Posts: 2990 Gender: Male pm | email |
'Livio' said: 'canadianstickdeath' said: 'Yaya' said: Atleast most of the weird ads have gone away like the Goth Dating Site  . | |
| jazz | ||
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email |
'canadianstickdeath' said: 'Livio' said: 'canadianstickdeath' said: 'Yaya' said: Atleast most of the weird ads have gone away like the rickroll site . Better? Should we get back on topic? | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
no jazz  edit: hey, what's going on? edit: this would've been a stupid post anyway. edit: screw Haily's bbcode checks to make sure it's a valid url. Now you can put whatever you want in your image tags. edit: still nothing!  | |
| canadianstickdeath | ||
Age: 36 Karma: 350 Posts: 2990 Gender: Male pm | email |
Your url parser doesn't like % signs. | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
Quote: Now you can put whatever you want in your image tags. | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
wait, if you view source, the image src="http://" ?? lol I don't know why I'm using this highlight thing edit: I'll just change everything back to the way it was. so anyway, about this topic... | |
| jellsprout | ||
| Lord of Sprout Tower Karma: -2147482799 Posts: 6445 Gender: Male pm | email |
Should we censor Goth with Goat, to make sure those ads never return again? Spoiler: | |
| canadianstickdeath | ||
Age: 36 Karma: 350 Posts: 2990 Gender: Male pm | email |
I shutter to think of the ads we'd get if such a censor were put in place.  | |
| GF4 | ||
| -X- Karma: 117 Posts: 850 Gender: Male pm | email |
EDIT: nvm I thought I was reading the second page but it was actually the first when I posted. Check my description for my accounts. | |
| FlashMarsh | ||
Age: 26 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
'Livio' said: 'canadianstickdeath' said: 'Yaya' said: Atleast most of the weird ads have gone away like the Goth Dating Site . Let's get the ad back! Quote wars! | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
hey, I go to college in two weeks. Now would be a good time to find someone who could act as co-admin. | |
| GF4 | ||
| -X- Karma: 117 Posts: 850 Gender: Male pm | email |
'Livio' said: hey, I go to college in two weeks. Now would be a good time to find someone who could act as co-admin. I believe overlord has applied numerous times. Check my description for my accounts. | |
| dando52 | ||
Karma: Classified Posts: Classified Gender: Classified pm | email |
No, Overlord is the admin. Overlord just need someone to replace Livio as her co-admin | |
| jazz | ||
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email |
Preferably one who will release things on time. | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
does anyone want to at least replace imtimi as community organizer? | |
| jazz | ||
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email |
I could be coummunity organizer, since I know how to check out caves and capture images and edit them and be active, but I dunno if anyone else wants to. | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
whoa! 'the sidebar' said: lol and didn't we already establish that you are probably not to be trusted with staff powers? | |
| Woodstock | ||
Karma: 9 Posts: 67 pm | email |
How about: We make a list of people who want to volunteer their life to Livio, and vote on who gets picked? Spoiler: | |
| jazz | ||
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email |
Hey, that actually sounds like a good idea, unlike the ones you think about every nanosecond... | |
| Harumbai | ||
| [|]-X-[|] Age: 31 Karma: 260 Posts: 1743 Location: New Zealand pm | email |
If you tell me how I can help with the featured content if you want. Upcoming HatPC level: Sanctuary, coming soon to an internet browser near you... | |
| jazz | ||
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email |
Lol, how about we vote 2 new members for FC to make three community organizers? | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
There's a staff page that lets you control the featured content. And another one for uploading images. Do you have a good image editor that will let you resize images decently? | |
| Harumbai | ||
| [|]-X-[|] Age: 31 Karma: 260 Posts: 1743 Location: New Zealand pm | email |
I have Paint.net. Upcoming HatPC level: Sanctuary, coming soon to an internet browser near you... | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 32 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
Quote: Job description: In charge of updating featured content and writing weekly updates. Job may or may not evolve into being relied on for comp-judging or even starting comps. Job requirements: -Be here often. Like almost everyday, or almost every other day. -Keep up with the latest levels, and try them all (or almost all of them). This isn't so bad, because sometimes I find myself having to force myself to stop playing new levels in order to work on things. -Have a good image editor program, and maybe be able to edit images together like how make the SMF screenshots. -Be creative. Don't get stuck in a routine. Always think of ways to make the featured content better and how to make the weekly updates better or different. -Be reliable and dependable. And if you can't be here for times, notify in advance. also, since the staff thinks I accepted imtimi too quickly, I'll await input from them first... | |
| jazz | ||
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email |
'Livio' said: whoa! 'the sidebar' said: lol and didn't we already establish that you are probably not to be trusted with staff powers? Lol, once I give my older brother his account back, not really. He'd be mortified if he found out what I did to his account. And since when did dando52 become Overlord/Fünky boy? | |
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