It's Not Easy Being Me

[barkinmad]

Okay, so....I know that I'm not the most wanky person out there, and this is NOT what I intend to start when I'm posting this, it's just that I think people should have the right to post their opinions on things, and this is just mine.

Comments

[faunaana]

I am of a differing mind from you, but I can also see what you're saying, here. Please understand that I am sincerely not privy to any "inside" info or anything like that. I can only give you my understanding/impression of what's been going on the last few weeks. And also please understand that as much as I would never speak out of turn to anyone you mention here, I also respect the thoughts and feelings of others, ok?

Hedgie (b/c that's way easier to type than her lj name) made a random post a few weeks ago with some of the thoughts you note here. I think unexpectedly to her (because the post exploded), I and many other non-mods agreed on some key things - 1) the overflow of new members who posted lots of random things that were unconnected to anything else - like "here's a one-off manip" Great! Give us some context, some understanding about it which led to frustration that 2) posters and new members tended to not participate in the comments at all or within the posts they put up.

My main concern that I expressed there and to others, was that there was no way for us to get to know anyone if they didn't participate in comments. So what I saw was lots of random posts without context and the posters not participating other than that.

Which also leads to the thing about the AIM convos and the like: as I understand it, the comm is mainly to be lulzy about SPN, Jared, Jensen, Dean, Sam, etc. So when I saw posts wherein the content was "I had a funny conversation" I thought, "Alright, but what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?" There wasn't a context, or an attempt to bring it back around to the main point of the comm.

I have no idea one way or the other about anything that is said amongst the mods, but I do believe that they all talked to each other and collectively decided to make the rules, with Chesh posting it.

So at the end of the day, I'm not really sure if Hedgie has any "control" over anything; I think maybe the mods saw her posts and the reaction of non-mods to them and made up their own minds to do something. THIS IS ALL PURE SPECULATION AND I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING.

As far as my understanding goes, you can still post manips, just, you know, give us a story to go along with it, some context, you know? And I've always found Chesh to be approachable and kind, so if you'd like, I'd encourage you to e-mail her or any of the mods about your concerns.

[barkinmad]

Look, I know that you thing whatever you're doing is "right" or whatever, but I think it's really unfair that it's only the people on the top who are making the decisions, and they're not letting anyone else have a chance to contribute anything. And Hedgie (or however you put it) OBVIOUSLY is orchestrating a big part of it, if not everything.

[faunaana]

I'm not in this to be "right" or "wrong." I'm in this to help give you some perspective on what I think is going on. There were obviously some problems that several people had expressed some concerns about, and the mods were responding to that.

I guess to give you some idea - and at the risk of talking about things that happen in flocked posts - I do know that tpanda was trawling around Hedgie's posts and letting many of us know that she agreed with us. I know Hedgie is proud to have all the mods on her flist, but I don't think that translates into her controlling them or anything. If anything, she just motivated them to do something. And I really agree with all the rules. I'm sorry if you don't or you think you can't be a part of the comm anymore.

If it makes you more comfortable to think that the mods are being unreasonable, so be it. I just don't agree with that sentiment. I hope that this hasn't soured you on the comm.

[barkinmad]

I'm not saying that the rules had no reasonable grounds, but it would have been nice if the information would have been out in the open instead of just taking place behind the scenes in journals and such. If people knew that others felt there was a problem with what they were doing beforehand, they would have had a better time accepting the new rules and wouldn't be as confused as they are right now.

I haven't even begun to sour on the comm! But I do have to say that I'm worried about the unity of it.