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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.
I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.
I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.
Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.
Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.
-SoulRiser
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Fire Elf
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SS news section
Remember when SS had a news section?
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SoulRiser
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Re: I have thought of creating an new forum
Quote:Remember when SS had a news section?
We still do, I just kinda... erm... well... *ahem* ... yeah. Haven't posted anything in a loooooooong time. Or checked the queue thingie. CarFan here actually posted something like... almost 2 weeks ago. I'm sorry
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Fire Elf
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Re: I have thought of creating an new forum
Okay... remember when people would actually post news in the news section?
that better?
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SoulRiser
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Re: I have thought of creating an new forum
Well, people can still post... just... not without approval. Cuz I've noticed a bunch of spambots actually made accounts already... so that'd potentially be bad. Though they haven't actually tried posting anything...
Gonna split this, kinda derailing original topic.
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Sunbourn
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Re: SS news section
Give mods the ability to approve news posts.
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The Desert Fox
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Re: SS news section
I suggested a News subforum, and Soul hasn't replied to that yet.
Don't fucking shoot this one down
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@SoulRiser:Thank you approving the post and I guess the news section issues is resolved right now.
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SoulRiser
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Re: SS news section
Quote:Give mods the ability to approve news posts.
Currently Puchiko can, though I haven't seen her around in a while...
Basically it's not the same as the forums, each news post has to have a category set, some tags (set properly, I see a lot of people don't get that part right, so I usually have to edit it), and a link to the source article (another thing I usually have to fix)... now if everyone got all of that right, I wouldn't have to approve stuff first.
But if anyone's willing to check the list every day, and can learn how to do all of the above properly, I'll make you moderator of the news/blog section and you can approve stuff.
Any takers?
Quote:I suggested a News subforum, and Soul hasn't replied to that yet.
wut where? Didn't see it.
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