User blog comment:Hyalite/Administration Reform/@comment-5216771-20151016180244/@comment-5216771-20151016195505

As for choosing friends as staff, its bc we know them, trust them fully, and they've learned the ropes of this wiki better than new users who have violated rules, not demonstrated the proper leadership skills. Idk theres quite a lot of reasons why friends are chosen. besides having a staff that dont know each other well could lead to not being honest, or the newer "not friend" following the others bc they dont want to share their idea and get shot down, which has happened before. We want staff that WILL butt heads on an issue without fear of rejection. Its not bc they arent friends, but its bc we dont know enough about them to really have an honest argument without causing more issues than before (sorry abt typos on any of these posts im on mobile)