Board Thread:New Features/@comment-1807002-20190627194954/@comment-1807002-20190628231519

With all due respect, I am taking Fandyllic's word and considering their activity and long standing presences and they clearly disagrees (above noted). And I admit many times I do post on the forums I get the "Special:Contact" line- which is very disconcerning.

Out my personal experience of on and off being on the community center. I have talked to staff via their pages. Lots of times I don't get a full answer (I get a- "I am inconveniencing them" feeling), it is almost never followed up and worse if I Special:Contact I get less help or attention.

However, I have been met with friendly and responsive staff- when directly contacted. Just perhaps the community as a whole should be addressing via forums when it is a non-staff person specific question/concern. Where the community can all see, weigh-in and keep track (and not get lost on a staff wall or staff blog). Maybe too many ways to see or (more) chase staff is a problem too?

You cannot kudos staff blog replies, you cannot get notices when you receive a reply on a blog, it is as if it intentionally meant to get lost and forgotten (which I thought was why this new dialog has been brought up- something is broken). Walls are more personal- someone answering or pipping in (who wasn't original poster) would be rude but it doesn't mean they (or others) wouldn't be interested in the conversation too.

So me being notified of how in touch staff is in forums (or lack there of), bouncing ideas and discussing it civilly with other vet members- should not be considered a direct attack and more an attempt to help open this new dialog which the staff- I believe, is asking for.