Suggestion: About suggestions and general CS QoL *UPDATE

[beestie]

i agree with a "boycott" but would maybe call it like a peaceful protest!

i don't think it would violate any rules as long as it's kept respectful; and i think it's something that would maybe help get some answers as no staff have really commented on the points that have been brought up. only cleared some bits of misinformation.

i've voiced my opinion that people should not be putting money into c$ sales whatsoever as it has not improved the site, only maintained it. and while i've loved cs for years, i've grown up with it but the site has yet to do so as well. if there's a chance at an impactful response from the decrease of c$ sales i am all for it. having a thread with a respectful, clear, and concise message with some links to suggestions like these as to why a peaceful protest is happening sounds like a good way to help promote this change :] it's something i would link in my signature for sure.

if a peaceful protest of this sort would be able to be vetted by staff before an attempt at organization were to be made (to avoid hard work being put in for nothing), then it's something i'd be willing to help with as well. i'm all for essentially unionizing cs so long as it's clear from staff that they wouldn't shut it down if it gained some speed.

[Simon]

Hey there, I wanted to clarify what I have control over in terms of site updates and QOL changes. I take care of monthly/event releases, pet/item tagging. news posts , MOTDs, volunteer staff management, dress up challenges, and rule updates. Full transparency, a large portion of my time is taken up by "must do" action items to help things run smoothly from month to month, obviously this is all done behind the scenes so I don't expect everyone to necessarily be aware of this. I did recently have a sit down and review some things that I would like to work on during free moments that are within my control. One of these updates that I can share ahead of time is I'm planning to separate out sitting cats from normal cats in the archive to organize those better. So any suggestions along those lines, please feel free to forward to me!

[Sashtato]

Hey there, I wanted to clarify what I have control over in terms of site updates and QOL changes. I take care of monthly/event releases, pet/item tagging. news posts , MOTDs, volunteer staff management, dress up challenges, and rule updates. Full transparency, a large portion of my time is taken up by "must do" action items to help things run smoothly from month to month, obviously this is all done behind the scenes so I don't expect everyone to necessarily be aware of this. I did recently have a sit down and review some things that I would like to work on during free moments that are within my control. One of these updates that I can share ahead of time is I'm planning to separate out sitting cats from normal cats in the archive to organize those better. So any suggestions along those lines, please feel free to forward to me!

Thank you so much for sharing this information!! It helps a lot to know who is able to do what. I imagine you guys are pretty swamped a lot of the time. Thank you for what you do and for sharing this information!

[answrs]

Hey there, I wanted to clarify what I have control over in terms of site updates and QOL changes. I take care of monthly/event releases, pet/item tagging. news posts , MOTDs, volunteer staff management, dress up challenges, and rule updates. Full transparency, a large portion of my time is taken up by "must do" action items to help things run smoothly from month to month, obviously this is all done behind the scenes so I don't expect everyone to necessarily be aware of this. I did recently have a sit down and review some things that I would like to work on during free moments that are within my control. One of these updates that I can share ahead of time is I'm planning to separate out sitting cats from normal cats in the archive to organize those better. So any suggestions along those lines, please feel free to forward to me!

who would be in charge of, for example, the auto pound pm guilt messages, if we need to actually contact the exact person in charge of that area of the site to get it turned off (or at least give an opt-out option)? I don't think this was your implication but I'm concerned it's implying we have to hunt down and message the exact mod directly for any suggestions about minor site changes.

[Simon]

Sorry I didn't mean to try to say that you have to hunt down specific staff depending on the suggestion or update. I do my best to keep up with the threads in the board, I just meant if there is a suggestion that falls within what I listed and you feel it has been ignored or would be an easy fix feel free to reach out to me specifically. I wanted to make it clear what I can handle on my own because I saw questions about my role brought up in this thread.

Most of the popular suggestions that would require coding or major changes get forwarded to Nick.

[Clayflower.]

Sorry I didn't mean to try to say that you have to hunt down specific staff depending on the suggestion or update. I do my best to keep up with the threads in the board, I just meant if there is a suggestion that falls within what I listed and you feel it has been ignored or would be an easy fix feel free to reach out to me specifically. I wanted to make it clear what I can handle on my own because I saw questions about my role brought up in this thread.

