Board Thread:Special Admin Messages/@comment-35439862-20180912204034

Alright, I really need to get this out.

I really didn't want to talk about this topic. I thought that once I came back to this community, I'd be here to the end. Not to mention I've pretty much threatened to retire at least 8 times, and went through a hiatus that cut through half of the summer. As much as the facts pressure me, it's kind of saddening to see such a great network turn into something much worse.

What are those facts, you might say?

Well, here goes.

(All of the reasons below are just criticism. They are not meant to hurt, offend or violate anyone.)

1: FANDOM Staff is terrible at running things.
...Okay, that's a bit of a stretch. FANDOM Staff is doing a decent job at running the network, and I respect that they're trying their hardest to keep up with a million wikis, possibly more, but lately all of the "ideas" that have come out of them are just redundant and abysmal. Such ideas include, but are not limited to:

Replacing forums with discussions.

This idea is just pointless. Forums are an excellent feature to have, as they are a major upgrade from blog posts. I've seen next to nothing wrong with having forums, as there possibly is nothing wrong with them.

Discussions, on the other hand, are not good. It's pretty much the equivelant of polishing a turd to the point where the volume of the polish outscales the volume of the aforementioned feces. It's a suckish byproduct in a disguise.

Discussions are a step down from forums. Granted, they're usable, but they lack some key features that makes forums, well, forums. An example is that highlighted is severely limited, as highlighting can only be used once a month. I seriously have no idea where that part of the idea came from, as highlighting a thread is crucial if you want others to see it.

I've seen many people prefer forums over discussions, as forums are nice, easy to use and can highlight efficiently. In short form, forums are really

Block durations.

No, that's a short statement. Both block reasons and durations are broken. Here's why.

To sum this reason up, I'm going to need to provide an example.

Somewhere in April, a user called Yoshfico123 unfortunately met his demise when he posted a hateful comment. I am unable to describe what the comment said, as it is kind of disgusting. However, it did have something to do with "Homophobic slurs."

Homophobia is basically the fear of homosexuals, in case you don't know.

In short, he get punished with a permaban, third offence. This might not seem odd, that is, until we look at the second user, EnderChas. The things this user has done is just downright 100% abysmal, if abysmal could be considered to be even worse than it already is - You can find some information here.

In short, this user only got 3 FANDOM bans in total. One lasted for a week, The second lasted a week as well, and the third one lasts 6 months, currently ongoing.

In my logic, I'm thinking this; "Oh, so cross-wiki vandalism, excessive drama and bullying only get punished by 6 and a half months of block, but using homosexuality as an insult gets you permabanned?" I completely respect homosexuality, and I love homosexuals just as much as I love everyone else, but my point is that if there was a choice between fully punishing drama at it's absolute worst or homophobia, it would probably be drama.

...I think I've said enough.

Article 13.

This really isn't FANDOM's fault. In fact, it's more of the EU's fault to bring forth this god-awful decision from the scrap pile of ideas. I don't know all the details about Article 13, but what I do know is that it's basically a copyright filter that forces every country (I don't know if this applies outside of EU or not) to screen every single Wiki edit.

To me, it sounds like every edit needs to be approved before it is put into effect. This defeats the very concept of a community. Everyone should be able to express their own opinions and freely interact with others. Now that every Wiki edit has to be screened, there goes 84% of both traffic and freedom for Wikia users.

...Time to move on to the next reason.

2: Recent drama
All of this drama about the user I mentioned above is ongoing, and it's stupid. Instead of ignoring the user and letting him do his vandalising (that can be rollbacked, mind you), everyone has to make threads about him, all because they're afraid about having their stories deleted. It's ridiculous.

Sure, I might be called a hypocrite because I'm mentioning him right now, but keep in mind I'm only doing it because of criticism. That's all.

Again, go here if you're confused.

The drama about the user is fading, but still, it's rather stupid how many people are stressing over it.

3: High school
One of the more realistic and stressing terms of this list is high school. High school is nowhere near elementary school. There's a lot more on the golden plate of things to manage, including excessive hallways and rooms, crippling homework, early wakeup times and minimal breaks.

I do have a huge 75 minute lunch, that I mostly spend doing nothing, so if there's any time I will be active on weekdays, it will be between 11:00 to 12:00. Otherwise, I won't be very active.

All of this is pretty pressuring for me.

Keep in mind that leaving the FANDOM network is a highly exaggerated statement - it's unlikely that I'll leave it entirely, permanently. This is just a list stating why I'm a little stressed at the moment.

I still love every person on this community, and it will take a lot to rip me away from it, although a human can only take in so much stress.

Now, excuse me, I hear a Nutella sandwich calling.

Finalcutter55 (talk) 20:40, September 12, 2018 (UTC) 