[wp-forums] The "moderator" hat

[Half-Elf on Tech]

In my mind, people reading into things is the number one cause of 
headaches. They assume everything from a casual comment, and I've gotten 
blasted a bunch of times for saying something as casual as "I don't like 
any of the security plugins."

*sigh* Text sucks for communicating intent.

andrew nevins wrote:
>
> Ok, personally I can't remember a thread where I have said Yay or Nay to a
> core idea, but will keep that in mind if ever I feel I'm about it.
> Unfortunately I can't stop people from interpreting me wrongly.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Half-Elf on 
> Tech<ipstenu at halfelf.org>wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, everyone represents a part of WordPress, but if Matt said, say,
>> 'Plugin XYZ is garbage' and that was his PERSONAL opinion, it would carry
>> more weight.
>>
>> Congratulations. The same applies to me and you. People read into things
>> as they want, and the more visible you are in a project, the more weight
>> comes with your words. Moderator or not, if you were as active as you are
>> and expressed opinions, people would STILL see you as more than YOU.
>>
>> Which sucks, I know it does, and I know it's stupid, but that's the
>> universe we live in.
>>
>>
>> andrew nevins wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And yes, that means we cannot be JUST ourselves when we're in the 
>>>> forums
>>>>
>>>
>>> because we represent a part of WordPress.
>>>
>>> I don't understand this bit, because everyone represents a part of
>>> WordPress regardless of whether they have powers.
>>>
>>
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