Most of the popular suggestions that would require coding or major changes get forwarded to Nick.

most of the current suggestions generally require coding, and some of the oldest are suggestions that require nick to work on them. how does forwarding these suggestions work? sorry to be blunt; but it's obvious he does not work on them. does he even respond to any of the suggestions forwarded?

[answrs]

Sorry I didn't mean to try to say that you have to hunt down specific staff depending on the suggestion or update. I do my best to keep up with the threads in the board, I just meant if there is a suggestion that falls within what I listed and you feel it has been ignored or would be an easy fix feel free to reach out to me specifically. I wanted to make it clear what I can handle on my own because I saw questions about my role brought up in this thread.

Most of the popular suggestions that would require coding or major changes get forwarded to Nick.

so to be blunt, he's been sitting on suggestions for in some cases over 10+ years. at that point I feel it's kinder if not flat-out necessary for someone like a mod to just put us out of our misery and reply to the threads that it's never going to happen. :\

edit: don't get me wrong, I really appreciate what you're doing here, and responding to our question! but it just feels like a confirmation of our most annoyed fears for the future of the site ngl.

[beestie]

Sorry I didn't mean to try to say that you have to hunt down specific staff depending on the suggestion or update. I do my best to keep up with the threads in the board, I just meant if there is a suggestion that falls within what I listed and you feel it has been ignored or would be an easy fix feel free to reach out to me specifically. I wanted to make it clear what I can handle on my own because I saw questions about my role brought up in this thread.

Most of the popular suggestions that would require coding or major changes get forwarded to Nick.

most of the current suggestions generally require coding, and some of the oldest are suggestions that require nick to work on them. how does forwarding these suggestions work? sorry to be blunt; but it's obvious he does not work on them. does he even respond to any of the suggestions forwarded?

i too would like to know how suggestions are forwarded and what sort of responses are shared from nick - because if suggestions are forwarded as you've said, surely there is some sort of discussion happening. and if that is the case, i feel as though nick's answers or responses about certain suggestions should be shared to those originally making said suggestions - instead of just having these threads sit around in limbo for years.

[Darkcloud!]

Hey there, I wanted to clarify what I have control over in terms of site updates and QOL changes. I take care of monthly/event releases, pet/item tagging. news posts , MOTDs, volunteer staff management, dress up challenges, and rule updates. Full transparency, a large portion of my time is taken up by "must do" action items to help things run smoothly from month to month, obviously this is all done behind the scenes so I don't expect everyone to necessarily be aware of this. I did recently have a sit down and review some things that I would like to work on during free moments that are within my control. One of these updates that I can share ahead of time is I'm planning to separate out sitting cats from normal cats in the archive to organize those better. So any suggestions along those lines, please feel free to forward to me!

Thank you for sharing and what you do! You mention that a large portion of your time is taken up- is there perhaps room to expand and give you a staff member or two to assist with all the duties you mention and thus free yourself to work on longstanding projects for the site that are within your control? Maybe from the current pool of staff, or as a new position?

[winx]

Sorry I didn't mean to try to say that you have to hunt down specific staff depending on the suggestion or update. I do my best to keep up with the threads in the board, I just meant if there is a suggestion that falls within what I listed and you feel it has been ignored or would be an easy fix feel free to reach out to me specifically. I wanted to make it clear what I can handle on my own because I saw questions about my role brought up in this thread.

Most of the popular suggestions that would require coding or major changes get forwarded to Nick.

most of the current suggestions generally require coding, and some of the oldest are suggestions that require nick to work on them. how does forwarding these suggestions work? sorry to be blunt; but it's obvious he does not work on them. does he even respond to any of the suggestions forwarded?

i too would like to know how suggestions are forwarded and what sort of responses are shared from nick - because if suggestions are forwarded as you've said, surely there is some sort of discussion happening. and if that is the case, i feel as though nick's answers or responses about certain suggestions should be shared to those originally making said suggestions - instead of just having these threads sit around in limbo for years.

Any staff member can forward suggestions to Nick. Our current method is basically a thread where we link popular suggestions for founder review. I stated this in another thread, but we are working on a more efficient way of forwarding suggestions that would involve “rack and stacking” ones that have gotten the most support, seem to be easy to code / implement, etc., and listing them all on one living document. This would prioritize what we would like to see answered first, second, and so on to provide you all responses on if said suggestions are possible, in progress, and so forth. By consolidating everything, it should hopefully make the process easier on both staff and Nick.