Thread: Admins here please read

you buy the site out

We stick with the ones we have. We certainly don't need anymore admins.

Look in the 'Announcements and Rules' thread and you can see the threads announcing some new admin from ages ago.

I'm fairly sure once you reach 100,000 posts they give you admin status, though. Get posting!

Hahah, this reminded me of that one thread a while ago about "generations" of Dream Views members. Someone was convinced that generations switch swiftly or some such to the effect that we would all some day soon just "get up and die".

I certainly hope our admins are healthy enough. >.<

why is the thread in tech talk anyway?

Originally Posted by Jerad

Hey guys, i was just curious: How do I become an administrator on this site? Do you guys get new admins, or do you just stick with the ones you have?

Actually, we have selected you as the next Admin.

We were hoping you'd keep it a secret.

Originally Posted by Grod

Actually, we have selected you as the next Admin.

We were hoping you'd keep it a secret.

Shuuuuut uuuuupp...

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Originally Posted by O'nus

Shuuuuut uuuuupp...

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Yes the easiest way would be to buy de site.

Originally Posted by Merlock

Hahah, this reminded me of that one thread a while ago about "generations" of Dream Views members. Someone was convinced that generations switch swiftly or some such to the effect that we would all some day soon just "get up and die".

I certainly hope our admins are healthy enough. >.<

That thread was just a hypothetical question that needed to be rephrased a bit so people could see what exactly he was trying to ask.

Are you serious? the more posts i do, the better rank i get?

Originally Posted by Jerad

Are you serious? the more posts i do, the better rank i get?

Um... not quite.

It's not the post count, that's for sure

There's two ways, but to become admin I suggest the latter:

1) Spend years on this forum, helping people out. Work your way from member to dream guide to moderator and selflessly help and police the shi(r)t that people come up with, every day. I did that for a few years, and I'm only a moderator, so admin is more for those with hands on website admin desires (that I don't necessarily want).
i.e. if you can be shown to be useful and trustworthy and selfless and etc etc then this might work. Eventually.

2) Put your money where your heart is

IMHO...

Originally Posted by Jerad

Are you serious? the more posts i do, the better rank i get?

NO But many must think so.

Whoa, what?

I once tryed to become a player mod on runescape, it's probably even harder here, mods aren't picked every month, I think mods might be picked here every couple of years, and that depends on how many of the mods are around, if they stay then it depends on how big the forum gets, but I imagen both factors contrabute, and the obvious fact that you have to put out that good natured vibe that the admins have to get picked, amoung the many 100 or so top posters. If your a top poster at all. There may be even more nowadays.

Originally Posted by Merlock

Someone was convinced that generations switch swiftly or some such to the effect that we would all some day soon just "get up and die".

I used to beleive that too, because there used to be these groups of friends, that would come and it would seem they would all leave together, but I still see members from 4 years ago, most of them are mods that stick out though , but I havn't made any attempts to looks around and see who is here from 4 years back, but even I don't remember the forums very well from that time, except one of seekers old avatars from 2004. It was a younger guy kind of animish if I recall right, made me think of him as younger.

Well yeah, in order to become an ADMIN, you'd have to pay more money than Asher, and convince everybody that you're better than Asher.

If you want to become a moderator, you'll just have to prove your self fitting. A delicate process, give us all your benjamins that can't simply be worded.

You don't really have to prove yourself fitting, you just have to be here a long time ago. A couple years ago I became a mod for a while, and mainly just because I had been here for a couple years at that point (I resigned by the way).

Originally Posted by wasup

You don't really have to prove yourself fitting, you just have to be here a long time ago. A couple years ago I became a mod for a while, and mainly just because I had been here for a couple years at that point (I resigned by the way).

you can't really compare your experience back then with now, though

I'm not one of the original, core members - by any means - but I've been there in other forums
and when a forum's small and young, authoritative positions are not really integral to the smooth running of things
it's more a group of friends

the bigger the forum gets (like DV, now)
the less you can piss around with the staff format

Originally Posted by LucidDreamGod

the obvious fact that you have to put out that good natured vibe that the admins have to get picked, amoung the many 100 or so top posters. If your a top poster at all. There may be even more nowadays.

The good natured vibe is what's important more than the post count. Otherwise...
Anyway, why d'you want to be admin so much. It's not all that much fun from what I've heard. Unless . . .

Originally Posted by Lord Toaster

The good natured vibe is what's important more than the post count. Otherwise...
Anyway, why d'you want to be admin so much. It's not all that much fun from what I've heard. Unless . . .

Well if your not a top poster then you won't be known very well I don't mean people who post 10-20 times a day I mean people who are common here.

And it's quite obvious to me why he would want to be an admin, I don't think I have to mention why. But maybe it is hard to comprahend to some people.

Admin = More attention (sorry guys had to say it, just because people want attention doesn't mean they are brats, as long as it's not bad attention)

Also greater influence that comes with more attention.

Keep in mind mods did not become mods because they wanted attention, I simpley stated reasons someone would like to become a mod.

Originally Posted by LucidDreamGod

Admin = More attention (sorry guys had to say it, just because people want attention doesn't mean they are brats, as long as it's not bad attention)

well....

admin (in the true sense) usually means less attention
(as in, administers the forum, main site, database, security patches, etc, etc.)

The owner of a business isn't usually customer facing

Originally Posted by Ynot

well....

admin (in the true sense) usually means less attention
(as in, administers the forum, main site, database, security patches, etc, etc.)

The owner of a business isn't usually customer facing

Well yeah I more ment Mods, but when a mod speaks up everyone listens.

Originally Posted by LucidDreamGod

Well yeah I more ment Mods, but when a mod speaks up everyone listens.

exactly

want attention, aim for mod
(admin on here is sort of used as a super-moderator title)

disclaimer:
please don't take this as some sort of disparaging slur

I merely mean I don't see burns or pj tweaking the db, or upgrading php
(ie, admining)

oh, crap
never mind...