Decadence
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:23 am
Dear ones, first of all, I want to demonstrate and say that I love this site, otherwise I wouldn't be spending time here writing this, when I might as well not care and abandon it, as people usually do. And everything that is written here, is the opinion of a user/customer. I hope this message reaches the two main developers of the site. The opinion of others is not relevant here, since people only think of spitting in your face because they think they are superior.
As you all must have already noticed, the site is currently in a HUGE shortage of judges. Many people I know are abandoning the site due to the long wait for judges, to make decisions against cheaters and people who are absent maliciously. The site has virtually no judges present on a regular basis. This problem could be solved with a new judge exam. The problem is that when someone tries to argue this to staff, they usually say: "There is no need for a new exam if we already have 1". Yes, indeed, but it turns out that the exam can only be done once per user. My point is that people who don't pass can prepare even more to take the next exam and end up passing. This would end with the argument of "there are not enough people qualified". The delay for a new exam is very big, and in fact I don't blame them, because it is a volunteer job. However, when people are interviewed, they are aware that even though it's a volunteer job, they should be more committed to it. Being aware of all this, they end up giving up after a while. I have concrete evidence of Judges and even Senior Offline for more than 10 months. There should be an URGENT and concrete cleaning of the entire staff to end all these dead weight, since 76% (by my calculations) of the current staff, is no longer active. I am very observant, and see everything that happens inside, even not being part of the staff, in recent months there were failed choices for Head Administrators, people who accepted the post and then left. This, I believe, happened because the high council takes too long to make a decision, and when it happens the chosen person is already full of the site itself and ends up leaving (this is what happens with most of the judges that are still on the site's list).
I come here with an appeal for you staff to think more of the users as customers and not just random people using "it". To take more in thought that a CHANGE must be made. The problem is that you guys who are part of the Staff are very closed and reserved, we never know what you plan to do, you don't interact with the users, and I won't even talk about the ones you despise. Remember that this site consists of people who also "pay" to use it.
Be and be more open to people who are willing to help the site in some way other than "judging duels", bring more people in. Just don't use the same excuse for everything: "This is a volunteer job", since there are people who want to contribute but are not heard.
The site itself is very good, but with 5-6 years of existence, it has not had any major changes, just additions of "a button here and there". And this, I believe, is what is affecting the drop in users besides the lack of judges. I am writing this extremely tired after a full day of work to show that laziness is no excuse for volunteer work, and to see if this at least reaches the ears of those who really care.
To those who continue after years, thank you very much, and really think about what is written here, besides giving a robotic answer or just ignoring it because it is a message from a mere random user. Give more voices to "changes" and don't be so arrogant, reserved or antisocial, be examples of professionals.
As you all must have already noticed, the site is currently in a HUGE shortage of judges. Many people I know are abandoning the site due to the long wait for judges, to make decisions against cheaters and people who are absent maliciously. The site has virtually no judges present on a regular basis. This problem could be solved with a new judge exam. The problem is that when someone tries to argue this to staff, they usually say: "There is no need for a new exam if we already have 1". Yes, indeed, but it turns out that the exam can only be done once per user. My point is that people who don't pass can prepare even more to take the next exam and end up passing. This would end with the argument of "there are not enough people qualified". The delay for a new exam is very big, and in fact I don't blame them, because it is a volunteer job. However, when people are interviewed, they are aware that even though it's a volunteer job, they should be more committed to it. Being aware of all this, they end up giving up after a while. I have concrete evidence of Judges and even Senior Offline for more than 10 months. There should be an URGENT and concrete cleaning of the entire staff to end all these dead weight, since 76% (by my calculations) of the current staff, is no longer active. I am very observant, and see everything that happens inside, even not being part of the staff, in recent months there were failed choices for Head Administrators, people who accepted the post and then left. This, I believe, happened because the high council takes too long to make a decision, and when it happens the chosen person is already full of the site itself and ends up leaving (this is what happens with most of the judges that are still on the site's list).
I come here with an appeal for you staff to think more of the users as customers and not just random people using "it". To take more in thought that a CHANGE must be made. The problem is that you guys who are part of the Staff are very closed and reserved, we never know what you plan to do, you don't interact with the users, and I won't even talk about the ones you despise. Remember that this site consists of people who also "pay" to use it.
Be and be more open to people who are willing to help the site in some way other than "judging duels", bring more people in. Just don't use the same excuse for everything: "This is a volunteer job", since there are people who want to contribute but are not heard.
The site itself is very good, but with 5-6 years of existence, it has not had any major changes, just additions of "a button here and there". And this, I believe, is what is affecting the drop in users besides the lack of judges. I am writing this extremely tired after a full day of work to show that laziness is no excuse for volunteer work, and to see if this at least reaches the ears of those who really care.
To those who continue after years, thank you very much, and really think about what is written here, besides giving a robotic answer or just ignoring it because it is a message from a mere random user. Give more voices to "changes" and don't be so arrogant, reserved or antisocial, be examples of professionals.