Who are the night watch?

[Tinner01]

Do you live out of the UK? Or just stay up all night, every night? Are you paid? What are your lives like outside of night watching?

Sorry if inappropriate questions, just so interested and grateful for what you do!

Uh?

You’ve lost me. I can only think of the Rembrant painting at the Rijksmuseum.

@EmpressoftheMundane

I think she means the night moderators of this site.

I'd be interested to know as I'm an owl who often floats by late late night or early morning

Oh!

Watching with interest - I’ve often wondered this!

Are you normal mn users by day?

@EmpressoftheMundane @Ocampa yes that’s what I mean! Sorry for any confusion.

@DPotter me too, to some extent!

@LeMoo exactly the sort of thing I’d like to know! Also how does one become a night watcher? Not that I want to.

No point asking this in the middle of the day, they will all be fast asleep

They would be moderators in different time zones I assume.

I assume they all have insomnia?

They’re mugs.

Sorry to the Night Watch g’wan but you do such an important job that it’s a disgrace that you’re not paid, and given access to better tools to deal with all the shite that can kick-off here after hours.

@Fluxcapacitator oh I know, just waiting for them to see this later hopefully! Wanted to ask before I forgot!

I re when this was launched and there was much talk of it on Living overseas. At that time, no it was unpaid with no expectation that you would do a certain number of hours or anything. So there might be thirty of you on MN or three.

It was very quiet on MN 'overnight' when I was using it. You could see the same thread in active with no additional posts all day long.

It’s nearly NW time and I’ve thought of another question! Do you know each other IRL? As in who the others are.

again please don’t answer if these are outing!!

I think they are volunteers. Gawd knows why they do it. No protection when it all kicks off. Really by now MNHQ should be paying people not asking for favours.

Wow @DobbyTheHouseElk thats so selfless!!

I'm in the UK.

We don't have set times to be on so you might never know when we're about

We all have regular ids that we post with as regular members

Were awaiting imminent new super powers 🦸‍♀️

@ANightwatcher when not on duty, do you ever reply to apparent troll threads when they're funny?

Here are a few of us

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.”

🤣

They have their hands full tonight!

Oi, what about the Discworld Night Watch!

@EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall it seems around 11/12 when main MNHQ leaves and NW takes over all the trolls start to pop up! The same ones 🙄