I disagree about restarting everything/purging the chats because there are plenty that are relevant/important, and it's not fair to take those away, but I agree that we should fix ourselves up.
Agree, there's been lots of good discussion as well as bad. If worst comes to worst, maybe andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) could create a view only board and put all of the general chat in there?
I love that idea, and I think that dead RP’s and chats should be deleted when they’re dead for at least a month, so andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) has to deal with less clutter. I mean a finished RP should stay there if it was liked and to look back on. I at least think that there should be a report feature, for people who disobey the rules of the forum aka disrespect the creator of said chat or whatever or be able to block a user. I mean blocking a user wouldn’t help, but I don’t know..
I was thinking the same sort of thing.
I mean blocking a user wouldn’t help, but I don’t know..
It would if trolls kept spamming a particular chat (It could be done in optional stages - Kick, Temp. ban, Perma. ban but this might be too complicated as well)
I disagree about restarting everything/purging the chats because there are plenty that are relevant/important, and it's not fair to take those away, but I agree that we should fix ourselves up.
Agree, there's been lots of good discussion as well as bad. If worst comes to worst, maybe andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) could create a view only board and put all of the general chat in there?
I love that idea, and I think that dead RP’s and chats should be deleted when they’re dead for at least a month, so andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) has to deal with less clutter. I mean a finished RP should stay there if it was liked and to look back on. I at least think that there should be a report feature, for people who disobey the rules of the forum aka disrespect the creator of said chat or whatever or be able to block a user. I mean blocking a user wouldn’t help, but I don’t know..
I agree, or at least block them from commenting. Like the user who was spamming the Harry Potter chat could have been blocked.
I'm creating some new discussions in the worldbuilding forums so hopefully there'll be more activity
(Edit: Don't forget to use the Tutorial and Topic Q&A boards. I posted a guide on resources for naming your characters on the former but you still see lots of threads asking for names, for instance)
I disagree about restarting everything/purging the chats because there are plenty that are relevant/important, and it's not fair to take those away, but I agree that we should fix ourselves up.
Agree, there's been lots of good discussion as well as bad. If worst comes to worst, maybe andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) could create a view only board and put all of the general chat in there?
No, I don't think that'd be the right approach. That's far more work on andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) when the problem is us. We need to use the other forums, become role models for younger users. We need to help each other with our passion: writing.
I was gonna suggest that! Making a new thing is too much work for andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) when we're the problem. You're right Connie, the other areas of the site are kinda unused and just meh. We need to fix that!
And we need to set an example for newbies, they're the ones who determine the future. This should be more about writing and fandoms, and passion, like it was!
It should also be required that everyone has at least 1 character made. I know if I see a new username and there's no characters/universes/locations attached, I get suspicious.
I'm creating some new discussions in the worldbuilding forums so hopefully there'll be more activity
Yeah, definitely do more Worldbuilding ones.
Characters seems pretty good rn, but Plot Factory and General Writing are lacking a bit too.
I think one of the problems are that some of the younger users see criticism, helping and well not being able to join RPs and an insult. I’ve seen a lot of salty people after one fix up after they said it was fine with them…
Then we have to make sure we're being as passive as we can. We have to tell them that help will get them far, use yourself, your story as an example. Help from older ogs helped me to where i am now.
I disagree about restarting everything/purging the chats because there are plenty that are relevant/important, and it's not fair to take those away, but I agree that we should fix ourselves up.
Agree, there's been lots of good discussion as well as bad. If worst comes to worst, maybe andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) could create a view only board and put all of the general chat in there?
No, I don't think that'd be the right approach. That's far more work on andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) when the problem is us. We need to use the other forums, become role models for younger users. We need to help each other with our passion: writing.
I was gonna suggest that! Making a new thing is too much work for andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) when we're the problem. You're right Connie, the other areas of the site are kinda unused and just meh. We need to fix that!
And we need to set an example for newbies, they're the ones who determine the future. This should be more about writing and fandoms, and passion, like it was!
It should also be required that everyone has at least 1 character made. I know if I see a new username and there's no characters/universes/locations attached, I get suspicious.
I mean, yeah. Something like that. I've noticed the trolls in General Chat die down a bit but they're still present!
My older work, Emi helped me become the RPer you see today, sure I’m still not that skillful, but I can say fully that most of the young users are pretty chill for the most part.
Then we have to make sure we're being as passive as we can. We have to tell them that help will get them far, use yourself, your story as an example. Help from older ogs helped me to where i am now.
Yeah
When I first got to this site, everyone was polite and accepting. Now it's kinda honestly quite rough to be new!
My older work, Emi helped me become the RPer you see today, sure I’m still not that skillful, but I can say fully that most of the young users are pretty chill for the most part.
And on this thing I read of something random i don’t really rmemeber it stated this Love Consent rule for RPs and I though we might use it.
It’s basically everyone in the RP must agree on things, like deaths of characters and stuff like that, it would be helpful.
Personally, I think the Roleplay Chats should not be reset.
I have a lot of RPs on there that I truly enjoy reading over, and just contributing to, and to see all of that gone would be wholly disappointing. Plus, it won't stop the influx of bad RPers, so there is no point.
However, I do agree with restarting the General Chats and getting a Report feature. It would help.
My older work, Emi helped me become the RPer you see today, sure I’m still not that skillful, but I can say fully that most of the young users are pretty chill for the most part.
