bigbangislove wrote:Yeah, I saw some a while back (oddly enough none of them were warned. wtf?).
They were mostly from newer members though.
Before I comment on the topic, I want to state that
if any member finds any such posts please report it to staff through the report button to the bottom left of their post. I know some do this and the posts are removed and I am extremely grateful. Yet, if they aren't removed and/or warned I apologize for the lack of maintenance. We are working on it and if you find any faults please do report or alert me personally. Unfortunately a lot of staff are older and have a lot of real life obligations, work and/or studies. So please be forgiving and helpful!
Now, to the topic at hand, thanks so much dear dear Strawberry for this article! Very well articulated and you put your points and emotions across well! <3
I must add though that with every fandom or anti-fandom as it continues to grow, so will the mindsets and the varieties of ideals and reasons for the oncoming members. We try to do as much as we can according to our own rules. We cannot disallow people from venting or putting up the so called "silly" posts.
STAND is home to a variety of antis and as long as they stick to our rules by being somewhat civilised and non violent we must allow for petty fluff to pop up. As some of the members mentioned, we cant always have strictly thought provoking articles and intellectual responses, we need variety or this will become an extremely stressful business. So if you dont like the topic, post something you do like to talk about up, or just move on.
I'm sorry to all though, I know staff has been extremely lacking but please be understanding, a lot of people have become very busy at the same times.
And just to add to the sentiment, I miss the old days too <3 And a lot of you guys. VERY VERY MUCH.
And dear members, lets keep the discussion as a discussion and be careful not to offend other members!{edit} I should have really read through all the posts before commenting. ^^:: Though I think it needs to be reminded that
STAND has always been about community. And so, it becomes the duty of the members that are older and/or well informed to warn, teach and inform the other members. Also, we have a lot of International fans, some of those that do not have a great grasp on English so they may not truly gather the importance of their words. Do also remember again, that this is the internet, you come from different backgrounds, some words you may use that are meant to be light may be interpretted otherwise by those on the recieving end.
It is extremely difficult to have balance, but the problem that rises is that rising members (with more than a hundred on hold and unapproved), with a small staff that is mainly on hiatus, things are bound to get outweighed. The problem is not one sided, the community has become far larger than we ever fathomed it would get, and much much more than we can handle. Most of what was done was also staff based, and when staff is busy parodies and articles dont come out. Yet, we hoped when we started that with our efforts it would encourage members to also take part in the creative process and bring forth their opinions. Some have, and we are extremely grateful, yet unfortunately it is a minority.
I do hope that we can work harder in future hand in hand and get things back on track. Though it may not seem like it, staff are actually working on getting things organised.
So instead of arguing amongst ourselves by a lack of understanding or a loss in interpretation/translation shall we go back to working together and making this the community we once loved? It will be difficult with the surges of new members but we can at least tilt the balance towards what it used to be, little by little.
I'm a firm believer in leading by example.
I didnt want to be long winded, but I did, lol, sorry.
And lets please refrain from being off topic. =_____________________=