Actually, I think that was thanks to Cristy



Still...not helping.

Part of it, in my opinion is "proof", although having said that, a poster can certainly remove the tags after the fact. I still think the whole image tags thing is silly. It's not difficult to remove them and I don't know why people are so intent on leaving them. I understand an accident (if you're just posting quickly and don't think about it) or new folks who don't know any better (although people really should read the guidelines before posting. We all know that happens. lol). If I see them, I go ahead and remove them, but I'm sort of OCD-ish like that.

Seriously. Other people have no problems saying exactly who it is they have an issue with. I have no idea why you are so reluctant. If it was causing problems that you were concerned about, you wouldn't say anything at all. As such, it's hard for me to take you 100% seriously when you are so intent on being cryptic. If you're sincerely concerned about the well being of cB, you'd be direct. You do understand the concept of being direct, right? :P

Agreed. If any staff member isn't living up to expectations, identifying them and the problem nicely will only make them improve their performance. So spit it out already.

I'm sorry for annoying you with that, and I understand where you're coming from because I anticipate people's reactions when that's all I reply with. It's just that I'd rather give the person a chance to remove the tags himself instead of raising his warning level, especially since he should know better and just remove one tag. But I'll take your suggestion and PM the person instead.

Hes talking about me.

But whatever hes absolutely right many of the problems on cB are my fault and my fault alone And i may consider giving him his wet dream and step down.


But that wont be soon really so hang on there tamacracker

From my understandin, it wouldn't matter as this person is semi-special to Jusun...



lol it's definitely not you.

It's Trish.

Everyone already knows, Tama. Stop being a pussy and just say it.

We are all special in the eyes of the Lord.

Seriously now, and I'm putting on my pout face as I bash this out on my keyboard here, if you're not going to take advice and either PM a moderator privately about your concerns or publicise it here in Mod Perf, then I don't want to see one more letter coming out of your keyboard about it.

REALLY?

what the hell.I always thought you were talking about me.

I actually laughed out loud at that.

This is just silly. I feel like I'm in that scene in Breakfast Club when they're all like, "just answer the question Claire."

Say who and why. Honestly, that's the only way to help. *shrug

Rofl seriously, no one else has a problem saying my name, Tama. I don't know why you're being so hush-hush about it.

Sorry but People Staff as a whole just sucks. I like everyone on People Staff, but they just aren't cut out as mods to be honest.

Cristy - She's way too nice and lenient, and needs to be more outspoken on issues. She's a good friend of mines, but being a mod probably isn't her thing.

Jane - I've never seen her mod a thing. Maybe 2-3 times a month at most. I like Jane. She's cute, but looks can only go so far.

Ruth - Too inconsistent. When she was hired, she was good for about a week, then she disappeared with her weird issues for a while, then came back and was the best people staff out there for another good 2-3 days, and disappear again. What we need is consistency.

James - sucks up way too damn much, and tries too damn hard. I like the dude, but his modding just flat out sucks

Either People Staff need to suck it up, and get it together, or hire some people who actually interact with the community and actually mod the forums, instead of just posting like an Official Member.


Maybe because he's afraid of you. Everyone's intimidated by you. You might get so defensive, and get mad at him, and call Jusun while he's in the showers, then get him to sign on cB immediately and tell him to permabanned Tama.

nah i like you.

Yeah I didn't tell Jusun to permaban anyone, he did that of his own accord. I didn't call him either, he just signed on to do cb stuff.

^ agreed...
I can't even try to be cool with Pandora cuz some how it'll be twisted and I get a verbal warning =\

Ah a victory for me.

Oh enough spam from me.

ok so i just looked back at your other posts in here tama, and i can't really... do anything because you haven't even given any constructive criticism. you're just saying that some are "cut out" and some "arent cut out" and that "getting rid of me" would solve our problems. or w/e.


there's a difference between criticism and bitching.

good to know you actually know the difference.

Let me suggest to some of the people posting in this topic that you take a moment to re-read Rebecca's first post.

If you have any specific concerns you don't want to address in this thread, feel free to PM Rebecca or myself about it. However, as this topic is concerned, be constructive and helpful or don't post (please).

What?

Really? I thought I was being a bit meaner/more strict lately. Like that post where I told everyone to get back on topic, and then you edited your following post saying how I was being a Nazi. xD I don't want to be a Nazi. I'm trying to find a balance, though.

he's a complete suck up, brown nose, shitty mod... that's what tung said. who ever the heck that is.

The-March-Hare is James =/

HA! Sorry, that was actually funny in my head.

lmao not one mod is doing shit with what's happening now. this speaks volumes. I guess cristy should be admin huh, since she's actually doing something.

You know, the admins can't be on 24/7. ;) (I'm not sure who was on at the time, to be honest).

I agree though that Cristy is terrific.

Here is a question for the staff:

Why the hell do you reject images for reasons such as "the grass is too sharp" or "the clouds stick out too much". This is not criticism, this is a personal opinion that is nowhere near a design status. Number one. It's BLADES of grass for a reason. Sharp kinda comes with the equation. and how can I take "the clouds stick out too much" as a "helpful" criticism? How is this helpful? I understand rejecting an image if the quality is bad or if the image is stolen, however "the grass is too sharp" or "i don't like the dress on the girl" is an absolutely retarded reason to reject an image. Keep personal opinions out of the "criticism" you seem to be giving and leave it at design quality HELPFUL feedback.

