[ OT ] Anybody else irritated by the mods using stickied posts to promote themselves all the time ?

Exactly what Nate said. I'll give you my details. 
 
 I was running out to steam doing the workshops, writing, and dealing with life. I did n't want to burn out and keep skipping them since I knew I was losing the ability to keep up. Instead, since our AMAs went well, Nate brought up Get to Know a Mod, and I took it and ran. I love the workshops, but they're difficult to write, especially with a lot of research involved in some. It does n't help to avoid burning out when we do n't have a lot of participants. 
 
 Another reason why I enjoy creating these posts, is because mods are often seen as rude people obsessed with power. Coming from behind the scenes, we're not. We're human and we're writers. We promote just like everyone else, because, I know for me, I'd like my pieces to reach a wider audience and give back some of the enjoyment and entertainment I've felt from others. We mod because we want to make this community better. Get to Know a Mod is not meant to be a self promotion, but I do leave it up to the mod doing it that week to write whatever they'd like within it ( as long as they have the Rules and Introduction ). 
 
 On Mondays we even promote one writer a week with our writer spotlight, so if you know some good writers who deserve the spotlight, send them our way. The posts that you're talking out, stickying PIs, and CCs are stickied all day Tuesdays, and our Mods Choice is our way of getting out lesser known prompts. 
 
 I can assure you we do n't think we're better than anybody else on this subreddit. We keep it as clean and of nice as a default as we can. The mods here, especially the ones that run weekly posts, work hard to create a good space for writers. 
 
 The Get to Know a Mod is supposed to be fun. It's a way for people to ask for advice if they need it, or just get to know our mod team if they're not on our IRC chat. 
 
 Hope this clears some things up.
