I'm a bit of a hypocrite, because I'm not being too supportive either. I probably answer no more than 5 eHelps a day TOPS, but I'm doing the best I can. Lets all do what we can to help everyone... and not just slack off because we don't feel like it.

Another thing to bring up -- you know, I really think the problem isn't with the agendas of the current support leaders, but with the amount of support leaders, period. Looking over the list, there are only a few I'm not familiar with. There's a very small amount of us that are actually supportive anyway... and we're a very small team to be tackling such a large number.

If you see someone you think might make a good SL, don't hesitate to drop by their whiteboard and encourage them to submit an application. The more SL's we have the better.

I don't mean to pressure anyone of course. I know most of us are doing our best, and on this -- great job everyone! :D

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God, these topics do my nut in, because they don't change anything.

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I know.... but well, it's just a reminder really. What else can I do? I can answer them myself, but as I said, I'm already doing the best I can on that front.

Just that these topics are coming up SO often now, it's getting irritating. I replied to about eight eHelps earlier, but there were still another 20 or so for me to answer.

I think we need some sort of re-vamp of the SL/eHelp system, really.

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God, these topics do my nut in, because they don't change anything.

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I think we need some sort of re-vamp of the SL/eHelp system, really.

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The website has grown beyond a critical mass, I believe. eHelp, in it's current form, is irreparably damaged. While it works in a smaller community, the more people you add to the system, the more strained it becomes. When 1 eHelp can become 20 eHelps in a matter of 10 minutes (on a bad day), you're fucked.

*repeats*
so many of these topics...

we just go 'round in circles.

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Quote: from Nikki at 9:54 am on July 9, 2008

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I think we need some sort of re-vamp of the SL/eHelp system, really.

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 The website has grown beyond a critical mass, I believe. eHelp, in it's current form, is irreparably damaged. While it works in a smaller community, the more people you add to the system, the more strained it becomes. When 1 eHelp can become 20 eHelps in a matter of 10 minutes (on a bad day), you're fucked.

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I agree. There aren't enough of us to cope with the stupidly large number of eHelps that sit there everyday. The eHelp system just doesn't work, I don't think. Like the Serious forum.

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Quote: from Nikki at 9:54 am on July 9, 2008

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I think we need some sort of re-vamp of the SL/eHelp system, really.

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 The website has grown beyond a critical mass, I believe. eHelp, in it's current form, is irreparably damaged. While it works in a smaller community, the more people you add to the system, the more strained it becomes. When 1 eHelp can become 20 eHelps in a matter of 10 minutes (on a bad day), you're fucked.

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Like I said. The ratio's just messed up. We need more support leaders.

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But, we can't make people become support leaders. And approving half-assed applicants just to make up numbers won't make a difference either. LiveWire has gotten too big to just be a support site now, which it was (to an extent anyway) when eHelp was formed.

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Do we just have to come to the sad realisation that there are not enough dedicated people to answer the large volume of eHelps that we get?

Post edited at 10:22 am on July 9, 2008 by marshmellowman

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Ugh, I don't know. That's such a depressive way of looking at things, but this is an ongoing problem. It's not just over the past day or so - it's a problem that's there the whole time, and those eHelps won't vanish.

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