Those are comments that have to do with the composition and overall aesthetic of the design, which is something that we check for as much as low quality graphics and pixelation. You can't expect us not to have standards for aesthetic.

And just to clarify, we aren't actually required to provide any "helpful" feedback or any tips on how you can make your submissions better. We're only required to tell you the reason why it was rejected.


This is a resource site, not show and tell, and we aren't your art teachers.

Hmm.. feel free to PM me about this, but that sounds like it is helpful criticism.

However, to give you the benefit of the doubt if you are ever unhappy with a rejection notice you receive you are always welcome to PM another design staffer, a head staffer, or an administrator to get a second opinion.

I would recommend letting us know either in PM or in this thread which image was rejected and perhaps quote the notes you received on it. I can do my best to give you some insight and perhaps let you know why it was rejected if I do in fact feel like it should have been.

edit; Let me add that the things you mentioned were personal opinions by the staff member were actually legitimate reasons as to why (now, having seen the graphic in question) the piece was rejected. Staff members, when going through the queue, are expected to act as sort of representatives for the rest of the community. We accept things that we feel are up to standards and that the community will like. In contrast, we reject things that we feel will not be as well-received by the community. When you receive reasons as to why those things were rejected, they will seem like personal opinions. But trust me - our staff members are staff members BECAUSE we trust their opinions.

Thank you Trish & Dani

Written4you, I wrote you back just to let you know.

I'm sorry if you didn't feel like I was helpful enough, but next time if you want advice about your graphics post them in the showcase to get opinions and perhaps a helpful hand in fixing anything if there is a problem with the overall image.

Trish and Dani, I actually PMed you a link to one of the images she submitted so if you would like to tell me your opinions of it, I told her I would PM them to her. Unless you want to PM them to her yourself, feel free.

lol i read the PM before i read your post... if i had known you were sending my evaluation to her, i wouldve worded it a bit more pleasantly.

oh lol, oops.

to late >_>

nevermind, i just read what you wrote to her. yours was worse XD, but im going to assume that she was giving you an attitude since you were like "please dont get an attitude with me."

Yea I believe she was. I mean the way she used exclamation points a few times gives me the vibe that if I was in front of her she would have raised her voice.


[/spam] alright i'll shut up, everyone get on topic XD

HEY MODS. WHERE'S YOUR CONSISTENCY?
I think that Ruth's been on staff long enough to know the rules.

What are you referring to, Yan Lin? Please explain.

Well I have to say that she was a bit questionable about it, but personally I would have let it slide Having img tags on the same page is annoying but if the picture isn't on the other page then I could see that as being fine. My opinion of course, so ignore me xD

but that means that staff isn't being consistent enough about it. first telling people to take all img tags out no matter from whatever pages the pictures are from. and now, it's like "oh it doesn't matter THAT much." there needs to be more consistency here. if staff is going to follow the rules, then they NEED to follow the rules.

Of course, I agree with you Yanlin. And I can see why you think this, if staff did say that ALL img tags need to removed than all tags need to removed.

It is on the same page for me.

Can we have rules about deleting topics? Trish is ridiculously abusing that power. Topics used to never disappear unless they were blatant spam and weren't needed.

Oh yea and it would be great if moderators (especially those higher up) were not signed in as invisible. That way we can see which moderators are active and which are not. It would be nice if certain moderators who are called out would at least reply in the topic in which they are being called out upon. Being anonymous doesn't mean one should avoid a topic.

Although, maybe topics should be considered RESOLVED when BOTH SIDES agree that it's resolved. It would be detrimental to some members, if not to many members, if a topic was considered resolved, but clearly it was half-assed in regards to being resolved.

Sorry, I completely overlooked the first thread - it's fixed now.

hey. so you ever going to tell tung to take out those img tags?

I'm going to talk about img tags (again) with the rest of the mods backstage. For now, I'm leaving it.

nobody removvee imggg tag frum moi NUB..!

Thomas – I think it was me that you chatted with, although I think we were chatting about threads that were lingering around when either the questioned had been resolved or the member hadn’t returned to their thread in a long time and the concern was that these threads were just sitting in the Resource Center subforums. I know that has been brought up before and that things should be cleaned out in the Resource subforums. We’re a bit short on design staff right now and while that isn’t a great excuse, the queue and answering questions are their priority. I want to let you know that I haven’t forgotten that conversation though. Regarding pinned/time sensitive topics. Yes, we should be doing a better job with maintaining those. Thank you for the feedback.

Invisibility – I’m visible now! hahaha I don’t find it to be a big deal, but if seeing who is and isn’t online (when it comes to moderators) is important to the community, I think that it’s a small request to make and an easy enough request to honor.

To image tag or not to image tag! For some reason it is sticking in my mind that if the picture was on a page previous, that it was reasonable to have the image reposted. I’ll need to check around the forum to see why that is in my brain. Having said that, if not everyone is moderating consistently, I can see why that would be confusing and frustrating. Ruth did bring this up Backstage and we’ll get on the same train of thought so that things can be handled more evenly.

(PS, I actually typed this post in Outlook at work and am copying my response into this thread (since my internet time is limited at work). If I have missed anything brought up, I apologize and will read over the past few pages of Mod Feedback to ensure that people at least get their concerns acknowledged).

Also, as an aside, I have a great number of things going on in my personal life. As such, I simply cannot be here as often as I might have been formerly. As things get resolved personally, I’ll do my best to be here more, contribute more and see things/issues through more.