Behold my lurkability
Narumi answered our question as follows:
Don'tNotifyNarumi Misuhara
I'm still working for Gaia. Since I am no longer programming for the company, I decided to remove my developer status.
DontNotifyNarumi Misuhara
I've been pretty diligent about posting what I do on my Profile, Facebook and Linkedin. If people want to see all they need to do is go look.
Why now? Mostly so I don't keep getting requests for dev help when I'm not a dev and haven't been for nearly a year. I didn't want to introduce a whole new title and color to the Gaia ecosystem so instead I just removed mine entirely.
So why not just use the staff title? Same reason as above, to avoid being sent help requests for things that are handled by other departments.
I expect other staffers with the dev title who aren't actually programming, or whose roles don't involve them being active in the community may also follow suit.
Why now? Mostly so I don't keep getting requests for dev help when I'm not a dev and haven't been for nearly a year. I didn't want to introduce a whole new title and color to the Gaia ecosystem so instead I just removed mine entirely.
So why not just use the staff title? Same reason as above, to avoid being sent help requests for things that are handled by other departments.
I expect other staffers with the dev title who aren't actually programming, or whose roles don't involve them being active in the community may also follow suit.
FINAL ANSWER
DontNotifyNarumi Misuhara
*nods* in the interest of avoiding confusion I'll leave my title at Gaia Staff
Aaand I suppose nothing major big behind the scenes is happening sweatdrop
THANKS NARUMI FOR FREAKING US ALL OUT, WE ARE ALREADY ON EDGE AS IT IS scream