And on this thing I read of something random i don’t really rmemeber it stated this Love Consent rule for RPs and I though we might use it.
It’s basically everyone in the RP must agree on things, like deaths of characters and stuff like that, it would be helpful.
Oh, that's a really good idea!
I know andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) has basic rules pinned in each forum, but I don't think that was included.
I'm not really an RPer myself, but that's just like a common sense rule.
I'm creating some new discussions in the worldbuilding forums so hopefully there'll be more activity
Yeah, definitely do more Worldbuilding ones.
Characters seems pretty good rn, but Plot Factory and General Writing are lacking a bit too.
I've got to go soon and I can't come up with many ideas so could someone help me with this? Thanks
I'm creating some new discussions in the worldbuilding forums so hopefully there'll be more activity
Yeah, definitely do more Worldbuilding ones.
Characters seems pretty good rn, but Plot Factory and General Writing are lacking a bit too.
I've got to go soon and I can't come up with many ideas so could someone help me with this? Thanks
Yeah! I'd be happy to suggest zany ideas!
How about one asking about obscure mythical creatures?
Personally, I think the Roleplay Chats should not be reset.
I have a lot of RPs on there that I truly enjoy reading over, and just contributing to, and to see all of that gone would be wholly disappointing. Plus, it won't stop the influx of bad RPers, so there is no point.
However, I do agree with restarting the General Chats and getting a Report feature. It would help.
Exactly, RPs can help you learn things/how to improve and such, and are just fun to read.
I have a lot of writing-oriented chats on General that I personally don't want deleted, so I don't think a full general chat purge is necessary but yeah, some should probably get locked and/or deleted.
It'd also be nice if Character Chats got their own forum, they take up a lot of Characters and I think they should have their own space.
And SO MANY ISSUES could be solved if there was just a Report feature!
I'm gonna go delete some of my dead RPs rn, OK? Maybe revive a few…
My older work, Emi helped me become the RPer you see today, sure I’m still not that skillful, but I can say fully that most of the young users are pretty chill for the most part.
And on this thing I read of something random i don’t really rmemeber it stated this Love Consent rule for RPs and I though we might use it.
It’s basically everyone in the RP must agree on things, like deaths of characters and stuff like that, it would be helpful.
Oh, that's a really good idea!
I know andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) has basic rules pinned in each forum, but I don't think that was included.
I'm not really an RPer myself, but that's just like a common sense rule.
Yeah but controlling characters is something I try my best to avoid… and it doesn’t bother me when others do the same to me.
Personally, I think the Roleplay Chats should not be reset.
I have a lot of RPs on there that I truly enjoy reading over, and just contributing to, and to see all of that gone would be wholly disappointing. Plus, it won't stop the influx of bad RPers, so there is no point.
However, I do agree with restarting the General Chats and getting a Report feature. It would help.
There are some users that use the general chats to help with writing, I don't think restarting them all would be wise. However, deleting useless ones, yes, that'd be more appropriate.
I'd also like to propose Romance, Dystopian, and possibly Supernatural Genre Lounges
It is rather upsetting, as others said before, that nothing other then General Chat and Roleplay forums are being used.
If people actually started threads in the right category then this wouldn't be a problem. Like there's a lot of discussions here in general about fandoms, but we have entire categories for books, movies, tv shows, video games, and hobbies. That's where that kind of thread should go. And all the character chats in the the character forums are roleplays, and that's where they should be going. It is kind of frustrating, as someone who isn't really into RP, to see that there's been activity in the character forums, only to find that it's yet another character chat.
It'd also be nice if 'Draw My Character' posts got their own area, they kind of clutter up Characters as well
Maybe also stuff like:
Plotting
Mystery Genre Lounge
I'm trying to think of more but I can't :(
If people actually started threads in the right category then this wouldn't be a problem. Like there's a lot of discussions here in general about fandoms, but we have entire categories for books, movies, tv shows, video games, and hobbies. That's where that kind of thread should go. And all the character chats in the the character forums are roleplays, and that's where they should be going. It is kind of frustrating, as someone who isn't really into RP, to see that there's been activity in the character forums, only to find that it's yet another character chat.
When you log onto the website the General Chat is the first board you see while the hobbies are all the way down at the bottom of the page. I wonder how it would affect this website if the order was reversed so you had to scroll to General Chat? Then more people might notice the lesser used boards.
I've started discussions in 'Jobs', 'Languages', and 'Races' so far btw.
It is rather upsetting, as others said before, that nothing other then General Chat and Roleplay forums are being used.
If people actually started threads in the right category then this wouldn't be a problem. Like there's a lot of discussions here in general about fandoms, but we have entire categories for books, movies, tv shows, video games, and hobbies. That's where that kind of thread should go. And all the character chats in the the character forums are roleplays, and that's where they should be going. It is kind of frustrating, as someone who isn't really into RP, to see that there's been activity in the character forums, only to find that it's yet another character chat.
Yeah same. Most character activity is either Character Chats, 'Draw My Character', or my 'Characters as Tumblr Posts' chat lmao
Yeah! There are lots of character chats in the Character forums, I tried to branch out but I feel deterred because of them.
Yeah same. Most character activity is either Character Chats, 'Draw My Character', or my 'Characters as Tumblr Posts' chat lmao
Making a separate board might make the main page seem cluttered. Maybe it could be a sub board (So you have to click the 'Character' board then 'Character Chat', along those lines)
Here's a chat in Hobbies that y'all should check out if ypu like comics.
