i can see that FA staff is dealing with some new volunteers who are pretty adament and vocal about changing the site, to the point of trying to steal the reigns from the oldheads who have more experience? not pointing fingers, but that's what i've gleaned from reading their updates recently. some creative discourse is to be expected, i understand that as an ex-Discord admin.

i think we're fortunate to be on a site that's staffed by real people, no CEOs or marketing teams - so they're pretty mature at handling situations like this. they've done a good job at holding themselves and the newer volunteers accountable, so i have to commend them. if it wasn't for the main staff (Fender and co.) keeping folks on check, the site would follow in the footsteps of Cohost. (yeah, it was a good site but had many issues caused by i.e. discordant staff, look it up)