Sort of an in the background kind of lurker. I WANT to be more heavily involved, really get to know the community and help influence change, and I do/can get a say on pretty much any matter if I care to weigh in. I have access to all backend staff channels and all backend staff boards here with...
It should be noted - I do not manage the forums. I certainly can get a say on things, but how the forums run is not equal to in any way how ZI runs. We don't even work within the same fundamental rule set. So the forums team is completely independent of the site and how these boards are ran...
Maybe some day, sure. Or, I could keep using the default, as I proudly display the pathetic xenforo defaults (and ones I am sure we should probably change). Either way, it's different and unique, so I'll stick with it for now. :)
Of course. As I said, I don't actually want to shake things up...
Now that the ZI/ZD thing is all official like, I'd feel like I should comment on this even as all final decisions come down to Jimmy himself - and based on the brief time I have seen him work behind the scenes this year, I can tell he knows what he is doing. I trust his judgement.
For starters...
Our mods are as relaxed as they come tbh. They prefer to not have to do anything at all unless absolutely necessary. They'd rather work things out member to member as best as they can.
Seems to be a lot of the same way the team here handles most issues. The idea of the ZI mods isn't necessarily...