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So I noticed the other day that another community did awards, like fanfic awards, and best art awards, and stuff like that. It seemed like a great way to celebrate some of the amazing stuff that's posted on this community. I was just curious if there's something similar here, and if not, was it something people would be interested in?

EDIT: Maybe we could do like an epic bookmark thing instead? Everyone goes through favorite fics till we have like the biggest rec list ever from every category, including art. Then it's not a competition?

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Ash's being sweet enough to post on my behalf, because people don't follow that rule and I have been triggered multiple times and no longer frequent the all-things-friday post (except when Ash has already been through it and given me the headsup on whcih threads are too dangerous for me).

There are NSFW and triggery fics, gifsets, and picspams posted without warnings and outside of cuts. I know it's funtimes, and the rule's always existed... but people aren't doing it. People often don't mentioned they're triggered by a thread or a post, because they're too busy being triggered to reply, and later too afraid of being re-triggered to try to find it.

/wet blanket?

Not a wet blanket :) I know you, and others, have mentioned it to me before and we try, but we don't always catch everything. We're hoping the new rules post helps. I know that people can't always raise issues when triggered, but it does have in there to contact a mod or the author if something is..suspect which will hopefully help as well *crosses fingers and toes*. I was just trying to add that I have high hopes for people being wonderful :)

:). Thanks.

I just think it'd be useful to post reminders in the Friday posts? Like in the post where people sign up to host, remind them to put a specific footer at the end of their Friday post. ("As always, please remember to warn and mark NSFW content in your title, and put images and .gifs behind spoilercuts [link to how that html works]," for example)

I haven't PM'd mods just because there are so many infractions in those posts... I feel like a jerk to go and e-mail the link to what triggered me, when I know there're more I haven't seen (like I'm singling the person out?) and they can't even be edited since people have replied?

♥

I think a reminder would be a good idea :) I'm note-taking on everything and we'll see what kind of a reminder we can come up with, although I think you have the bones of it.

It is always, always fine to PM a mod. We don't then single that person out and rage at them or anything, promise! We chat, we ask what they meant - because often people don't mean to offend anyone or trigger anyone or mess up etc or there can be crossed wires - and every so often we did amendments to the rules on the profile page and now we have a main rules post. What we are evolves, and a lot of that is about the feedback that we get. Even if things like the comments in all the things friday can't be edited, it would have raised it louder and we would have gone down the road of doing our best to solve so everyone is as happy as possible :)

Just seconding Inkvoices here, we try to catch these things, but sometimes things slip past us. Mods are only human! :) We created the new rules post and that will hopefully help things. I know I haven't been watching the comm as closely as I have in the past due to real life things, but I have resolved to watch for these things more closely in the future.

I understand the need for trigger warnings and have always encouraged the use of them. I have a few triggers myself.

Not saying mods aren't human or looking out for things; just pointing out a flaw that persistently exists in the Friday posts and needs acknowledgement and management.

Hope you're doing well, re: real life things.

Okay, thanks for pointing it out, we'll post warnings in the future or ask OPs to (since we can't edit other people's posts).

Thanks, :)

No worries, and apologies if I came across a bit short, real life is stressing me out.

We take any feedback about the comm very seriously and discuss things at length off-camera, so to speak. Running such a large community presents its challenges, and we never anticipated it would grow so much! Sometimes that means bigger things like changes to the community rules take longer to work though, especially since we have busy lives and are in different time zones. Rest assured we are taking these things seriously and are discussing how to best come up with a solution that suits everyone.

We acknowledge it; we're just working on the management bit, specifically how to balance keeping it all friendly and inclusive to people who want to kick back and relax as well as making sure everything is warned for and inclusive for images and people don't bash characters and everyone is happy and...oh, yeah, real life, have I eaten yet tonight? ;)

Also hoping all is well on the home front, Sugar *hugs*.

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