Is inviting users to be staff members directly a good idea?

I tried this, and the new staff member didn’t do anything useful. So what I realised was this:

They weren’t used to the community culture and happenings enough to know what to do and how

I had created a guide and kept talking to the new staff member on what to do, but they were of a different culture mindset and couldn’t fit in there. What I then learnt from this was:

To invite a new member to become a staff member, they’d have to be a good fit for the community, culture wise. Then they’d need some onboarding time and a trial period to vet this fit before fully bringing them in.

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