Admin Feedback Thread (Archived)

[Connor]

That way of doing it seem a bit inefficient. I mean, needing so many people doing one simple job is kinda odd. What I would advise is allowing one admin to do the sanction, and if the violator thinks that the sanction is not fair, he can ask another admin to review the case. Then you can play a voting game, or perhaps just let other few admins to review the case. What is bad in this idea?

I'm going to try and make this as unbiased as possible since I was a mod and did vote on many reports.

In order for a sanction to go through, with the current system, the staffed required at least 3 opinions/votes to be put forward. Most sanctions would be pretty simple, yes there's enough evidence or no, there's not enough evidence to sanction this person. If something isn't clear it then is then opened for discussion, people throw their ideas back and forth until a final decision is made and an admin carries the act out. Very very rarely would a single person make the decision on their own, even if it's blindingly obvious.

Let's talk about your suggested system. We have one admin that makes a decision there and then and carries out his verdict. Nothing more, nothing less. With both systems we have positives and negatives.

One person carrying out the sanction would make the process incredibly fast however, bias opinions can easily be set in play, the admin might have missed something that is vital to the sanction and doesn't act accordingly. Said person could look like a complete cock and become targeted by the community if it happens a lot.

Multiple people voting can have things cleared up and missed things pointed out (as it has happened many times). A definitive decision is made by several people that all agree, there's little chance they'd be wrong. More accurate. On the other hand it can take its time.

Each have their ups and downs but the system that is currently in place works very well. Yes, things could be sped up but they have improved. Believe it or not the admins are very busy so having to go back over a report is time consuming and prevents them from discussing more important things.

There is a problem with transparency in this community between the staff and the community and that's probably why most people have many issues with the staff team. A lot of the things that people complain about are usually things where they don't have the full picture. There are a few things that can be improved in this area, but no system is perfect.

Believe it or not but most of the staff team work hard. It's just that it's mostly behind the scenes.

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