Mega Members - Introducing a new role for members!

@rakas You are so welcome. :)

I would like to nominate @essdee for the Mega-Member as they have been very supportive in the rooms, welcoming new members, have upheld the room in troublesome times, have worked as a unit to keep the room safe and have been very active in the forums and other site activities too.

@Halogen Thank you for the nomination and for your support! 😊

I would like to nominate Figgy50. She has been a member of 7cups for 2 years and has always tried her best to make every new person in guest support feel welcome before it closed. She also loves to help new people find their way around the site. She tries to answer as many site questions as she can. She has also tried to be nice and supportive to everyone shes met on here. Thank you. And Yes. I did nominate myself.

@Figgy50

I nominate figgy50 as well

@figgy50

Iiii NOMMINATTEEEE FIGGEEHHH, SHE IS THE SWEETEST MEMBAH. She would make a good megah me bag :)

@sam2410

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This is an excellent way to alienate members. For a site that's supposed to be focused on inclusion and understanding, having a popularity contest just reiterates separation and reinforces poor self-esteem.

@sentienne2

If you read the original post this is not about alienating anyone but highlighting members who contribute to the community. People get nominated by being noticed by other members and listeners by contributing to the community.

I do not see a problem with highlighting excellent members.As a listener you should know this is a nonjudgemental site and a program like this is only intended to help the community.

@NachoAverageListener Nope. Sorry I totally disagree with you. It looks like certain people get nominated and what about others who are just as good as them??? Why are they not nominated? Sentienne is exactly right.

@Figgy50

Members get nominated by people that they have supported and by other listeners and members who have witnessed them support others. The more outstanding a member is the more recognized they will be. Nothing wrong with saying "Hey this member is awesome and should be recongnized by others."

@NachoAverageListener

It's not about the original post - it's about how people are interpreting it.. all of the conversations in chats allude to what I mentioned above. Many are viewing this negatively. I just "verbalized" it for them.

@sentienne2

interpretationis in the eye of the beholder listeners get noticed for their ourstanding work, mods do as well, why not members.

@NachoAverageListener

My point has been missed entirely.

This has been a big point of discussion in the chat rooms tonight, and a problem for a lot of members.

In order to decrease confusion, would it be possible @Heather, to post the criteria for selection of the Mega Members?

To those that meet these criteria, congratulations on being nominated.

@sentienne2

I think the nominations started when this thread was posted Nominate a Mega Member

From that post: "Today, I want us to take some time to think of the member community. We have amazing members! A lot of them contribute daily to 7 cups and we want to recognize and honor their contributions. We can't be everywhere at once but we know you are all amazing individuals that love to give and share appreciation; so we are asking you all to nominate members that you think are ready for the Mega Member role!"

@NachoAverageListener

Right.. so what I suggested/requested above is a listing of what constitutes a "Mega Member". I think that would eliminate a lot of the confusion.

@sentienne2

From what I read in this thread they want people to nominate members based on this sentence.

"They are members who are regularly taking growth path steps, talking to listeners as members, but also contributing to the community in special ways."

And they will pick members bases on these criteria also found in this thread.

✦ How long they have been members of 7 Cups community
✦ They already have an area of focus or a place in the community they like to give back to
✦ They are known by community management staff & entire community as being kind, trustworthy and loving

It is not a popularity contest but if members have had bad interactions with staff example: bad mouthing moderators and other members in the chat rooms that might not be the "being kind, trustworthy and loving" they are looking for.

@NachoAverageListener

I think it's awesome so many people are nominating members. We should be congratulating the people who have been nominated and let the administration sort out the nominees to those who fit what they are looking for.

@sentienne2

i understand what you are trying to say sentienne, and i do agree with you, its more like, few members who also help are missing in the thread of nomination, cause not everyone knows the notification thingy, and few dont know about this nomination thingy, and few dont even know what a mega member is. and i know that few of the really good ones who's names were not mentioned, might feel bad, like "am i not that supportive?, was i not good with others?" and other questions might arise in their mind.

there are many members like figgy who were helpful/kind/supportive in the past, and they still are helpful/kind/supportive to others, she used to support many guests, but then after the guest support started to have new rules, and things got messed up, few of the guests left,few went into other rooms, and werent able to come into the locked rooms, and figgy might not have been in the same rooms with them, and like that they might have forgotten their name and other reasons, but figgy was there for them, and i know about it, cause i saw her helping others, and even they know that too. but they might have forgotten their(figgy) name cause well they are guests, and few people might still remember her and they know how she helped them. the new members might not know, or the new listeners might not know, about what she did, but the old members and listeners like me, know what she has done, and how she helped others.

