RE: FreewriteHouse's New Moderators are Commenters
BTW, not only does the newcomers' community ask you to hold a paper so do some other communities. Here you have to write a certain text and do something like standing on one leg and holding that paper with whatever text is written on it...
As part of the redesign, I specifically removed the "requirement" for the paper. Unfortunately, this removed "requirement" has been ignored and it feels even more draconian.
I quite like the 1st Report and 2nd Report idea. When I was new, I wanted to write these things - I wanted to express some of my learnings and the things that just made no sense (e.g. the auto-votes 5 minutes after I'd posted something... why didn't people read???) So, I liked the idea of inviting others to do the same.
But yeah - it's not fit for purpose. I almost think that we're at the point where the only people who write an Achievement 1 are the scammers.
Almost? You hit the nail. No one with brains who subscribed alone would visit the newcomers. If found at all and scrolling through it it looks like a photoshoot of criminals (once wrote about it).
Did you ever SPELL out to the greeters what the new rules are?
🤣 I'd never looked at it through that lens!!
Oh, absolutely. It was discussed and they were all consulted throughout its creation. Some were more engaged than others but really, only me and @inspiracion really understood what we were trying to achieve. A couple of moderators resigned (presumably too complicated and I believe that our Indonesian colleague was account farming) and a couple (our Bangla friend in particular) just appeared to ignore the entire process (I don't think he understood).