So, I think this idea was originally Cimmerian's, but we've been discussing it on SSSC and I decided to make an 05 post for it.
As you all probably know, #site17 functions as a combination crit and staff help channel. I, and others, feel that it should be reverted back to a staff help channel only. There's a number of reasons and issues behind this.
- Crit can get in the way of staff functions, such as chat ban appeals- this happens frequently, with users butting it to ask for critique during a ban appeal, or other important discussion. It also happens the other way round; ongoing crit sometimes has to be stopped or moved in order to hold a ban appeal or complaint. If we made #site17 staff help only, we'd get rid of this problem.
- We have #thecritters now, which functions as an additional critique channel. There's no point having three rooms for critique, so we can simply remove that from #site17 and boost the awareness and usage of #thecritters. If I remember correctly, Zyn has in past stated she would be fine with this assuming #thecritters got more ops- ChaoSera suggests making all Site or Forum Crit Team members op in there, and I think that sounds pretty sensible. We can list #thecritters on the chat guide and the #site17 topic, and tell users seeking for crit about it.
As far as I know this has seen almost entirely positive support from a number of staff members in SSSC, but if anyone has complaints or suggestions this is the place to voice them. So, thoughts?
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