Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin

Or maybe it just means that I haven’t done it yet because I’ve spent all my « Discourse » time rummaging around the admin interface and hanging out in meta, that I’m still recovering from an accident earlier this year that has added to my already-existing executive function challenges (hi ADHD) and that these last few weeks I’ve been barely keeping my head out of water with my return to work, sick cat and life in general. And that there is a higher barrier to « doing something for the first time » than you might think, which has little to do with the actual content of the thing to be done.

Same reason I didn’t do the install myself: I could have figured it out, but I’m a) at a stage in my life and b) in present circumstances where I’m being strategic about what I spend my energy on.

For me this whole thread is deviating from the topic and has been for a bit. I posted about what I find is making my experience as a new Discourse admin more difficult than I think it could be, and (no hard feelings to the people in question) I feel as if I’m being put on the grill regarding my community management and technical expertise and skills.

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