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. Based on the earlier Mario Pissing and Gay incidents, as well as observing the behavior of regulars in general, here are some issues I need to address.
- The community is too bomb-happy. By that, I mean, when a stub draft is proposed, users are way to quick to drop the bombs the moment it's available, and this creates a feedback loop where other users are encouraged to drop bombs as well. It gets to the point where the purpose of dropping bombs to offset hats is lost, and people care more about raising the bomb count than anything else.
- The community is unwilling to teach inexperienced sponsors. All too often, I've seen regulars not even trying to teach sponsors the steps needed to improve, and instead, will just give blunt statements that do nothing to help at all. (Ex: "No description! No examples! Bombing for lack of effort!")
- The overall rudeness of regulars. From my observations, most of the regulars are very prone to delving into snarky and sarcastic comments that condemn sponsors, and this is only creating an unwelcoming, toxic environment.
This needs to be fixed because, from the looks of it, those who were not banned from the 5T incident or didn't participate at all didn't get the memo that this type of mentality is very toxic and is what leads to incidents like that in the first place.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 30th 2023 at 9:20:46 AM
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Thanks. Where would this be discussed, if it’s appropriate to do so? One could argue that it shouldn’t have launched before this was decided, correct? So maybe Crash Rescue?
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
Crash Rescue would be best.
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Usagi's done something stupid again (she/her)
What's the process for adopting a TLP? I messaged the creator of Power Makes You Taller ~@Minecraft Fan 11 and she said she'd be happy have me take it over as she hasn't really interacted with it in some time.
Usagi's done something stupid again (she/her)
~Minecraft Fan 11 (didn't do the tag correctly above)
So I can't think of anything right now... meh.
the Retromancer
The sponsor can just leave a comment at the draft that it's being given to the new sponsor, there'd be no need to question it.
I suppose TLP Guidelines doesn't really explain this.
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
But all you actually have to do is announce you're taking it. While it's nice to ask permission, technically you don't even have to do that.
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness