Anonymous improvement for the forum

[CerealKiller]

Mental age

[anon68003072]

Ohhhh

[Squishy]

Pg- parental Guidance
MA- Mature Audiences

[anon68003072]

OHHHHHHHHH

[passionfruit]

#77
Can users be able to change their username color? I can see how it would be an issue to change everyone’s color, so maybe make it a reward for patrons, user of the month, rper of the month and other similar things?

[anon68003072]

@ShanniiWrites does discorse allow this?

[anon68003072]

#78
have less biased mods

None of the mods here are biased, if you can give evidence of a time you think a mod was biased then I suggest going to Deluge about it.

[TheDancingFryer]

@anon68003072

have less biased mods

wdym biased?

[anon68003072]

#79
Whenever you have a problem with something you are always said to talk to Deluge about it , but what if you have a problem with him? What do you do then?

@ShanniiWrites or any of the other @AdminTeam if you don’t wanna go to Shannii straight away.

[anon68003072]

I do just feel like pointing out the fact whenever we get “improvements” like these and we ask you to follow through, PM us, send screenshots or whatever, you never do. You say so much anonymously and I only post it just incase your complaints are genuine and hold water but most of the time they don’t.

If you really think the mods and staff here are so bad then why not show us what is bad instead of using empty words?

How are we supposed to improve if you don’t actually tell us what the problem is and how we can work on it?

[anon68003072]

In my entire time of asking anonymous people to PM me with their issues I have had one person come to me directly and yes, the issue got resolved. We can’t fix a problem if we don’t know what it is.

[anon68003072]

Sorry you feel that way but please can you give me some actual examples with evidence of times a mod was biased.

@anon68003072

have less biased mods

[ChaoticDeluge]

@anon68003072

Whenever you have a problem with something you are always said to talk to Deluge about it , but what if you have a problem with him? What do you do then?

There’s always been an answer to this.

Trying to find examples of hypocrisy in the staff is a losing battle, they may exist but they aren’t surface level like this.

[ShanniiWrites]

@anon68003072

#75

Why is the restricted section only 18+? I feel like it should be open to anyone 15+ because a lot of teens may have questions that aren’t exactly PG 13 or many be too embarrassed to PM someone and talk to someone irl about it.

I understand that you have your reason for it being 18+ and maybe we could have a similar section to it for teens to ask adults the questions or generally talk about things.

Anyways this is just an Idea I thought of, nothing big, just a minor suggestion.

I think that the staff run this place beautifully and should Keep into with the great work. XOXO, Me

Mainly for legal reasons. I don’t want the Forums or anyone else to get in trouble for talking about inappropriate things with minors.

[ShanniiWrites]

@anon68003072

#79
Whenever you have a problem with something you are always said to talk to Deluge about it , but what if you have a problem with him? What do you do then?

As someone who was directly affected by my complaints about Jeremy being handled by Jeremy himself on the Episode Forums, one of the first rules I ever put into place was a rule saying there’s always someone else you can complain to.

Except me. If you have a problem with me, maybe don’t use the forums I pay for?

But that’s why I don’t get directly involved in discipline except in extreme circumstances. So I don’t p*** anyone off and they don’t have a problem with me.

[ShanniiWrites]

@ShanniiWrites

Except me. If you have a problem with me, maybe don’t use the forums I pay for?

Seriously, though. The Forums are privately owned. I pay hundreds of dollars per month to run them. That means I get the final say in what rules are put in place.

Have your parents ever said “my house, my rules” to you? Same thing.

If you wanna complain about the rules or free speech or something, I suggest finding another platform. You’re not gonna come to my property and act entitled about how I run my property.

[ShanniiWrites]

On the other hand, if you have suggestions to improve, I’d be happy to hear them! I try my best to adapt the Forums to what the users want and need as much as I can and your advice and suggestions are sincerely considered. Just don’t expect me to change my mind on hate speech rules or something

[passionfruit]

#80
I know you say “pm us to try to resolve your problem!” but will you actually though? Because based on some previous responses to these improvements, I’m not too sure. I know it’s cowardly to hide behind a mask of anonymity, but I’d rather that tbh.

Part of the issue with anonymously sending us stuff is that we get lots of comments that are trolling comments, and it’s hard for us to do anything without evidence or even knowing enough about the issue. We can ask for clarification, and we can trust people more when they’re not anonymous. We really do want to resolve issues on the forums

[anon68003072]

@passionfruit

will you actually though?

YES I HAVE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES

[anon68003072]

Reasons why it doesn’t work to deal with things anonymously:

• You never send any evidence of your claims
• You never follow up on anything after we ask you to
• This is an improvement form not a “complain about the staff and other users form” (with that said if you do think there is an issue in the staff but you don’t target anyone directly then sure send it and I don’t mean things like “mods bad reee” I mean things like “this is an issue that can be improved by…”)
• There is a gigantic lack of context
• It can come across as trolling

Reasons why it works to deal with things non-anonymously:

• You can talk to someone directly who can take the necessary steps to solve the problem
• It seems more serious rather than trolling
• We can discuss things with you in private with full confidentiality rather than hanging out your dirty laundry in public
• We get the context we need
• You get to back up your claims

Me and Passie don’t post every improvement we get, wanna know why?

Because some of them just say stuff like:

“Fire [INSERT STAFF MEMBER]”
“[INSERT STAFF MEMBER] is really unprofessional and I have screenshot evidence” (evidence which never gets sent btw despite me saying many times that we need it)
“The staff are all attention seekers”
“Stop complaining and do your job”
“Oh hey remember this issue we had ages ago which has actually been solved, let’s bring that up again”
“You’re all biased”

None of these are improvements, this is an improvement form.

I mean come on guys really? we volunteer our time to help you all and I know we aren’t perfect but you really aren’t helping, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if we don’t see the issue we can’t solve it.

We are here to try and make the forums better for all of you so frankly the implication that we wouldn’t try and solve your problem if you came to us is insulting.

Just PM us we are here to be PMed, if you have an issue with any of the staff then go to the heads, if you have an issue with that specific head then go to Shannii or a different head. Deluge is the head of discipline so he is your best bet but if you have a problem with him please don’t act like you have nobody else to go to. If you have a problem with all the heads including Shannii and you don’t wanna come to any of us then I don’t know what to tell you other than you should consider the role you actually play in the community because if you don’t wanna help solve the problem then you are part of the problem.