conclusion: its just a badge afterall, there are many members who are better than mods too, but then again they cant be mods, this is just like that. and there are members who shift rooms, and help others, they dont stick to one room, members come and go, so they might not know how a particular member helped this room before they(new members) came. we know who is helping and who is not, few might get popular and few might not get popular, few might be well known, and few might not, and then the one who witnessed what they are/were doing, know their importance. there are many people out there, who helped a lot, and we dont even know who they are/were, few just go unnoticed, and few choose to be unnoticed, no matter what it is, the members like figgy, will still help others, even if they are noticed or not. its more like, we know celebrities and others who help people infront of everyone, and these people are noticed, and there are people like soldiers and others who protect us from other countries who are not noticed. at the end of the day, they both are helping in one way or the other way.

members who were nominated, all the best for you being a mega member, and the members who werent nominated, or you feel like you are left out, dont feel like that, you guys are awesome too, you know what you have done, and the other mebers know what you have done, you are just as special as them, its just the badge which is not there with you. so practically you are a mega member too. :)

im sorry if i made any mistakes in the paragraph, im bad at typing big paragraphs and stuff.

Firstly I will nominate Miss @essdee as a mega-member as for what all the people stated. She has been a very kind, honest, vigilant yet caring and a genuine person in the rooms. I think she can do much more as a mega-member and can offer much more.

Secondly, everyone please try to appreciate the love and respect people are giving to the nominees. If they are getting nominated and the other isn't then there is a good reason behind that. Kindly don't make a great fuss out of it as the final decision will come from the community managers. And I don't think it is healthy to use a place meant to nominate, as a boxing ring to jab the others. Please be kind and use logic. Thank you.

I'll pop in about the popularity issue as one of the first Mega Members group.

I can see for some how this can feel like a popularity contest. I've been thinking of people who I would consider nominating. It's not just people that I like. Some of those people are wonder, amazing people but they are here for support, they don't want (sometimes I'm assuming) to be involved in giving suggestions and feedback and being involved in projects. Others do that already, from a listener account and it doesn't really make sense for them to split that between rolls.

There is also the issue of needing to be seen. I know Figgy from quite a while ago when there were only a handful of rooms. I don't see her very often anymore - we just hang out in different places and maybe a different times. I think she would do a good job, but her name didn't come to my mind as I had no idea how active she still is.

I think we would benefit from at least one person from the LGBTQ community. I don't really hang out there, so I can't even be certain if we already have a Mega Member who does hang out there often!

@AffyAvo

wonderfully said !

@AffyAvo

i would like to nominate @AstroLily then

@BurningEmber Thanks for passing a name forward based on some of my feelings about it!

@AffyAvo

youre welcome !

@AffyAvo, you always bring up such excellent points. Well said!

Hey, just learning of this today....does the winner get a badge?

@berry1900

yeah

Not sure if all of these people would want to, but some names I'll put forward after checking out some profiles to see if they are a good match based on criteria:

@Sasher @TheHuggleMonster @ladylazarus1971 @squib @888Butterfly888 @BridgetAileen @HalliwellSister

I feel like I'm missing some people I've come across in the past and the names just haven't been coming to mind recently. Sorry! If it's something you are interested in, throw your name out here!

@AffyAvo

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@AffyAvo Peace. I didn't even have to ask. Affy, thank you I hope you are well?

@AffyAvo Thanks for the nod, honey! I am willing to be as active as anyone will let me be, whether is some kind of sanctioned role, or just as a lone cloud bumbling around in here. As always, just so, so glad to have 7 Cups to call home.

@ladylazarus1971 Glad to hear that!

@AffyAvo, awwww...what a compliment! Thank you.

@AffyAvo

I couldnt agree any less! You have selected very good ones for the nominations! I wish all them, a very good luck

Thanks @Halogen

@AffyAvo thanks for the nomination :p that was lovely of you xD but a question ummm, how do you know me? xD :p like I have no clue who you are or how you know me but apparently you think I'm up for this :p anyhoo this was nice of you :p hope you're having a good day *huggles* <3 xD :P

@TheHuggleMonster Since you're a teen, just in the forums. I'm not sure if we have directly interacted but I have noticed your posts!

@AffyAvo ahh okay lol :P I won't be able to say much more cos it's against the rules but as a listener I have done wya more on the forums :p well it's actually easy to find out who I am cos of things on the forums too but meh xD the nomination is appreciated but I don't think I wanna go with being a mega member :p