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General Questions and Discussion / Recent events and policies we'd like to discuss
« on: October 27, 2007, 03:46:56 PM »
I won't address every topic, but I'll throw in my two cents about some of the things.
I'm writing as another member of the board, not as a staff member. I'm not speaking for the staff or anything, I'm speaking as myself:
Regarding the Off Topic Chit-Chat, my personal opinion on threads such as What Are You Doing? And What is Your Mood? is that they are full of one-liners that don't really stimulate any sort of discussion/conversation anyway. I personally find it almost spammy. I'm totally up for topics such as the BL/Yaoi Love thread because they spark actual conversation, but I see those other threads as nothing more than lists.
If you feel a staff member has treated you unfairly, I really do encourage you to e-mail the staffer about it and discuss it. If you feel there was bias involved in an application, you can always ask why you were rejected rather than assume it was bias. In all honesty, I also feel I have been treated unfairly by some board members. I've also been made to feel miserable/harassed by other fanlisting owners, especially through e-mails where other people can't read what you write. It's not just one way.
My Opinion on Policies:
I realize TFL has a 20 upcoming rule while we have 6, but considering TFL has nearly 40, 000 fanlistings and TAFL has 6,500, in my opinion, the numbers are somewhat proportional. I actually think TFL's 20 upcoming rule is ridiculous and the number should be lower. When applying for future fanlistings, you could always tell the staffer you have sent in a Finished Form for some of the upcomings. I've had people tell me that and I had no problem with it. I suppose it wouldn't be that big of a deal if the number was increased, but I am not the creator of this rule so I don't know.
The codes rule is reasonable, in my personal opinion. Why would you provide an ambiguous code as a gift anyway? I think it is a trouble worthy offence because there are fanlistings that were created because the owner actually really wants to own a different fanlisting, and thus, tries to get people to join this one by "disguising" their code buttons. Saying the other person is ignorant is not fair, in my opinion, when the code is truly difficult to interpret. For example, in the series category, before the codes rule, nearly half the fanlistings' codes were pictures of characters with the word 'fan' on it. I don't think I would have been ignorant if I assumed it was a fanlisting for a character, if I saw someone using that button to link to the site.
The relationship rule was put in to prevent people from applying for fanlistings with ridiculous amounts of relationships, say, someone who does not own a certain series fanlisting or something, and instead applies for a relationship fanlisting with nearly all the characters in it. This is like 'double-dipping'. We do realize that there are relationships with four characters that are legitimate, but it is difficult for us to allow the 'legitimate' ones and reject the ones that are not because we do not know every series, and because what is not legitimate in our eyes, may be legitimate in yours.
(I don't have the time to address every point right now, as I have to leave now for an appointment, but here are my opinions on some of the problems you have. Again, this is all from the opinion of me, myself, and I am not speaking for the staff or as a staff member (although you probably find my opinions overlap their's anyway).
I'm writing as another member of the board, not as a staff member. I'm not speaking for the staff or anything, I'm speaking as myself:
Regarding the Off Topic Chit-Chat, my personal opinion on threads such as What Are You Doing? And What is Your Mood? is that they are full of one-liners that don't really stimulate any sort of discussion/conversation anyway. I personally find it almost spammy. I'm totally up for topics such as the BL/Yaoi Love thread because they spark actual conversation, but I see those other threads as nothing more than lists.
If you feel a staff member has treated you unfairly, I really do encourage you to e-mail the staffer about it and discuss it. If you feel there was bias involved in an application, you can always ask why you were rejected rather than assume it was bias. In all honesty, I also feel I have been treated unfairly by some board members. I've also been made to feel miserable/harassed by other fanlisting owners, especially through e-mails where other people can't read what you write. It's not just one way.
My Opinion on Policies:
I realize TFL has a 20 upcoming rule while we have 6, but considering TFL has nearly 40, 000 fanlistings and TAFL has 6,500, in my opinion, the numbers are somewhat proportional. I actually think TFL's 20 upcoming rule is ridiculous and the number should be lower. When applying for future fanlistings, you could always tell the staffer you have sent in a Finished Form for some of the upcomings. I've had people tell me that and I had no problem with it. I suppose it wouldn't be that big of a deal if the number was increased, but I am not the creator of this rule so I don't know.
The codes rule is reasonable, in my personal opinion. Why would you provide an ambiguous code as a gift anyway? I think it is a trouble worthy offence because there are fanlistings that were created because the owner actually really wants to own a different fanlisting, and thus, tries to get people to join this one by "disguising" their code buttons. Saying the other person is ignorant is not fair, in my opinion, when the code is truly difficult to interpret. For example, in the series category, before the codes rule, nearly half the fanlistings' codes were pictures of characters with the word 'fan' on it. I don't think I would have been ignorant if I assumed it was a fanlisting for a character, if I saw someone using that button to link to the site.
The relationship rule was put in to prevent people from applying for fanlistings with ridiculous amounts of relationships, say, someone who does not own a certain series fanlisting or something, and instead applies for a relationship fanlisting with nearly all the characters in it. This is like 'double-dipping'. We do realize that there are relationships with four characters that are legitimate, but it is difficult for us to allow the 'legitimate' ones and reject the ones that are not because we do not know every series, and because what is not legitimate in our eyes, may be legitimate in yours.
(I don't have the time to address every point right now, as I have to leave now for an appointment, but here are my opinions on some of the problems you have. Again, this is all from the opinion of me, myself, and I am not speaking for the staff or as a staff member (although you probably find my opinions overlap their's anyway).
