Pending Siddo's Discord Staff Application

Siddo

Siddo

❄Snowflake❄
VIP
Discord Tag
siddo​
Your Age
28​
Your Time Zone
CET/CEST​
I meet all minimum reqs.​
Question 2: Why do you want to join the Giants Lair staff team? What is your goal?
I want to pick up where anna left off to make sure the discord side is carried to a good place. In my view, I'm among the most qualified to do so. I'm shooting for the top in hopes of making lasting, positive changes that will carry the community into a better place.​
Question 3: What skills or experiences do you bring to the team? (e.g., past staffing, conflict resolution, technical knowledge, etc.)
Like, all of the experience.​
Question 4: How committed can you be — short-term and long-term?
I'm very committed. I've been here since launch. I know an obvious question is "but siddo you resigned like last month, what gives?" The short answer is: anna resigned, someone has to finish what we started. The long answer: I resigned to safeguard my mental health recently, in great part due to disagreements with Agennon and the direction of the community. The key reason for this being that I put a great deal of value in being earnest. Basically, I want to be saying the same things in private that I'm saying in public - and that was beginning to slip. A couple weeks to myself and reflection later, along with wanting to carry the torch for anna now that she has resigned, I'm here to commit to making things better. I've talked directly to leadership about where I'm coming from, what I hope to do, and I'm confident that I will be able to accomplish that. Part of my ambition is to be a direct link between the community and lead-level discussions. To that end, I'm hoping to make a strong case for me becoming lead admin. Thereby both demonstrating to the leads and Agennon that John Discord is inevitable, and making the community a fun place to hang. I think we're seeing the dawn of some really positive changes, such as the pollprosals spearheaded by wink, as an apt example. I want to see my and anna's work through to help discord get where it needs to be.​
Question 5: How active are you across our platforms (Discord, Forums, Game modes)? Do you have an idea of what is on offer within the community? Provide a breakdown if possible.
Very.​
Question 6: How well do you handle pressure, discouraging moments, criticism, or heated situations? Can you handle serious situations maturely and calmly?
Pretty well. I have a reputation within the community for being level-headed and balanced.​
Question 7: How are your social skills? Can you handle conflict and navigate high tension situations gracefully? How would you describe your conflict resolution style?
I'm extremely awkward and I get long-winded, but I generally do well.​
Question 8: Are you familiar with the Discord rules and general community standards?
Yeah.​
Question 9: What does your punishment history (if any) look like across our services? Be honest — transparency is appreciated.
I've been the goodest boy.​
Question 10: What is your reputation like within the community? Can you name any reputable players or staff who would vouch for you?
Weirdo, dumbass, friend. I think most people are okay with me and I am okay with most people.​
 
Siddo is one of my favorite people to have in any conversation. He is thoughtful both in his own points and points of others. I've often referenced Siddo in private chats as the person I think of for how to argue without invalidating the other side's feelings. Siddo is without a doubt one of the best communicators in this community.

+1
 
I do want to mention the resignation was 12 days ago. A concern that's been brought up a few times is the average lead tenure's is a lot shorter here than previous communities, leading to a decent amount of turnover and consequences of that turnover.

Mental health was brought up as part of the reason you resigned. I'm not asking you to say "I'll be around forever winkle" and negatively impact your wellbeing by cleaning up our discord side of things when the vibes aren't the right fit if that happens again, I'm just making sure we are measured with what we are doing going forward.

I've mentioned this in leadership, I feel restoring your discord admin role and going from there is the right move. I understand that won't let you achieve your goal of immediately passing down lead level conversations to all levels of staff, but it will allow you to pick up where you left off and build off of that foundation that's present.
 
You don't need to scroll very far in the wordle channel to see my opinion of you. I have absolutely no doubt that you'd be stellar in the role and I've long been a proponent of you being in a leadership role.

With that said, there are definite concerns both about the quick 180 from your resignation that you and wink have both mentioned. Your explanation makes a lot of sense and on a personal level I care very deeply about you safeguarding your mental health. But I'm left to wonder why it is that you feel confident things will be different this time around, particularly with anna gone. I trust that you've put a lot of thought into resigning and into reapplying, but I want to make sure that this A) won't be something you realize you need to step back from again within a few weeks and B) isn't you compromising on your own well being out of some sense of obligation.

I personally don't have strong opinions on bringing you in directly as comm lead or restoring you as discord admin and letting things play our from there first. I think there are significant merits and demerits either way.
 
