User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-166269-20121025194745/@comment-452-20121026000745

People offering differing opinions often leads me to think in ways I hadn't considered, so yes-men really aren't helpful. Luckily, the other active admin knows this and often offers alternate ideas.

I want to be able to take part in a discussion without people thinking "oh, that's an admin, so that must be the final word on the matter". I've never said "because I say so" in a discussion, I always explain the reason why something is done, so I don't know if people actually think I'm "laying down the law".

This is one of the reasons I wish I could turn in my admin rights, but I do admin-things often enough that it would be a burden on the other admin if I was constantly asking him to do things I couldn't.