Ladies and gentlemen of the world, I regret to inform you all of a horrible activity that has gone on for too long. I have been in a position of power that I have not deserved to be in for almost two years now.
What a terrible person
Recently, I have been left as the only person in charge of a group that I have no interest in, or good reason to be a part of.
What is the name of the group that I have been in charge of? None other than the ISU only group “I Play Guitar.” I do not know how to play the guitar, but somehow I am the only administrator of this group. Do you wish to know the unexciting tale? Okay well here it is!
A long time ago this group was created as a “join by request only” group. I imagine the first admin enjoyed only allowing certain people access to the group. Students at ISU who enjoyed playing guitar, could come to this group to share ideas, songs, and just bask in the glory of guitar love. But then sophomore Keith came along with an idea to get all the guitar players at ISU to go out onto the quad at a certain time and all play any song they wanted. I imagined it would be a very funny sight and would grab a lot of people’s attention.
Young Keith was strange.
So, motivated young Keith found the “I play guitar” group and requested joining with a message about the idea of many guitars. The current admin let me in, wished me good wishes, and even made me an admin so I could send a mass message to the group. I was overjoyed that my plan would soon come to see the light of day.
Then, suddenly, I completely lost interest. I just stopped. I didn’t tell any of the guitar players anything and I didn’t organize any neat musical spectacle, but I did remain the admin of the group “I Play Guitar.”
Now, years later, the admin ahead of me has quit his position of admin without so much as a formal letter telling me of my new found responsibilities. Suddenly as the only person in charge, requests from eager, young, guitar playing, ISU students were coming in by the ones and twos each week. I suddenly had to take time out of my day to personally review all of their profiles to see if they truly played guitar. Suddenly I was deciding who was good enough to be a part of the elite, 126 member strong facebook group, “I Play Guitar.”
I felt strong. I felt important. I felt wrong.
The pressure soon became too much. In just a short time I began letting in anyone who requested joining. I didn’t care what effect it would make on the group. I was totally negligent. I could have let in someone with bad intentions, or worse… I could have let in someone who couldn’t play guitar.
Then it hit me (like a guitar in WWE or something). I was the leader of a group of people that I was incapable to lead. Without the skill set of a guitar player, how could I communicate on their level. How do I tell them that this group is all a sham. Does anyone realize that the last post on the wall was December 31, 2006?
Are my people afraid of an open forum of communication?! Do they feel that their leader has let them down?! Is there anything I can ever do to repay them? I don’t know.
But this is the best I can offer them.
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