Rip u/d3rr

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[–]Foidblaster9000 12 insightful - 5 fun12 insightful - 4 fun13 insightful - 5 fun -  (7 children)

You did it for 2.5 years, but there's a huge difference between you doing it because it's your baby, and him possibly even just feeling trapped into it by feelings of obligation. Maybe he wanted to interact with other users here in a way that wasn't molded by acting as admin in your stead. You probably should have asked about the resentment and tension though.

[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 6 fun8 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 6 fun -  (6 children)

It's our baby. He and I coded it together.

I wasn't changing anything, I thought things were going well. I was out of his hair. He was tired of doing admin work, but I didn't realize he was so burned out he was going to delete his account.

[–]Foidblaster9000 12 insightful - 5 fun12 insightful - 4 fun13 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Have you paid attention to how he's talked about his role within saidit before? It read more like weary obligation even 6 months ago than any kind of excitement on observation. He might have personal problems going on in his own life recently that made him not want to do the role, or maybe something else got to him. You guys should probably talk about it, since that's a pretty big deal when you're responsible for something as time consuming as taking care of this place is. If you have contacts for him outside of here, I'd recommend giving that a go.

[–]magnora7 10 insightful - 6 fun10 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

I wasn't excited about having to be saidit content admin either, but I did it for 2.5 years even during the IP2 stuff. It sucks. No one is excited about it. It's like picking up dog poop. You do it if you want to own a dog. You aren't excited about it, but it just has to be done if you want the dog. Content administration is just something that is necessary for this website to exist. He was very good and strong to step up to the role for the last 6 months in my absence and I honestly thought he was doing a great job, and I think the saidit community agrees.

I'm sure he has stuff going on in his life right now, we all do, this is not a fun time in history. I wish him the best. I just sent him a message thanking him on another platform, good idea. He's a good guy. I'm just kind of in shock a little bit.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

I did it for 2.5 years even during the IP2 stuff.

Shout out to IP2.

[–]AXXA 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

If you really believe burn out is what caused two admins to simultaneously quit then I would urge you to spend some serious time rethinking it. Meanwhile I am confident that Saidit will continue to thrive with you at the helm once again.

[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

D3rr quit from burnout, and that's what he said. Yesterday you said you wanted to help, now you don't want to help. That's fine, but I don't fully understand it. I wanted to have conversations and develop the "rules clarification page" which is exactly what you wanted, and I wanted to use your own clarifications, but now you decide it's no good and are walking away. I don't get it. But you're of course free to do so, and I am very thankful for your help over the last 6 months. If you want to help be a content admin again, you are welcome to.

[–]AXXA 6 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

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