by IcePack on Mon Apr 21, 2025 4:04 pm
I think the assumption / premise is faulty, I’ve been around since 2010. I started volunteering my time before I was a moderator I think in 2012?
It took about a year of continuous volunteerism before I got added to the team, in 2013 I got my colors and premium paid. There was a short break as well around 2018, but I came back I think full time around 2020/2021 ish and volunteered again.
But in that time I’ve spent nearly $400 directly on CC, in gifts and premiums etc mostly for other people out of pocket. That doesn’t include another $100 I put up of my own cash for a grand prize while I was volunteering and other assorted things. If you do the math and ignore the time I was away, $500 / 15 years is basically me getting free premium only to buy it for others anyway out of pocket (average $33+ per year) I’m sure I’m not the only mod who also pays.
Just Bcuz we get premium doesn’t mean we aren’t already contributing. You’re unhappy with the state of things, I get it. I don’t know a mod still around that is really happy with the state of things.
But going after the handful of individuals who are still around doing something isn’t really beneficial. Saying they aren’t doing anything when most of the things that need being done are not within their power to do is silly.
There is one owner here, one coder. Even the second admin only does what the owner is requesting of him to cover. The mod team takes their own time to improve (and yes, their money too) and help make this place and community better.
Chasing them off when there’s so few willing to step up is just silly. It’s easy to point out the stuff that’s wrong, I know Bcuz sometimes I get caught up in that too. Instead I encourage you, and anyone else who likes this place and wants to improve it to use the energy to improve it like you have with your tournament and direct the criticism towards something / someone that’s actually able to make change.
Any change mods can make is largely superficial. Any change team leaders can make is largely organizational. Real change that would improve the site to the level everyone wants to see really only comes from above any moderators pay grade. And that change has become much harder and slower to get done. It might appear like people are sitting around doing nothing. The truth is much closer to people have been suggesting and discussing and debating change for years only to see that change at a snails pace and most things have been discussed to death and just needs to happen. But it doesn’t. After awhile, it’s hard to keep that same energy towards improvement and change when it rarely / almost never happens and you are unable to really make much change yourself.
We try, but CC is very top down with most of the weight of improvements needing to come from the top. And that’s nearly disappeared so we do what we can
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. Problem would be that after the first paddle his ass would be in 1000 pieces.. 
