Chapter 40: First, I recruited one person (2)

<Is the Head Mod Out of Her Mind?>

They should have chosen someone who’d actually do a good job as an assistant mod.

That person just stays on the gallery all day, stirring up trouble.

Why give a mod position to someone like that?

00: Lily Gallery is closing down as of today.

oo: I seriously don’t get it;; I don’t even know why she got the head mod position. Wouldn’t it have been better if LilySixteenPetals(Cho Hyeseol) got it?

-oo: She doesn’t even do any work, what are you talking about?

-oo: LilySixteenPetals’ IP caught lol

oo: She kind of talks like a noob, too.. What’s going to happen to the gallery.

-oo: You don’t talk much better.

<Let’s Check the Public Sentiment at This Point>

The new head mod is already acting weird, should be impeached, upvote.

No, it’s still worth giving her a chance, downvote.

Upvotes: 325, Downvotes: 300

oo: Downvoting because of the upvote begging.

oo: What, all those troublemaking anons were just a small group?

-oo: Fact) There are more upvotes.

LilyFlower: Honestly, the previous head mod was truly the GOAT…

-oo: Is HeadModBotOrchid still squatting?

As expected, the gallery was on fire.

Everyone was strongly against a seemingly troublemaking fixed-nick getting the assistant mod position.

As the gallery was burning, a new post was made, adding fuel to the fire.

<Can You See the Blue Badge Next to My Fixed-Nick?>

Author: NotATroll

Honestly, I didn’t expect to get it lol.

But since I got the badge, I’ll work hard.

Oh, and if you criticize my way of speaking, I’ll give you a 720 (30-day ban), just so you know.

oo: The gallery’s really f*cked lol

oo: What was the head mod thinking, choosing someone like her?

oo: I’m genuinely curious, why do you use that messed up way of speaking?

NotATroll: lol

-oo: This person is already dead.

It was practically a post written to piss off the head mod.

Because no matter how much of a head mod you are, if the public sentiment goes down the drain, there’s nothing you can do.

From the perspective of anons looking for dopamine, it was a welcome sight.

<I’m Leaving the Gallery as of Today>

<Upvote if you think the head mod should apologize and buy us LilyBurgers lol>

<It’s Not Too Late, Head Mod, You Can Still Take Back the Blue Badge>

<The Current Head Mod is Really Stupid>

And checking the posts in real-time was the controversial head mod, me.

Hmm. Is it really that bad?

All assistant mods do is act as erasers without getting paid, anyway.

It was burning more fiercely than I had expected.

I habitually reached for my hot chocolate cup and brought it to my lips.

Ah. I just finished it.

I wonder if I can have one more.

I need a sugar refill.

I got up from my chair and walked towards the door, wondering if there was anything to eat.

And then the door opened.

Thud!

“Jia!”

“Huh?”

I was startled by my sister, who suddenly opened the door and appeared.

What’s going on?

“Sis…? What’s wrong all of a sudden…”

“Jia. That’s what I want to ask you. Why did you give that mod position to someone like that!”

I blinked.

What is this sister talking about?

Hearing a topic that was just being discussed in the community in real life made it hard to keep my composure.

“Jia. Instead of that weird person, how about giving me the assistant mod position?”

“Sis.”

“I’m confident that I’ll work really hard without doing anything weird. Wouldn’t I be better than someone like that? Plus, I’m the head mod’s sister, so we have a connection, and…”

“Sis!”

She didn’t seem to stop even after I called her once, so I raised my voice a little more.

My sister was startled and looked at me.

“Sis, you know.”

“Huh? Uh-huh.”

“Didn’t we agree to stop using the community?”

This was what I was curious about.

How did my sister, who clearly promised to cut down on the gallery, know about this newly burning topic?

There weren’t any posts that seemed to be from my sister’s fixed-nick.

This means she was still lurking in the Lily Gallery.

I narrowed my eyes.

“Oh, um, that’s…”

As expected, my sister stammered as if she had been caught red-handed.

“I was just… worried that you were getting criticized. So…”

“…”

I didn’t say anything.

Come to think of it, my sister had a point.

The sister who told me not to use the gallery because I was getting criticized was actually the one getting criticized in the gallery.

My sister was looking down, seemingly upset.

What should I do?

After a moment of Concern, I quietly approached my dejected sister and hugged her.

“Sis.”

“Uh-huh….”

“I told you not to do it, but I was doing it myself. I’m sorry.”

I could feel my sister nodding slightly in my arms.

But I already got the head mod position, so I can’t just stop using the gallery…

As I was thinking that, I heard my sister’s voice.

