[mod post] Public Apology

[youkofujima]

To the members of the Hetalia Community: Hello, I am the lesser-known moderator and creator of this community, Youko Fujima. Today I am here to say something very important to the community.

I am sorry.

As some of you are well aware, a few days ago one of my co-moderators, mumumugen, posted a new rules/mod post concerning three things, which he addressed

Comments

[glareola]

I, too, voted "no" to laissez-faire. This is a fandom that deals with some touchy topics, a little discipline is required. Everything's gone so well until now, why change to anarchy now? Okay, okay, laissez-faire is not the same as anarchy, but I'm afraid that anarchy might take over. If a conflict arises, then it might be too late for the mods to rescue the situation if they don't keep a tight watch from the beginning.
I'd love to see this community keep its high standards. It would be sad to see it going rampant.

I'm sad that mumumugen is resigning - I must admit that I don't know the ins and outs of what happened, but in general he left a very good mod impression on me.
At the same time, I welcome the new mod: Good luck!

[kuroraka]

Thanks for expressing my thoughts so perfectly, now i don't have to write them down anymore!XD*lazy*

Also, i think the term laissez-faire might be a bit misleading, seeing that people seem to associate it with anarchy/no modding at all...

Finally, i'm sad to see mumumugen leave because i really enjoyed (most) of his posts. Good luck to him and welcome, a_liger!^^

[revanchists]

This.

[theotherdenise]

Although I'm merely a lurker, I think the majority in this community will miss the presence of mumumugen. After all, to err is only human.

Greetings to the new mod!

I voted no. Hetalia is a wonderful fandom, but only as long as everyone is respectful, open-minded and tolerant. If the mods treat every case individually and are fair to everyone, which as far as I know was the case previously, it is perfectly healthy to have a little discipline around.

I hope all the unpleasantness can be resolved.

[stormbringer986]

Welcome to the new mod :)

I voted to keep things the way they have been. Allowing people to police their own posts is a nice thought, but you will always wind up with someone who purposely posts seriously offensive material just to stir up drama. Given the nature of Hetalia, I think there is an unfortunately high probability of that happening. I've been in communities with no mods, or ones who don't intervene on anything, and it has always ended badly.

[ayanako]

I voted for keeping everything the way it is, cause it has been running great, in my opinion... I fear that laissez-faire could go a bit out of hand :/

However, to address the other topic: we´re talking about Hetalia here... It being a dramafree fandom without any controversy and whatnot is impossible... And I´m saddened by Mumumugen´s designation... He has been a great mod and everyone makes mistakes sometimes...