I have been a member of HP fandom for many years. Recently I have become an active member of Pottermore. I know what most of you think of that site, but I hope you may consider the members a valid part of fandom. We, the members of Pottermore need your support. The site is malfunctioning, badly moderated and overall a mess, but the wonderful and
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The main problem is that there is no support; emails are answered with automated responses that more often than not don't even refer to the concerns raised. The weird auto-moderation system on site which has been increased makes it almost impossible to help other users. We are not allowed to guide them to turtorial videos on YouTube or well-moderated, child-safe forums. The e-moderation works in favour of trolls and against playing and helpful users.
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and right now one of us is having coffee with a PM representative in London. After all those years they finally listen to us.
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I didn't get here in time to sign the petition, but I really appreciate that the fans came together to push Pottermore to respond. I thought their blog post about the deleted accounts was insulting to everyone's intelligence ("sorry your account is gone, but hey - your house still gets the points, so yay!)
I haven't had much trouble with the site, but I'm not very active. I just read the new stuff and look at the pictures, having given up on Potions and Dueling a long time ago. I think fans understand how complicated the website is, but there is so much more they could do to make it better.
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The Insider post doesn't refer to the "vanished" accounts though. The points that are slowly (too slowly) returned are points from really user-deleted accounts.
There is some improvement on the site since we delivered the petition. One of my friends was in London and had a nice two hour coffee with a PM representative. He took notes of all our complaints and suggestions.
None of us active players are there because of the "wonderful" gameplay, the "amazing" graphics or the exclusive content. We stayed in the mess that is Pottermore because of the people. There's a lively PM-based community on Facebook with chat, discussion, fanfic and art. There are two good forums Gryffinroar and Runes Potion Chamber (Slytherin-only). Even in-active PM members are welcome to join us ;)
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