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I took the challenge. Sorta.
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leora posted a challenge, daring any support priv to take an unknown username and post screened for a week, without looking at internal comments or otherwise acting from your main account.
So I did. For that week, my main account (this one!) looked only at abuse issues; I stuck to the screened account (which I tried to make look as unlike-me as possible, since I'd dropped out of helpscreening on a "break" at the same time and was hence conspicuous). I did a bit of customization on the account, practicing (as I wasn't willing to on this one!) for the simpler customization stuff.
At the end of the week, I had fourteen points, and was more active in support than I'd been in weeks. I don't think it would have been as peaceful, if I weren't used to both being screened and having privs, but as it was, it was a very pleasant break. I didn't have to try to figure out which of several screened answers to approve - I just had to answer!
And, unlike users who have never had privs, almost every time I wasn't approved, I could see why. I answered about 40 requests. I think I simply wasn't first on about half of them. My second most common sin was a too-personal tone, or an answer that addressed the immediate question without considering the ramifications. I had a single collision with a priv in that whole batch (number immediately after mine, and when I checked at the end of the week, it had indeed just been posted).
On one or two, I was a bit frustrated, not by not being approved, but that the composite answer finally submitted didn't include details I thought were important. Fussy priv. (WHY does that post in howto have to have a missing " and why not tell users that, if the post won't be fixed? It gave me a few moments of fitfulness before I fixed it on my screened journal.)
This was terribly peaceful. It lacked the frantic confusion of my first couple weeks in support (before I discovered that the notification emails could teach me what was going on and greatly clarify things - even if they really shouldn't). And it definitely lacked the frustration of my time as a priv. I'm fairly indecisive, so having to decide between two almost-right answers (possibly adding a comment to whichever I pick) or writing my own or....
Mostly, I discovered that I like being screened. But I also like being able to see what's going on. Several times I was horribly curious. Hey, I'm human. I get curious.
And who was I? I wasdreamwords, which is going to be made into a community in a bit here. (A community with 14 support points - hee!) Mostly, I just need time to get it prepped and stuff. Until I thought of a use for the account after the screened week, I couldn't do it. Because I hate to waste an account, or account name. Once it had a purpose, even if my mind is still working out the details, all was good.
And...if that's how I reacted...I want a livejournal to have a level of privs where you can see everything but only post screened. That wouldn't be a bad thing. Or even where you can only see internal comments (not other screened answers). Because it was very peaceful, being screened - not the pressure of privs - but once or twice it was a bit confusing, seeing what was going on.
Oh, by the way? I'm back in support on this account. Hi. :)
leora posted a challenge, daring any support priv to take an unknown username and post screened for a week, without looking at internal comments or otherwise acting from your main account.So I did. For that week, my main account (this one!) looked only at abuse issues; I stuck to the screened account (which I tried to make look as unlike-me as possible, since I'd dropped out of helpscreening on a "break" at the same time and was hence conspicuous). I did a bit of customization on the account, practicing (as I wasn't willing to on this one!) for the simpler customization stuff.
At the end of the week, I had fourteen points, and was more active in support than I'd been in weeks. I don't think it would have been as peaceful, if I weren't used to both being screened and having privs, but as it was, it was a very pleasant break. I didn't have to try to figure out which of several screened answers to approve - I just had to answer!
And, unlike users who have never had privs, almost every time I wasn't approved, I could see why. I answered about 40 requests. I think I simply wasn't first on about half of them. My second most common sin was a too-personal tone, or an answer that addressed the immediate question without considering the ramifications. I had a single collision with a priv in that whole batch (number immediately after mine, and when I checked at the end of the week, it had indeed just been posted).
On one or two, I was a bit frustrated, not by not being approved, but that the composite answer finally submitted didn't include details I thought were important. Fussy priv. (WHY does that post in howto have to have a missing " and why not tell users that, if the post won't be fixed? It gave me a few moments of fitfulness before I fixed it on my screened journal.)
This was terribly peaceful. It lacked the frantic confusion of my first couple weeks in support (before I discovered that the notification emails could teach me what was going on and greatly clarify things - even if they really shouldn't). And it definitely lacked the frustration of my time as a priv. I'm fairly indecisive, so having to decide between two almost-right answers (possibly adding a comment to whichever I pick) or writing my own or....
Mostly, I discovered that I like being screened. But I also like being able to see what's going on. Several times I was horribly curious. Hey, I'm human. I get curious.
And who was I? I was
dreamwords, which is going to be made into a community in a bit here. (A community with 14 support points - hee!) Mostly, I just need time to get it prepped and stuff. Until I thought of a use for the account after the screened week, I couldn't do it. Because I hate to waste an account, or account name. Once it had a purpose, even if my mind is still working out the details, all was good.And...if that's how I reacted...I want a livejournal to have a level of privs where you can see everything but only post screened. That wouldn't be a bad thing. Or even where you can only see internal comments (not other screened answers). Because it was very peaceful, being screened - not the pressure of privs - but once or twice it was a bit confusing, seeing what was going on.
Oh, by the way? I'm back in support on this account. Hi. :)