| From a systems dynamics point-of-view, single points of failure are problematic. However, in human dynamics and the foundation of all leadership (and thus creating genuine followership), it requires a single point of accountability. Leaders of any community are accountable to their followers.
Leaders have to realize that the community and the purpose are always more important than them. I think the reason why u/chooter was considered a leader (or top-notch liason between admins and mods) was because of her commitment to the quality of the AMA. I think the reason why u/chooter is adored by readers was for the same reason, though typically expressed by her inate ability to capture the AMA guests voices, mannerisms, etc. She was being 100% accountable to the community and the purpose that she was serving. This is a thing to be admired, encouraged, and emulated. Not scorned or spoken of in terms of an acronym. I'm not picking a thread fight, as I think your perspective is very important within hardware networks and/or very relevant in process management, it's quite inaccurate when describing the human dynamics involved with building a community. |
Doing that is usually a good way to make somebody seem rather illiterate. For example, people are much looser with the way they structure sentences and organize thoughts when speaking in an unprepared manner.
When you listen to audio of them talking, everything seems normal because we have different expectations for written English and spoken English. When you don't get to listen to the audio but only read a transcript, then you start to get problems because then you have written English that only meets a spoken English standard.