I’m asking this question here, since technically it’s not about how the board itself works, and my question is pretty pointless, other than to satisfy my curiosity.
I asked Czarcasm this once at a dopefest, but I forgot what he told me.
What is the “chain of command” more or less for this board? I know that at the bottom, you have the member, like me, then above that are the moderators, then above them, are the administrators, but who’s higher up then them? I know that it ends with the Chicago Reader which maintains this board, but who else in in-between the admins and them?
Once again, pointless I know, but I am curious. Thanks.
Well crap, I forgot to see who was logged in on the computer. This was posted by me, not shannablu. My wife is the Undersecretary of Soap Opera Management and Movie Trivia Master.
Pretty much, yeah. In my case, C. K. Dexter Haven and TubaDiva are senior to me, so I answer to three people. We almost NEVER hear directly from the bosses at the ChiReader. Ed’s the one who gets to tell the rest of us what the head honchos have decided, and he’s the one we all gripe to.
We will also cooperate with the staff of other message boards as problems come up. For instance, I can think of one time when a member of this board wrote to several admins, asking a question about how to do something on HIS vBulletin board. We gave him what advice we could. This is all extremely unofficial, of course, but it still works. Sometimes Una Persson will answer a question in ATMB, because she knows the software answers, and she also knows the rules and regulations of the SDMB quite well. So even though she’s not an official mod here, she’s quite helpful. OpalCat has given us some valuable tips on how to run this message board, too. I believe that she’s the one who came up with the “Quick Reply” box hack, which is one of the very few modifications that we used in the previous version of this software. I know that LOTS of people liked that modification, and I’ll be glad when we can get around to putting it back in.
Oh, and in the official hierarchy…I am the person in charge of biting people who need it. I’m good at it, and that’s the main reason they keep me around.
By the way, my title is Special Agent in Charge of Animals That Have Just Broken the Water Pitcher. Let me know if you’re having any trouble in that area.
Read the registration agreement. If you don’t follow it, and you don’t heed warnings, then you WILL get banned. I ban spammers on sight, along with returning trolls. Yes, I have some interesting stories about banned members, but no, I’m not going to post them in public.
