Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-26928286-20180415230419

If you're short on time and can't read this... essay I wrote, then that's fine, but at least try to skim over it to catch the most important details. And I recommend reading all of it before you oppose.

All the staff are currently members of our Discord. But what if someone applied in the future who didn't want to use Discord? How would they see the suggestions in the suggestions channels? How would they see the important messages in the faculty room, which is used so that all staff an be contacted quickly? How would they see important announcements in the announcements channel?

And, if they were a chat mod, discussion mod, mini-admin, or admin, moderating the chat is part of their job and if they can't do that then I don't want them as staff. Hell, even checking the suggestions channel, verifying users, checking faculty room, etc. is part of every staff member's job and by not joining the Discord they are taking up a staff slot that someone who has Discord could use. So I propose we make it a requirement for every staff position that they must be on Discord.

A staff member not on Discord...
 * Can't be contacted in private, since message walls are not private.
 * Is unaware of important announcements made on the server.
 * Can't join the faculty room, where all staff can be contacted at once.
 * Can't interact with our users in voice chat, text channels, etc.
 * Can't attend to suggestions made in the server (we have a wiki suggestions channel).
 * Can't moderate chat, a part of most staff positions' jobs.

A staff member on Discord...
 * Can be contacted in private, through DMs.
 * Can make and see announcements made in our announcements channel.
 * Is in the faculty room, and can interact with other staff in private as well as deal with important matters.
 * Can be part of our community and chat with our users, (possibly) using voice chat to participate in events such as Karaoke Night.
 * Can look at suggestions in the server, and help improve our wiki.
 * Able to kick, ban, mute, etc. and help moderate the chat to make this wiki a happier place.

Some of you will probably oppose because "What if they aren't allowed to use Discord?" or "What if they don't want to?" or something. But staff members that can't do the things listed above are much less useful and literally can't do part of their job, so that sucks for you I guess.

I'd appreciate a reason if you oppose, but you are not required to give one. If you vote "neutral", please provide some sort of reason or at least a comment, as posting the word "neutral" with nothing else is spammy and adds nothing to the conversation. Thank you for reading this much.

 