A Seibertron.com Call for Volunteers - News Crew Needed

So what exactly does the job entail? Day to day I mean. Is it something where you sit down and do your daily work in a couple of hours, or are you always 'on call' so to speak. I definitely need some time to think about this, but it sounds interesting. I thought about applying to the podcast as well, but this being in the background sounds a bit better for me.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:So what exactly does the job entail? Day to day I mean. Is it something where you sit down and do your daily work in a couple of hours, or are you always 'on call' so to speak. I definitely need some time to think about this, but it sounds interesting. I thought about applying to the podcast as well, but this being in the background sounds a bit better for me.

How you work around posting news depends on what your personal availability is. The current staff has office workers, food makers, students, family supporters and more, and all in slightly different timezones too.

As this is a volunteering position, we would not ask you to always be 'on call', as you say. But if you do have ten-fifteen minutes to spare in between cooking or meetings, homework or a commute, then yes, feel free to use them to post something!

(Personally, I find myself more or less always ready to go, except for my full teaching/meeting days. But I am an example, not a sample, and not a representative one at that.)

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Once again though it would be really cool to be part of the news team.

Consider applying then! As I said, we turn no one down without good cause.

Va'al wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:So what exactly does the job entail? Day to day I mean. Is it something where you sit down and do your daily work in a couple of hours, or are you always 'on call' so to speak. I definitely need some time to think about this, but it sounds interesting. I thought about applying to the podcast as well, but this being in the background sounds a bit better for me.

How you work around posting news depends on what your personal availability is. The current staff has office workers, food makers, students, family supporters and more, and all in slightly different timezones too.

As this is a volunteering position, we would not ask you to always be 'on call', as you say. But if you do have ten-fifteen minutes to spare in between cooking or meetings, homework or a commute, then yes, feel free to use them to post something!

(Personally, I find myself more or less always ready to go, except for my full teaching/meeting days. But I am an example, not a sample, and not a representative one at that.)

Alright, well I definitely have time to spare here and there and I'd love to help out running Seibertron. I have some experience administrating web-stuff, but the kind of engagement (viewership, comments, etc.) is around an order of magnitude smaller. I'm always up for a challenge though, so consider my hat in the ring.

Hey Va'al, what are news credits for anyway?

Va'al wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Hey Va'al, what are news credits for anyway?

My own personal delectation. Much like PCC and Alpha Bravo.

Ooooh, so am I titillating? Or do I have to change my avatar to something mooooooore; Alpha Bravo?

Va'al wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Va'al wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Hey Va'al, what are news credits for anyway?

My own personal delectation. Much like PCC and Alpha Bravo.

Ooooh, so am I titillating? Or do I have to change my avatar to something mooooooore; Alpha Bravo?

News credits are a way to show the community how actively engaged in the news reporting non-staff members are. It holds the importance you give it as a user, so it can be very little or really quite significant!

Once you become news staff, the credits become optional (I had personally planned to keep mine for ever at 42, but other news staff have credited me a number of times). We have our own score board of news posts to keep track of everyone's activity, so credits do not matter as much.

Lol, jokes aside I didn't actually know what they did until this point; thanks

Burn wrote:Va'al may have forgotten to mention that News Crew = Seibertron staff which means you're also expected to act as a Moderator and deal with problems as well.

Yes, very true. Thanks Burn!

This will not be a massive burden, nor a requirement during the initial period of your time as staff. Once you're settled in, however, you will be required to do some tidying up and shoulder-tapping.

Va'al wrote:

Burn wrote:Va'al may have forgotten to mention that News Crew = Seibertron staff which means you're also expected to act as a Moderator and deal with problems as well.

Yes, very true. Thanks Burn!

This will not be a massive burden, nor a requirement during the initial period of your time as staff. Once you're settled in, however, you will be required to do some tidying up and shoulder-tapping.

I'm probably not going to be the best when it comes to dealing with arguments I would probably end up getting baited sometimes depending on the topic.


I do however have a news story ready if I do end up joining (it's one of concept art of the wfc ds games that somehow avoided detection).

shockblast2 wrote:It takes a certain type of person to do this kind of volunteer work. In my experience, some people do not have the patience, people skills, or a righteous attitude to handle it.

Just to make sure I am covering all angles of this post: If you have concerns with staff members, please feel free to send me an email directly to discuss this. I, and Seibertron.com, take issues of unprofessional behaviour seriously, and would like to make sure none of it is taking place.

Va'al wrote:

Burn wrote:Va'al may have forgotten to mention that News Crew = Seibertron staff which means you're also expected to act as a Moderator and deal with problems as well.

Yes, very true. Thanks Burn!

This will not be a massive burden, nor a requirement during the initial period of your time as staff. Once you're settled in, however, you will be required to do some tidying up and shoulder-tapping.

Can you sign up for just the tidying up and shoulder tapping part and not the News Cruise?