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#1
Posted 11 October 2012 - 02:55 PM
There has been a lot of things happening in the past week. Drama, fights, people leaving the site. I am not going to go into details of all that happened because as of now, thats not really important. A lot of members have been confused, looking for answers, wanting to know what has been happening. While all this has gone on, I have been here but not really acted. This is not the first time DR has gone through this but thats the past and we will leave that. Whats different this time though is the way people were treated. This is my first time being in charge of something this big, something that is this important to so many. I'm no dev, I'm just a member that has made his way through the ranks. Conducted myself the way I have always thought was right, treated people with respect, always tried to mediate issues even as just a member. I was put in charge in confidence that I would carry those same traits and have failed at that during this point of time. I never realized how hard it was to do the job that those before me and on other sites do. I didn't think it was going to be easy either, but its not what you expect thats for sure.
I have always had pride in the things that I do and leading this site is no different. When I was told that I was going to be put in charge, I can't begin to explain how excited I was. The fact that DDX had seen something in me that he thought was perfect for the site really meant a lot. DDX has been a mentor, great friend, and awesome leader himself. I wanted to do things the way I thought that he would have. But I have quickly realized that he had some hard choices to make, and here I am in almost the same situation. I ran to him and he kind of gave me ideas but nothing more. I was confused at first but after talking to him the other day, he said something that kind of hit me hard. He said that he can't hold my hand through everything. He also said that all this is just a bump in the road and we will get through it as a site and community.
This all leads up to what I am here now to say.
1. I want to publicly apologize to the staff of DR.com. A lot of things have been acted on by the staff which some viewed as wrong, uncalled for, and unprofessional. This was all due in huge part to me. I left my team unguided. I panicked and lost view of whats right and wrong. The team acted in a way that they thought I would have wanted and I was not there or not prepared to tell them they were right or wrong.
2. I want to publicly apologize to the developers that now call and did call DR.com a home. Our developers felt unsupported, unimportant, almost like objects of ownership. This again is something that I take fault for. When the issues began to arise, we handled them one at a time but didn't publicly make certain that the issues didn't happen again. Due to this, our devs felt like if we were not going to help, support, and protect their work then they would have to themselves and honestly who can blame them. They too acted in a way that though at the time thought was right.
3. I want to apologize to DirtyDroidX and Admin. Again, I was put in charge knowing that I had no dev experience, no background in running a website. But that didn't stop them from choosing me. I let them down by being a coward during all this and not stepping up to the challenge.
4. I want to apologize to the members of DR.com. Had I stepped up and done the right things from the start, we may not be where we are now. Everything that happens on the site does have a affect on you. You have made this place your home, your place to go for answers, your place to hang out and talk to your favorite developers. Without you, our developers are doing what they do for what? Without the developers, our members have no reason to be here.
Now that all that has been said, there is a few more things to address. Developers have been mistreated, ignored, and disrespected. Again this is due to me not being the leader I am expected to be and I take ownership to this error in judgement. So from this point forward as before, the developers that left will NOT have their threads removed, locked, or otherwise disrupted. As before, we will respect there decision in leaving the site and let them update their OPs here with info as they see fit. We had done it for the other developers before and this should be no different.
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#2
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:11 PM
#3 Guest_24v_*
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:13 PM
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:15 PM
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#5
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:16 PM
Thach, don't be so hard on yourself. No one person can be expected to just jump in and run this place. We can all work together to resolve this.
Thanks man but I honestly don't see this as being hard on myself. I really feel in my heart that this is taking responsibility for my lack of actions. I have the utmost confidence in the team that we can all work together to solve this. The first step was me saying that I have failed and will do better.
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:18 PM
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:23 PM
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#8
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:26 PM
Indeed, time to get to work... I must be honest here and say that I am aware that I have been quite useless as a mod for quite some time...and I will do as much as I can to help put us back on path to being a great big happy familyi see this as him taking responsibility and saying hes going to fix it .. turning point now.. time to get to work
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:31 PM
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#10
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:39 PM
Remember the other night when I told you everything would be fine... huh huh? Well you have thoroughly stepped up to the plate my friend! Time to play ball.. :-)
Good leaders are always to hard on themselves when things aren't panning out as they think it should. I commend you for this. I look forward to working with everyone to make sure we get back on track. Every thing you said in your statement I can back! Just another reminder of why I call this forum my home away from home!
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#11
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:53 PM
i may not have any say on this matter since i have not caused, or been directly affected by whatever has happened over the last few days(as far as i know) .....but .......i do know this...... as a community, and as a family, we WILL work through the "hard stuff".... as well as ENJOY the fun stuff..... ROCK ON BRO!!!Thanks man but I honestly don't see this as being hard on myself. I really feel in my heart that this is taking responsibility for my lack of actions. I have the utmost confidence in the team that we can all work together to solve this. The first step was me saying that I have failed and will do better.
Feeding my android addiction......... one phone at a time.....
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#12 Guest_DirtyDroidX_*
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:59 PM
The main thing is , it don't matter how much you know or how little. What matters is we are a community . One's status does not affect the community as a whole.I'm glad you finally made a statement and I will back you 100% in with anything you decide a pon.
DirtyDroidX
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 04:16 PM
#14
Posted 11 October 2012 - 04:21 PM
Although part of me agrees you are being too hard on yourself, the other part knows as a leader you take responsibility for everyone then lead us to a better place...
Lead on Sir...
#15
Posted 11 October 2012 - 04:54 PM
But I would love to relieve some wisdom, if there is any to be gained. I visit here daily, but have posted scarcely as I spend all day posting and working in my actual own forums... But I love the site, and it very much encompasses the views and desires of my other communities. We have had a few blow ups as we have begun to grow, but I have never known anyone who had been through these steps to talk to and grow from.
I guess, I am saying I would be down for some digital mentoring
#16
Posted 11 October 2012 - 05:15 PM
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