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Oh man, such awesome. by Swanda
All of you that is!
I got a good handful of skype contacts yesterday, and when logging in today I had no less than ten more waiting for me, with two more added during the day?
Woah, and I had feared no one wanted to talk with lill’ me. Thanks! You're all so, so awesome.
Now I'm kinda in the other boat though XD Too many people to talk with. I might be a bit slow in taking up conversation with you all because of this, but oh man. Thanks.
Myeah, I do think I'll take the Skype journal down now though, so I won't be too overwhelmed.
~Love Maia
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It'll make you feel loved <3
And yeah, Skype is really bad for organizing contacts c_c So I can fully understand not really wanna do this with a private handle.
On the other side, my private handle had.. eh.. 9 people on it.
Five of which only come online when all the planets are aligned, and most the rest are busy with finals or work.-
Eh. The last time I sorta offered it, no one said a peep. :P I doubt most people actually want to interact with me on that level, anyway. I don't regularly talk to many people in the first place, but I know I'm also terrible at holding more than 3 conversations at once, so it's probably for the best. I have a bunch of those "once in an eon" people too, haha.
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Oh yeah, I've had that.. awkward silence when offering my handle before.. It's kinda.. sad in a way.That's probably also why I was totally blown away by this? Like where did all you people come from?But it's nice :3 I've already found some among the bunch I click with.
And yeah too many conversations at a time gets confusing, but then on the other hand, I rarely talk constantly with people, it's more like.. every 5-10 min I just barge in and with a few things to say, and then silence again.
I'm also, just stuck at home all day, so the only real social interaction I get most days is online :U (Aside from my fiancé of cause)
So when my skype goes silent, it gets.. kinda lonely you know?`
And well I wouldn't mind interacting with you "at that level" if you want more to talk to : P
As long as you don't mind me randomly saying things out of nowhere, and a lot of swearing. I'm trying to keep that down.. but it's So F***** Hard.-
I'm more or less stuck at home too (though no partner), I live out by the country/farmland and there's really not much to do until I move. Haha, maybe sometime. You've got a lot on your plate right now so I'll let you deal with that.
...though let it be known that I am a man of the ocean, sailor's mouth included. Just gotta try and pretend I'm not for certain appearance's sake, heh.
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Oh man, I kinda miss being out on the country, where you can just.. take long peacefull walks.
On the other hand I miss living in a bigger city more. For many reasons.
Right now we live in a smaller really quiet town... too quiet and too small, but not small enough to long peaceful walks :C
And well I think I got room for one more ; )Fffffffff... One of the many reasons I don't think I'd ever want to be a mod of anything ever again. So much pressure.
If I for some reason did do so, I would most likely keep a private account on the side, where I could just be myself, otherwise I would go nuts.-
I miss the big city too. Mostly due to food, though at least it's easier to drive out here in the country. xD Haha, I'll let you know in a few days then. Right now is probably not the best time to be talking on Skype, I'm very stressed out and can kind of control the pace of communication through here on Weasyl. Lotta bugs up my bum right now, to be a little more crass hahaha.
The pressure doesn't bother me (least not anymore), I just find it annoying that I can't take off the mod tag sometimes so people aren't quite as... afraid of me? Furries have issues with authority figures, which is to be expected, but I'd like to think that since I'm really just a nobody that it helps me stay away from the desires of power tripping ('cus let's get real here, this is just a website). I have no one to impress but myself. If I mess up, I apologize. If someone tries to mess with me, I let my history and actions do the talking. I'm glad to be able to help out here, and it's probably best I always keep practicing my professional vs personal tone so I don't slip up at the worst moment possible.
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Food is definitely one of the selling points of a larger city, as well as most everything being within walking distance.
On the country you more or less have to drive everywhere, even just to get some of the more mundane stuff.
Oh no! Lets alert the Tech team right aways so they can debug you D:
hehe, it's cool I'm always kinda here, så hit me up when things are better.Ah yeah, it is actually to be expected that especially furries have some problems in that regard. Another thing I often see from that side of the art-site world is self policing. I used to have quite the trouble making people understand that reporting was the best way to go, and we would look at it ASAP, and not let tickets rot for months or even years. It's tragic, but it's just how it is, and I can fully understand why.
I honestly think the best way to impress the user base as a mod, is to be down to earth, being open about what's going on, and truly apologize if mistakes are made. It doesn't sound impressive, but more as a given. Yet it is; since so many sites have failed at this.
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Sure, if you're downtown. Or in a city like Boston, where public transit (mostly the subway) is super easy to use, can hop all around the city as you please. I miss all my Asian foods haha.
Will do~ mm, creating that kind of culture is really difficult. People either need to really care about the community for the community's sake, or they need some tangible reward for their work, an incentive. You can only influence A incidentally beyond a certain point, and I wouldn't really know how to do B. We've been considering taking on certain kinds of volunteers or even staff, though, for that express purpose of going through the site. The Ferrets used to be that, but that program is currently being reworked.
It's because you always have to fight nepotism. Always. I believe in Weasyl 'cus they brought me on completely on the strength of my application. When I say I was a nobody, I meant it. No one's ever going to get every staff selection right, so there has to be a willingness to admit things don't always turn out right, and to get rid of dead weight. I'm not saying we have this problem, I'm just saying in general, you see it happen on every other site. Hire people who have shown they are invested, not because they know someone. The world is so twisted on this concept right now, and a big part of the reason why I'm unemployed despite being extremely qualified.
But yeah. I do my best to remind people that I don't sit from an ivory tower. I'm down here with you guys almost all of the time. I'm hands on as much as I can be. It's no fun otherwise.
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Damn, I need to try that sometime on a Skype that isn't my private one...