Abolish anons yes? 69
The result is only visible to the participants.
So for those who were slightly around in the past couple of days, there's a bit of a hoohaa, and honestly to put it all in 1 word, it is basically because of ANONs
For those who don't know (and for those who know you can correct me if I'm wrong), just a tldr of things that happen past couple of days
- People getting dragged for liking posts in anons
- People getting banned over personal attacks, which started from a thread in anons
- Racism, in anons
Because who literally have no clue and I mean even the mods don't know who post in anons, problematic people are getting hella brave posting in the anons. Because you get zero consequences posting in anons, people aren't afraid to speak their mind.
Most of them are just cowards hiding in the anons and don't dare to post shit on their main account (which btw is already anonymous because I don't know who you are irl, neither do you know who I am irl). And also a lot of times in anons fandoms get dragged, you also have people "cosplaying" as fandoms to set up their own faves/drag other artists or fandoms, and this makes things even worse in the main forum because those comments in anons paint a bad light onto fandoms.
Fandoms are getting dragged over anonymous comments that has no linkage to any specific fandoms, but both fandoms are the ones that are suffering/targeted and this just spreads toxicity even further
Fanwars are 1 thing, the racism in anons is worse. Basically there has been certain racism against SEA fans (don't want to go into detail) and those comments were approved by mods and posted. Now I don't want to drag this further I just want to mention it that's all. Mods involved have already apologised and as a community we should also understand that it is hard for them to scrutinize every single comment so that's sealed and done. What I'm talking about is going forward.
It is hard for mods to really sit through 100++ of posts and occasionally a few problematic comments might go pass them and bam, shit happens again. It isn't just racism, other potential problematic comments (homophobic/other racist comments/misogynistic/whateverphobic) in future might get through and it would probably be too late.
And you know why? Why those comments even exist in the first place? ANONs. Those bitches wouldn't dare (unless it's an alt) post it on their main but because it's anons, they are HELLA BRAVE.
I propose we abolish anons
- Probably less problematic comments because in the main, at least there is a semblance of responsibility when you post some shit unlike anons which is totally anonymous
- Less work for the mods. I mean poor mods why do y'all have to go through all those comments. Mods time could be put to better use moderating the main forum, or playing forum events or whatever
Also, bring back dumpster fire
- A lot of times you have people quarreling over decade old beef, and you know what I see most often? "Bring the receipts", "post evidence", and then the beef never gets resolved because guess what, the thread is deleted and no one knows the actual story or whatever the fk is going on
- Dumpster fire was a place where problematic threads are thrown there and people cannot edit comments anymore. At least you can resolve your shit there because well .... everything there cannot be deleted
- It is only fair that the threads are kept open so that there is context to what the actual fk is going on
- Deleting threads is like destroying evidence. It's like you slapped me and I have it recorded on CCTV, but that CCTV is destroyed and now I have a red mark on my face
- It is only fair that things kept open so they can be resolved, rather than closed and grudges be held for life