“I’m not saying you shouldn’t use the gallery. I just wanted you to be careful so you get criticized less…”

“Yeah. I’ll try.”

Even if I had ten mouths, I had nothing to say.

The head mod position is bound to get criticized anyway. It was practically an impossible promise to keep, but I still said yes.

We hugged each other silently for a few minutes.

Just then, when a sense of silence was lingering, my sister spoke first.

“Ji-ah.”

“Yeah, sis.”

I listened quietly.

“Your boobs feel soft…”

“Ugh. I can’t take it anymore…”

My sister twisted her body and ran out of the room.

…What is it that she can’t take anymore?

I looked at her with a cold expression.

Die.

Seriously, die.

No matter how much the topic is burning, what’s the use if the person involved doesn’t show up?

The head mod, who I thought would quickly release a statement, was still silent.

The topic was slowly, but surely, dying down.

Until one post was made.

<Me. Received. Something Blue>

Author: AlcoholIsLife

What is this? I don’t know.

However.

(I will do my best.)

Please. Give lots of support.

oo: What’s with this crazy concept freak?

AlcoholIsLife: Not. A concept.

oo: The first assistant mod they picked is a troll, and the second one is a concept freak? I’m scared to see what the third one will be.

The gallery was on fire once again.

It was a natural course of events. Because the assistant managers, the so-called assistant mods who manage the gallery, all seemed a bit off.

<Ah. I Miss the Previous Head Mod…>

The one who definitely kept order even though she did a lot of networking…

The one who filled all the assistant mod positions with her connections…

The one who deleted all the posts she didn’t like…

Come to think of it, I don’t miss her?

oo: Wow, the previous head mod was just as bad.

-oo: If anything, she was worse. It’s definitely not better than now.

oo: Her suppression of anons was truly the joat.

-oo: It’s still a mystery how she was never impeached and stayed as head mod for so long.

-oo: That’s because of the fixed-nicks who strongly supported the head mod.

LilyFlower: Title is clickbait.

oo: Your owner’s gone, why are you still here?

<I Don’t Care What the Previous Head Mod Did>

Why did they pick those people as assistant mods?

There are plenty of normal fixed-nicks, what’s the criteria?

oo: This is separate from the previous head mod, but the current one seems to have no eye for picking assistant mods.

-oo: It’s hard to even call it a matter of having an eye for it, when there are plenty of other normal fixed-nicks, but they specifically choose those kinds of people.

IDontLikeCats: They’ll figure it out, it’s all about the results anyway.

-oo: Even though the process is messed up?

As the firepower was gathering to impeach the new head mod.

A post was made.

<This is the Head Mod.>

Author: Kim Jia

Considering the lack of assistant mod applications in the assistant mod recruitment post, I had to choose them myself.

I prioritized fixed-nicks who are always active in the gallery when choosing assistant mods.

There will be 1~2 more additions.

The criteria will be based on my whim.

If you’ve been chosen as the Lily Gallery’s guardian?

Then please work hard for the Lily Gallery.

I hope you’ll work hard as an excellent assistant mod for the Lily Gallery.

If you refuse the assistant mod request, please keep in mind that there will be consequences.

To the newly appointed assistant mods, please do your best.

Thank you.

00: Crazy lol

oo: Upvote if the criteria seems somewhat clear lol

-oo: I can kind of see what they’re trying to do.

…

Barista: (A character emoticon showing nervousness)

FlyingSquirrelG: Honestly, as long as it’s not me lol

oo: The ones who write posts like this are subtly showing that they want a badge.

FlyingSquirrelG: lol

<It’s Definitely Better for Gallery Addicts to be Assistant Mods>

If they’re on the gallery all day, they’ll be good at deleting hateful posts.

It’s good for us because we don’t have to have our eyes burned.

We haven’t seen them work yet, but if they’re writing posts here all day, they’ll probably do well?

oo: The fact is that the current head mod is a newbie.

-oo: That’s why they should pick more gallery addicts as assistant mods.

-oo: Is that so?

<In My Honest Opinion, I Think the Assistant Mods Were Chosen Well>

NotATroll, judging by their way of speaking and writing, seems a bit off, but they’ve never written anything off-topic or attention-seeking.

I’ve never seen AlcoholIsLife write anything weird either, except for being into their concept.

It’s not as bad as you guys are worrying about.

oo: Mentioning fixed-nicks, you *sshole.

-oo: They’ve been well-known for a while now, it’s not a big deal.

-oo: Honestly, to get rid of BotOrchid, the previous head mod should have been impeached a long time ago.

oo: I agree.

Little by little, the public sentiment was definitely changing.