The Outlaw Torn said:
I like to have faith with these things but this is absolutely going to crash and burn at some point with an us vs them mentality that will dominate the forum. You can already see this happen on certain posts where old guard members and even newer ones that have bad blood between them use this to either elevate or degrade credibility and content of character. And of course the enemy agents will try to take advantage of this and set up skirmishes between “Gurdian” and regular members essentially creating an Elysium type class system that will ultimately undermine the legitimacy of the JoS and the forum.
That is your personal perception of how certain people "would behave", but the initiative is exactly the opposite. The fact is certain individuals always see this type of promotion as a given to continue toxic behavior. It should be seen rather as an opportunity to move to a higher level of understanding. If one goes to a lower level, that's going to be not good.
The whole purpose is in fact the reverse: With more people away from the toxic behavior such as this, one's word will be understood to be wielded in a beneficial way.
Direct reports to the JoS Clergy will be able to be issued and as explained, demotion or potential stripping of rights will be the case.
It is unavoidable to have certain people bicker or create specific cliques, as I have seen after too many years on this forum. And I have also seen that the reality of this is that common sense and understanding is far more prevalent in most SS than the latter who see this in the pointless way that you mention.
We have to show faith in people, not the opposite. The least one would want is for anything to go in this way, as it's totally a waste of everyone's time. I highly doubt the prospective SS in mind have been in this level of falsehood for a long time.