;) said:
I do want to mention the resignation was 12 days ago. A concern that's been brought up a few times is the average lead tenure's is a lot shorter here than previous communities, leading to a decent amount of turnover and consequences of that turnover.
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Accurate.

;) said:
Mental health was brought up as part of the reason you resigned. I'm not asking you to say "I'll be around forever winkle" and negatively impact your wellbeing by cleaning up our discord side of things when the vibes aren't the right fit if that happens again, I'm just making sure we are measured with what we are doing going forward.
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In that case I won't say "I'll be around forever winkle" - I have no intention of negatively impacting my own well-being nor am I naive about the fact of how it looks to reassign and then reapply so shortly after - not to mention the brazen application for lead.
However, this is not martyrdom. First and foremost, the goal is to get our discord fixed. Beyond that lies the effort of making GL fun. I do not regard my resignation as a mistake, nor do I think of this application as being the precursor of a short-lived tenure. I know myself quite well, including my limits, what saps my energy, and what restores it. I'm in a good place to pick up where I left off and I anticipate being back on the team for a long, long time, without issues for my mental health.

;) said:
I've mentioned this in leadership, I feel restoring your discord admin role and going from there is the right move. I understand that won't let you achieve your goal of immediately passing down lead level conversations to all levels of staff, but it will allow you to pick up where you left off and build off of that foundation that's present.
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Even accepting me to the admin role I previously held is very generous, so I'm of course willing to accept that compromise if the rest of leadership agrees with this. I had no delusions that I would apply like this and get jumped to orange, blue was already a long shot. My intention was that I wanted to make my intentions and my opinions very clear from the start. So there is no doubt about what you're getting, what I'm trying to accomplish, and where I'm striving to go.
That is both how I will avoid taking psychic damage from being on the team - and how I'll keep faith with the community. So I can go into a role on the team with my heart in it and work in earnest toward the fun place we ought to be.
 
pigeon said:
But I'm left to wonder why it is that you feel confident things will be different this time around, particularly with anna gone. I trust that you've put a lot of thought into resigning and into reapplying, but I want to make sure that this A) won't be something you realize you need to step back from again within a few weeks
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Honestly, I'm less confident with anna gone. In many ways, she was my rock in our work to set up discord. I put a fair bit of thought into resigning and as I mentioned to Chou, I neither resigned on a whim nor would I reverse it on a whim. My intent here is the long haul. I know I can help. I want to help. But even beyond that, in the rather short time since resigning, I've have a lot of time to ponder both my resignation, what it was that was 'missing' to keep me on the team, and what it is I would want to accomplish if I ever applied again.
And what I want to accomplish is lead admin. What I want to accomplish is making Giant's Lair a fun place to hang, whether it's TTT, Archipelago, Rivals, Fortnite, TFT, League, CS2, Minecraft, or what have you. I've spent a lot of time in the comfort of deferring to others for a decision. So yeah, it's scary with anna gone. But I'm confident I can take the heat of putting myself in the firing line. To make decisions and bear the brunt of the response to it. Because that was never the problem. The most frustrating thing for me was feeling powerless. I'm a very driven person. I don't need someone else's oversight. And I've come to find that hiding behind someone else's decision isn't what I want anymore. So I'm shooting for the highest power I can reach. So I can make the decisions and push for the changes that I fervently believe are needed. And I'll get things wrong along the way, and I'll have to walk things back and improve things. But the people of this community are worth it.

pigeon said:
B) isn't you compromising on your own well being out of some sense of obligation.
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I won't lie, a large part of the initial motivation behind this was seeing anna resign. I'm not really sure what it sparked in me, but I'm not satisfied with this ending to what she and I worked so hard on. Which I in no way mean as a slight against Anna - she toiled at this for longer than I did and after I left.
All the same, I intend to change it.
But that was only what started the fire. Or more accurately reignited it. I love the people here and I've only ever wanted the staff role to do what I can, being my silly self, to make it a fun place to be. Whether that's by nitpicking rules or hour long discussions of some dumb shit that nobody should ever give a damn about. It matters to me. Everyone here matters to me. That's why I want to pick up my sword and shield again to fight for the homies.
 
Siddo, I like you in general but I don't think you are going to achieve what you want to achieve. I mean this in that, yeah you could become comms lead or w/e but I don't think you'd achieve the outcomes you desire. You could attain growth in the community and make it better but I feel like you'd still run into issues where your opinions will differ from other peoples and you'd be left at a stand still. I could genuinely see you becoming very frustrated in such a position. I'm not going to + or - this (not that it matters lmao) but I think you should take a bit of time to think if this is something you definitely want to do.
 
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