As if you can't tell from the subject, I'm upset.
So, to those of you on
chenzel_love you might be interested in what I have to say. All others... well, you're on my flist, so you obviously like me, so you might be interested, too.
Please note that I am currently typing with a false calm that will disappear as soon as you click on the cut.
Thanks.
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False calm no more... )
As much as I hate to say it, I hope so. Because no matter how unfair things are, they never change unless and until people do realize that they're unfair.
But I will bet most who feel that way won't say so publicly. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous to post something that openly attacks a specific person, but you had the balls to say what I've been thinking and the least I could do was tell you so and back you up.
[g] Thanks. And it's not like I'm posting this to chenzel_love itself, so even if caesar reads this... Who cares? She can't do anything about it, and she sure as hell can't ban me for something I posted on my private journal [smirk]
I have a feeling that unless things really start to change over there, people are going to be, for lack of a better word, boycotting that comm. And then the comm's will be competing... not as a result of the fact that you created them, but as a result of the fact that she made the new ones a taboo, and in doing so has offended people.
Well, caesar and fresh_tart had a conversation today, and caesar should be emailing me sometime soon, to hopefully sort out the whole endorsed communities thing. So there's a possibility that we might end up as sister comms, which would be really nice.
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True, but I know I was thrown off by the contradictions in her posts and within the comm. And I think uncertainty can cause fear, which just ends up hurting the comm in the end because people end up sitting down an going "Hmmm, I had better try to censor this before hand so I don't get bitch slapped..." I mean this has crossed my mind and I haven't even written anything for the comm (which everyone should all be grateful for. I've tried. It was miserable. I will be leaving the writing to the talented people) :)
It would definitely be an ideal situation to have harmony between the comms. They are meant to compliment each other. Having the mutual endorsements between the comms would be the best way for this to end.
That being said, I don't think that alone would solve all the other contradictions. Fixing the endorsement issue is just a band-aid for the root of the problem. I still think that if she is going to be very strict with rule enforcement, then she needs to let the comm members in on what those rules are. Because that is how this started in the first place: unclear guidelines.
And I realize that not every issue that comes up can be viewed as black and white, but when the gray area becomes as muddled as it has gotten, people need clarifications. And I don't think that they can be done on simply a one-on-one basis. Right now, considering there have been questions openly posed in the comm (like in the comments of mldrgrl's last story), I don't think people should have to ask her personally to explain everything. I think all these explanations that are going on need to be publicized so that everyone is on the same page. Then she won't have to run around trying to appease everyone and fix the situations behind closed doors.
While it is a mods job to regulate a comm, comms wouldn't exist without their members, and I think those members have a right to know what conclusions and solutions are being made so that everything can once again run smoothly and the same issues won't pop up again.
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These a pretty personal attacks being made over modding issues.
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