new hiring process, pros and cons Options

[*incoherent*]

so, i was talking with someone about this about 2 minutes ago and wanted to know what everyone though of how it went being the first time it was implimented.

i didnt want to put this just randomly in another thread, i wanted it to be seen.

so, pros and cons.

pros
-i liked the idea of nominations.

cons
-nominations seemed like endorsements which we did away with due to the fact that only people were picking their friends. i did talk to many mods, and noted it for myself too, that mods werent nominating just friends. i was nominated by 3 people i didnt even talk to.

-not everyone seems to get their chance. just because they dont stand out, doesnt mean they shouldnt be given a shot. sure, there was the discussion thread, but how much of that was taken in when nominations were made?

[Mulder]

we all know that i wasnt particularly happy with this, though there were some good things about it.


pros:

nominations. i liked the fact that people were nominated. i would have never considered myself qualified to apply for xanga staff...

discussions: i liked that the community was able to input on who was nominated


cons:

not everyone qualified was nominated. at least with applications the mods would know who was interested. people nominated may not want to be staff anyway.

i personally would never have applied for xanga staff. i wanted people staff. but i was nominated for xanga staff only.

not all mods did this, but some did nominated their friends. not that toya isnt qualified, but she was nominated by many people who were her friends and said that they didnt visit the design forums enough to make a decision about it. (i think toya is absolutely qualified, shes just an example. replace toya with "bob".)

member discussion: the community wasnt very active. the people that posted there were mostly people who were nominees, not the rest of the community. also, a lot of the people that werent nominees mentioned their friends.


eh.

my two cents.