WGTpizza:
Ducati916: but, since you opened yourself up for it...I can't resist.
Hah, fair enough... it's a shame, though, because I have a lot of patience for everyone here. I will keep being patient and just hope that you all show me the same.
I'd be glad to speak one on one with anyone who has "little patience" for me. I'd love to learn what I did, or am doing, to lower their patience with me. I'm not flawless.
Stay classy,
-WGTpizza
In relation to WGTpizza's role & treatment...
WGT is an e-commerce organization. In my last job I was with an e-commerce organization. I responded to an average of 60+ emails/day, many from people passionate (some overly so) and complaining about one thing or another relating (or not) to the charitable causes the company generated funding for. I loved it for as long as the company maintained solid ethics. I was free to express as I saw fit, disagree with the company line if I felt the powers that be crossed a line. I had as much freedom to express my personal opinion as I've ever had or probably ever will in my working life. Then the company went over to the dark side...
I refused to become a forum/social media moderator for the company for just the reasons that manifest in these forums every day. One of the saddest effects of the anonymity the internet provides is that some people will post things they would never say to another person eye-to-eye, face-to-face, one-on-one. I much prefer speaking to a person who has a beef. Email is next best, IMO, in that we can type a draft and wait a bit before clicking send. This allows for a bit of thoughtfulness; allows frustration & anger to subside, perspective to make an entrance.
Long way around: moderators have very difficult jobs. I agree 100% with YJ; glad to see him point out to Pizza that he is - in these forums - a face of WGT. Pizza, don't ever forget this fact. That you allow your personality to enter into some of your posts is, in my mind, most admirable and speaks to the freedom your bosses provide you, or that you simply take! As you well know, the downside in doing so is that you may inadvertently provide fodder for those with major gripes to escalate. And, your job is on the line, I'm quite sure! Being in a position as a face of the company is a ton of responsibility.
Folks, moderators must keep secrets for the company they work for. Surely this is understandable and even obvious?
As to the situation wherein members are jumping tiers - particularly to Legend - without grinding out the scores over time, I'm not in favor. But, if it works for some folks, go for it. If the policy helps to cut down on the fleecing of unwitting members, more is the better.
Carry on..