So first off I think the helper process is really through and good, but there is one thing that annoys me, which is the fact that although you are required to have a discord account, you aren’t required to have chatted in the hive discord, and anecdotal evidence tells me that they have allowed in helpers who haven’t previously been in the hive discord.
So what I’m suggesting basically is a new requirement for helpers that you must have had to have been in the hive discord for like 2 months and sent like 30 messages, so nothing absurd, just an amount to prove you have been somewhat active in the discord community, considering the fact that I feel that that is a very important part of the community that helpers should be expected to participate in. Since you really shouldn’t get mod privileges and be expected to be a leader in something you’re new in.
Now to be clear, I understand that the helpers may be much more active on the server itself then on the discord and forums, I understand that maybe the helpers are going through a busy phase and might not be able to do alot, I understand that helper is a difficult job hard to find people for and something like this could make it more difficult to find people possibly.
However, I feel as if requirements like these should be easy to hit even for a fairly busy person, and that these won’t interfere with most helper candidates, and Sourmatt and Scorse can make exceptions if they implement something like this, it shouldn’t automatically disqualify somebody.
And this isn’t made because of any particular helper, it’s just something that’s been going on for a long time that I can’t figure out any good reason to go this way.
I respect all the hive staff and everything they do, but I think something like this is necessary to add to the list of helper requirements
