Honestly we should just get rid of the HK rank, as was voted in that last HK poll. I also have a question, what exactly is the problem with the rank as is? I'm under the assumption that there must be something wrong with the rank, but what? I've heard that the majority of holders of the rank do not answer when called upon, but is this true?
And you sir are the perfect example of why normal members should not have a saying in this subject because most of them don't know the actual issues of the rank. But ignorance is bliss, we tried to isolate the drama within the HK. Yet the normal members just copypasta someone's elses argument to to come over valid with their vote while their true opinion is way somewhere else.
I think i explained multiple times of what the issues were in HK, but will just list it as simple as possible. Though i gotta be honest, i don't know what kind of issue triggered the poll of removal because the HK is a seprate rank entirely.
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>HK was high regarded members that were mature role models, active members and a direct saying with major forum changes as advisors. Also report button was exclusive for them to prevent report clutter within the staff section. They also have a seprate sub forum that was entirely theirs without moderation. When in need of new mods, first the staff looked here for who was fitting for the job. Also had the freedom of electing and voting for new HK members every month. The staff and HN were also an HK on default. But the staff was not a HN by default.
>Alot of members stopped being active (which was a requirement). Also no one really contributed and the whole role as advisor died.
>Alot half of HK disliked where the rank was going and decided to rework it, but other half was against it and the discussion went fierce. So fierce that mods actualy had to step in the subforum which was supposed to immune of moderation.
First purge
>The HK's role was reduced to mature role model and active member only, but with higher nomination/voting requirments. Report button was not longer exclusive and dropped the whole advisor role. Still had the freedom of electing and voting for new members
>The electing/voting was misused. Election of new HK members became more of a populairity contest and no valid arguments were given during voting. Only a YAY or NAY. It became this unwritten rule of HK that everyone said YAY dispite not knowing about the elected member at all. Basicly monkey behaviour.
>Alot of normal members "aimed" to become an HK seeing it became the cool member club. Alot of jelousy by normal members.
>The trigger however was that some of the HK abused their position as "mature role model" thinking they were completly immune from mods or that mods would pick the side of the HK. Which was not the case, yet the members got this impression.
>Drama and discussions started in the SB, Skype and HK section. Normal members accused the HK and staff for abusing their rank. Most of the HK was mad because staff did not defended the HK and accused the mods of abusing their rank. Also the HN got some misdirected frustration from the normal members as well the HK.
>Staff became too personally involved and escalted the whole thing. *cough*AxleTheBeast*cough*
>I saw this and decided to call all HN on skype and most of the HN joined the staff chat, because we had a neutral position in this case and our fair share of experience to deal situations like this. Discussed this for weeks both on staff chat and HK section.
>Decided to reset the rank again. Made it clear that HK doesnt have special privledges nor a saying like HN. Completely seprated the HK rank and the staff and HN were no longer HK by default.
Second Purge
