I'm just publicly expressing my opinion and the opinion a couple of others I know share is all.
Heh.. Nothing wrong with expressing your opinion dude.... But maybe you should do it in a way that won't promote bad feelings.... You know, in a mature way that doesn't involve lengthy lines of CAPS lock on rage? As well including an actual argument that backs up your opinion..? You know.. In a calm manner that doesn't make me want to sigh everytime I read this post (or the title)?
Caps lock =/= rage. This is for the most part poking at Pillz, whom I've been having talks with for most of the time about the entire deal. Also, throwing the word mature around like that is condescending, if you want to be a CL, my word of advice is to pick up on some more tact. If you want my actual argument, here :
While increasing the breadth of the jobs performed by the admins, creating ranks like a global admin is a slap in the face of the rest of the administration, specifically the head admins. Not only are these the people who should be the most qualified for the step up to CL, they have the experience to do so. To create a rank that is on 'par' with them, is insulting, because that means that you have MORE access then they do, and ultimately, its not healthy for the community. The head admin assistant is a good idea, because its streamlining the ranks that already existed, IE, vet to assistant to head admin, that is a logical progression that creates a clear path. Creating this 'equal' level rank will do nothing but make the current head admins who have aspirations of becoming cl's eventually feel less needed, and overall, it will revert back to the original iteration of head admins we had discussed when creating the rank.
Part of the initial talks we had when creating the head admin rank when cadaver was initially made CL was the fact that it would alleviate the load of the CL's, who at the time, were impromptu head admins as well, this allowed the servers to identify with a single person who had absolute administration responsibility for that server. The rank that has been created now, breaks that rule, because there are now individuals who are supposed to be of 'equal rank' as Pillz told me, that are not so equal.
The Comms officer rank is useless, but because there is no actual power behind it, it is fine, it is merely a position of PR for the CL's, because for some reason that is necessary rather than just having them actual post their thoughts themselves. However, like I've said, creating the rank of Global Admin merely brings back the ranks that we had previously gotten rid of/compressed. Creating this rank is merely devolving CG back into a state when there were too many ranks to keep track of, and that had overlapping power.
Even Head admins I tend to disagree with I've been told have similar feelings, and its nothing against you Red, I just cannot support the rank that was created that you are in is all. I feel like it is a step in the wrong direction for CG. I still made a forum badge for it, because Pillz had asked me to. However, hes heard this speech from me, and as I'm informed, other people have given their version of it, and are contemplating resignation because of the recent changes.
CG doesn't need more ranks like this, it needs to learn patience. CG needs to learn the fact that not everything will happen immediately, and while trying to decentralize power is a good thing, creating multiple overlapping ranks that are for good intentions, does not make everyone feel really well. While I'm not directly effected, the community is, and in a way that is upsetting some people who've been here for awhile, and regardless of how I feel about those individuals, they are a part of this community, and bring their own sense of energy and opinion to the table.