If I have an issue with a member of the board I only discuss it with my other admins. I have a room set up for just us, and then a staff room for all staff. I don't let out my frustrations to all staff because I don't want them to think that is what the staff room is for. BUT 99% of the time, if someone is really irritating me, then they are irritating my other admins, and we talk about it and decide how to deal with it.

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Mothers Unite

Yes, but as the owner you have to hold bake and be rosy and dandy.Hard sometimes but it'll reap its rewards

Bann is a solution 4 an issue

I have a dummy account I use to shut them up, a quick pm they dont know who it is, and then they back off

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"There is no happiness without tears; no life without death. Beware, I will give you cause to weep."
www.alreetas.com, the place for a laugh and smut

Drama is inescapable. Emotions enter into peoples' posting patterns at random intervals. I believe one cannot logically expect others to be robots -- not even staff members.

"*buuzzzzz* DOES NOT COMPUTE. *buzzzz*

No.

I remember having frequent conversations with my fellow eRegulators (I love that term, sounds "professional" ) about an old gaming forum we were at that has since gone down the toilet because him, I, and a group of other dedicated members left it to die along with the corrupt administrator who couldn't moderate his way out of a birth canal... and yeah, we sling jokes and stuff at the situation (AND at the admin ) but it's all harmless, mindless fun.

Now whenever someone utters the letters "GS," we take an eight hour nostalgia trip. :blaf:

What I'm trying to say is... drama, under special circumstances, isn't all that bad. Some of it may be serious, and some of it may not be.. and if you decide to leave because of it then that's your decision.

I personally like to play with said drama, however -- going back to the GS example. vict:

These are my thoughts and mine alone.

Just don't be afraid to get your hands dirty every once in a while. Remember: you are the administrator/moderator. You are the bad guy when the crap hits the fan.

There's no way to escape it, so might as well embrace it!

And I know there's a couple of you who think I'm being arrogant. Just wait until it happens -- but don't get bitter when I "tell you so." *wink wink nudge nudge*

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"In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings."
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Deal with it. It sounds harsh, and is a little hard, but in the end, woning and operating a forum is a great feeling, and the rewards are there also. Use some of the advice above, then just begin to ignore them until they step over the line.

generally my members dont have probs with people and they tend to tell people how it is if they are a$$es to them as they are that kinda of people, i think im the only one that gets wound up now and again, but i just say to people better to get it out there.

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Anonimo World
Snappy Domains