User blog comment:Obi the LEGO Fan/Regulating "Admin Talk"/@comment-4091019-20150307003642

Transparency - yes, it's more transparent, that's the issue. Take my opinion with a grain of salt if you must, but I wouldn't be as inclined to state my actual opinion about something for fear of offending someone or perhaps unnecessarily informing community members that I don't agree with them. (Unnecessarily, as in they wouldn't need to know that I oppose their opinion because they typically don't offer any input on admin decisions... confusing perhaps.)

Efficiency? No. Have you seen this community make decisions? Think of the US government - we have people elected to make decisions for a reason, and we have senators to convey the decisions of smaller portions of the 'community'. Our community isn't nearly as large so we don't need senators, but still, you cannot argue that a large group decision is more 'efficient' than a small group decision.

Education. Yes they will be more informed about the admins opinions. This is related to my point in #1. Sometimes I don't want to cause unnecessary arguments/strife/disagreements with community members? I'd rather have fun, and if my opinion is overruled in a decision, that's fine. I don't need the extraneous harrassment that comes along with it if the entire community reads my opinions on things.

The community already can have input on a decision if they want to. There's nothing stopping them from making a blog, sending a message to an admin, bringing it up in PM with an admin in chat, or even making a forum about it. There are several ways for the community to have input on a decision. But, if this is already open to input, I don't see it as we need to take the extra step and make them decide the decisions. It is LESS efficient in my mind.

Is there really a trust problem with the admins? If the community doesn't trust their admins, that's a problem that needs to be addressed with the admin, not the system, as I see it.

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