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If you like the idea of the reputation feature suggested in the comments, why not share some thoughts on it on this thread?
Hello folks, I'd like to talk about something that concerns me. There have been quite a lot of people who have mentioned the Aywas community has not felt the same and has seemed, almost... colder and ruder.
In the beginning, we all knew each other from a small handful of common sites. We recently passed 30,000 users - so we've grown a whole bunch from the original beta testers, and people from all kinds of sites have joined and made Aywas their home.
With more people, the original family feel gets diluted. I suppose that happens when you have so many people coming in. We can, however, all work together on that.
First thing is, for those of you coming from more aggressively moderated sites, you may not know that the moderators are all really, really nice people. If someone rubs you the wrong way or behaves disrespectfully to you, our staff is always here to help. We've seen a large number of these sort of reports lately and we encourage you to keep reporting. We want to help!
Second thing is, we have always required that members be mature and respectful - it's a staple of our TOS . It's kind of awkward phrasing, but I think it's still a decent description - to show respect to other members, the staff that works hard to entertain you, and the site as a whole.
This seems to be slipping. More and more, there are people who are not acting mature and/or respectful. We've seen a larger increase of individuals who express damaging and hurtful comments in public places, on and off site. This also contributes to an overall feeling of coldness and breeds pain and anger, because whether it's here or not, it still affects all of the community in the way that it infects. We encourage thoughtful feedback, but we don't tolerate bashing and mindless insults, whether here or elsewhere. That hurts our community feel, and does not represent a mature and respectful attitude.
While we want to welcome everyone, maturity and respect is necessary to keep our community thriving, and keep that family feel we all yearn for. The best way to ensure this is to report inappropriate behavior and contribute ideas, not venom and hatred.
That said, please remember that Aywas is a private website. It's one of the things that sets us apart from other ones - our ability to filter registrations. That doesn't end at the sign up page, though. We want a community full of awesome people who have fun together and are, of course, mature and respectful. Please remember to be mindful of how you treat others, the staff, and the site - everywhere. Our community does not welcome hurtful attitudes, and we as staff will step up and do our best in preserving the purpose of our filter.
Your reports are the most helpful in aiding us there - whether it's someone speaking in chatspeak or someone who acts disrespectfully toward you, site, or staff, your reports can make or break our efforts.
I think our community needs healing, but I know we can do it. :) Thanks to all for reading. Now let's do our best!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Mon Sep 5, 2011 8:33pm
- Tabbykit
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 10:45pm
I've met so many friendly people here! I hate it if there's been an abundance of rude users, but, luckily for me I have yet to meet any. :3
- Rys
(#25)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 10:49pm
Wonderful!
- Fozzymillow
(#30530)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 10:50pm
I truly applaud that you are so concerned with this site being a wonderful experience. I can tell you that compared to some other sites I've been on, this one is a breath of fresh air. Everyone I have met has been kind, even someone I won an auction against commented on my profile to congratulate me. =3
- Wanko (Quitting)
(#28214)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 10:52pm
You know, I think a lot of people are too lazy to report. There should be a report button made next to the quote and edit -nods- a lot of other sites ive been to have those. They're very helpful. It reports that one specific post :3
regardless, I've noticed the anger lately too. And its sad. But part of it could be from some of the price hikes suddenly. Some dont like change so they're lashing out. I know Im uncomfortable with it. But meh. Maybe we can weed them out.
- Essence
(#5239)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 10:54pm
I'm glad to see this being addressed openly, unlike alot of sites I've been on. I love the community like feel of Aywas, and would be sad to see in ruined by hostility.
- Lil Boosie
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 11:11pm
Sorry to hear people are being like that! Luckily from what I've seen people are nice.
- October
(#319)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 11:14pm
This is legit, but you can't do anything about reports offsite. Or at least, that's what you told me when I was being harassed offsite a few months ago, lol.
- Kayana
(#19032)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 11:18pm
I'm glad to see a response to the negative attitudes I've seen rampantly displayed lately. Hopefully people can realize that judging other people unjustly because their opinion doesn't match yours or their ID number is higher/lower than yours is not a good way to welcome new people to the site. There's been a lot of nastiness and hostility, and I hope that will be coming to an end, and people will be more respectful of differing opinions, and try to understand other people's points of view.
- Tobyana
(#2593)
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Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 11:22pm
Who is being rude and disrespectful now? Just point them out! I'll bonk them over the head with a heart shaped grapefruit, and they will HAVE to be nice!
Seriously guys, this site is amazing, and I have loved it since the first day that I joined (sadly, since there ARE more useful things that I could be doing with my time x.x Like studying x.x *shifty eyes*) The people on here have always been super nice to me (specifically staff) and I would hate to see anybody disrespecting you guys, you are doing an amazing job considering how many different THINGS are going on in this site.
Posted on: Mon Sep 5, 2011 10:42pm
Slash has been so serius in the latest news.. I'm kinda worried... anyways, it's good to see this kind of news, 'cause we, players, can say whatever we want, but people from other sites may never listen... I hope new players (hah, I'm talking like I'm an older player XD) really read this n_n~