Job Authorizations

Oh, I respectfully disagree with that perspective. Such differences in management can indeed lead to challenges.

Having worked in management for many years, I have observed a gradual reduction in my workload with each change to the rights.

Previously, I would dedicate several hours each day to site-related tasks. However, my current involvement is significantly less, amounting to approximately 1-2 hours per week.

In my opinion, it is acceptable for the majority of the work to be handled by the MoM/HM. It appears that management is generally not considered trustworthy enough to handle certain responsibilities.

As a member of management, I believe it is important to focus on tasks that are essential to the role and that bring personal enjoyment. and not more. 

As long as the MoM/HM do not advocate for significantly more rights for management, it can be assumed that they are willing to undertake this additional work.

In the event of an absolute emergency and the absence of a response from the MoM/HM, it may be necessary to directly contact the authorities. After all, cybercrime is a serious offense that should be addressed by law enforcement in most countries.

Although it may initially sound harsh, the recent policies implemented by website operators leave little room for alternative responses.

Fewer rights entail less responsibility, reduced workload, and diminished commitment.

Granting additional rights to individuals may not be beneficial and could potentially lead to decreased motivation. Moreover, it could result in shifting the problem to a different area.

I hear what you're saying, and I understand that fewer responsibilities mean more time for other things. However, I don't share your perspective either.

The site administration team (MoM, HM, HoH, Management Team) inevitably requires time; otherwise, why would these roles be paid more than other staff positions (such as Professors and RC)?

In this respect, I find it absurd, though I recognize that there have been issues in the past. However, in your work as Backstory Leader, or mine as HoH, there are things we could do without asking the Leader because it becomes a waste of time. For example, you can no longer issue salaries for your team, while I, as HoH, can. I can only slightly modify my club topics, whereas you have the ability to do so.

I lose a lot of time sending messages to my leaders to get them to handle very simple tasks, such as pinning a topic.

I understand your point of view as well: as long as the leaders aren’t complaining, it likely means they're okay with it. But in reality, they probably won’t tell you they don’t have time to do some tasks because they have no choice but to complete them. Besides, people rarely complain in general.

You mention the possibility of involving the authorities, but I'm unsure who you’re referring to. The police? Indeed, it can be useful to contact them depending on the situation, but I hadn’t gone that far in my example. I was simply trying to indicate that if someone posts a message like “Big *****” or other obscene content, there’s not much they can do. If you meant "authorities" as in Mugs, I'd like to remind you that we are an international group and that it's common for us to be unavailable at the same time due to work, or because we're asleep. But an obscene message has no place on a profile, and not being able to address it immediately does leave an issue.

I’m not saying the problem didn’t exist before, but simply that we could reduce the likelihood of many people seeing this kind of message.

As a member of the site management team, it’s our duty to protect the younger users.

Finally, you wrote: "Fewer rights entail less responsibility, reduced workload, and diminished commitment."

I don’t mean to sound harsh, and I truly don’t want to come across as condescending. But if you want less engagement or fewer responsibilities, then perhaps being part of the management team isn’t for you.

We all have different sites. Matching authorisations to responsibilities rather than colour would demonstrate confidence in the team and show that they are also important to the site. This would allow Leaders to concentrate on their tasks and on more important issues.

Each could manage their site independently.

I agree with this suggestion, on the basis that there are people across the teams who have some unique skills. The current "match colour to responsibility" method is very cookie-cutter. It assumes we are all the same, doing exactly the same things. In theory, it works, but practically, different WoX sites handle things differently, and there may be team members who are especially creative who would do well with the leeway to be flexible in their responsibilities.

But actually, I believe the real problem to be greater than this. The jobs on WoX sites are based on what originally existed on WoP. This made sense in the Harry Potter fandom, but does not make sense elsewhere. In my opinion, the jobs can afford to be restructured entirely. A couple of ideas:

Lessons to be run by NPCs, not users, so they can be uploaded once and never changed again, saving the need for replacing teachers and constantly changing and re-uploading similar content. Grading can be overseen by a small group of staff (size depending on the amount of homework coming through), however this is only one small part of their main duties.

Biggest job on site is moderation - so effectively, "Prefect" team gets transformed into the main staff job. People are only hired for this if they have proved to be good, responsible and active members of the site. There is no "student" version of this, and not just anyone can be hired for it. All moderators can moderate equally, there is no chat "hierarchy" of who's enforcing what. On the basis that good hires are being made, all moderators have equal power to edit/delete content, time out from chat, ban, etc. And all moderators should have clear expectations and knowledge of what the rules are, and how specifically to action things.

I do realise the above will likely never happen...but I can dream.