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Cherzi - I want to reply to you, but as Loki already requested for you to DM him, I would really feel more comfortable in the position that I am in to allow this to get handled. Please do know that I do have a google doc open that picks everything you have commented so far and clarifies everything. So at this time, I am making it known that I do not want to overstep, I do not want to harass and I do not want to do something unless it is reviewed and approved by someone else before I post or have it presented to you, as I do not want to cause anything harmful or have a reply that is not appropriate. I notice you, I notice your concerns, you are valid to express your feelings and I respect them.
Hocus - I agree with you fully, and I am sorry that you were wrongfully banned, but I also will say I advocated that your ban be overturned.. I was not a part of the team when you were banned, nor was I on the team when the shutdown happened, so yes I am definitely frustrated with how things were handled. I do think that there are so many people who have applied who could have been able to redeem themselves if we just could give them guidance. I take this to the heart and definitely advocate for what you have said here. I do believe with the right guidance and the right mindset, people can be helped and aided to be the admin they wanted when applying.
Valauros - Same thing as my reply to Hocus, I do really stand by what you have said. I really appreciate you bringing it up as well, it is something that I really want to look into and voice as a change alongside you all. So much that has been replied here is something that I have been nonstop looking into and reflecting on. There are so many page views on this topic and so many are from me continuously coming to read and really try to grasp everything expressed on this topic.
Marsie - I am so truly sorry, I know I have an awful habit of apologizing, I know it gets us nowhere to continuously apologize. You are valid for how you feel, and I cannot say much on this other than my heart goes out to you as making things uncomfortable for people is something that deeply roots into my feelings. I appreciate you coming to express those feelings as it still helps us understand where things are going wrong, went wrong, and that people are really upset and just want to see things being done right.
Thank you for wishing us the best, this still is something very impactful.
Scrimshaw - Yes you are right, that training is supposed to be a trial of error or success. I do believe that more people should be given opportunities to learn and grow if they really show interest in being apart. I agree that there will be positivity and negativity here, I am fully receptive to it all. I want to do the right things and approach this the most appropriate and in depth way that I am able to. Thank you so much for actively being a part of this so far, and responding a ton in the comments, it is very helpful, and insightful. I fully agree that there are going to be things that impact us roughly, but it’s better that we hear it so that we can make the needed changes and that we really grasp the situations and concerns of everyone.
Thank you for the tally of everything, all of which I had, so the double check was really helpful! I am looking into everything from your very first comment and the one with the tallies! I apologize for the no update so far, but know that I am doing my best working through these concerns trying to elaborate, research, or present a way to go about it. Your solutions section was helpful as well!
Our first priority is to have individually directed apologies for any member that was wronged.
I am sure I have made it known a few times, but I was not involved with the shut down nor was I on the team so this is something that I will have to wait for. <3
Kain - I cannot speak for most of this as again I wasn’t a part of the things that transpired, but like everyone else, you are also valid for how you feel. I do stand by what you said on stating the members are what builds the site and aids us in the way things should be. I truly did not intend for it to blanket anything, but it came out to be that way and I take accountability for that. We are actively revising this whole thing based on each and every feedback given. It is perfectly understandable and acceptable that most won’t return and most aren’t going to believe in the goals we have set. We can only make these attempted steps. Time and time again it has failed, I get that. This is still something that I am working for and attempting to make these needed changes happen as we do care for this site. I am okay with some not returning, what I care about are the voices raising these concerns that I am able to recognize and reflect on and being able put that towards my goals for Wolfhome.
Vukasin - I really do not like how things are being worded here that seem like you did not announce you were not admin, I remember a lot and I do know you made it known that you were not on the team but was willing to pass along information since the member coming to you felt comfortable with asking you for help. I believe that is a really good quality to have and I do believe in your capabilities that could have been shown on this team. I will not directly come speak about some of the things stated that were on a personal level for you and I. I am uncomfortable when it comes to something personal like my direct apology to you and Cherzi.
I do not want to say something inappropriate. I am taking in what you are saying and I am respecting these feelings, I do not wish to sit here and be only defending myself, but rather listen and respond accordingly the best way I know how to at hours and in stressful situations like this.
Some Baetyl members are a part of Wolfhome discord and some of us here on wolfhome are a part of their discord. We do not wish to tear each other down, and those concerns were already discussed together. The administration of Baetyl are always welcome to show concern of anything that we are doing, just like we would be able to show concerns about something they are doing. We adore the Baetyl team, some of whom are dear friends. These things were resolved, credit is being given when asked, and credit is always willing to be given if they see it is needed if I do not catch it firsthand! I absolutely adore everything that Baetyl has to offer, and I absolutely adore everything they have done, they are a huge inspiration for taking the steps we want to take as well.
I am perfectly okay being held accountable for anything. I am making room for my personal growth and taking in what needs to be changed about myself, as I do know it is always needed and I am welcome to people telling me what I need to change within myself.
There are things I am not able to do and recognize by myself, but I am always welcome to anyone coming directly to me stating to me what I need to change about myself, and what I do wrong.
I have free time tomorrow, I get started on working on what needs to be worked on.
It is 2 am and I am so stressfully exhausted.
edit* Thank you Laika for commenting, I will make sure that your reply gets addressed as well, as of now I really don't want to address that as I am not sure, and I am very scatter brained at the moment. I do see and notice you and your comment though!
edit 2* some wording additions/grammar corrections, clarified what i meant in terms of what I did not stand for regarding Vukasin.
Hocus - I agree with you fully, and I am sorry that you were wrongfully banned, but I also will say I advocated that your ban be overturned.. I was not a part of the team when you were banned, nor was I on the team when the shutdown happened, so yes I am definitely frustrated with how things were handled. I do think that there are so many people who have applied who could have been able to redeem themselves if we just could give them guidance. I take this to the heart and definitely advocate for what you have said here. I do believe with the right guidance and the right mindset, people can be helped and aided to be the admin they wanted when applying.
Valauros - Same thing as my reply to Hocus, I do really stand by what you have said. I really appreciate you bringing it up as well, it is something that I really want to look into and voice as a change alongside you all. So much that has been replied here is something that I have been nonstop looking into and reflecting on. There are so many page views on this topic and so many are from me continuously coming to read and really try to grasp everything expressed on this topic.
Marsie - I am so truly sorry, I know I have an awful habit of apologizing, I know it gets us nowhere to continuously apologize. You are valid for how you feel, and I cannot say much on this other than my heart goes out to you as making things uncomfortable for people is something that deeply roots into my feelings. I appreciate you coming to express those feelings as it still helps us understand where things are going wrong, went wrong, and that people are really upset and just want to see things being done right.
Thank you for wishing us the best, this still is something very impactful.
Scrimshaw - Yes you are right, that training is supposed to be a trial of error or success. I do believe that more people should be given opportunities to learn and grow if they really show interest in being apart. I agree that there will be positivity and negativity here, I am fully receptive to it all. I want to do the right things and approach this the most appropriate and in depth way that I am able to. Thank you so much for actively being a part of this so far, and responding a ton in the comments, it is very helpful, and insightful. I fully agree that there are going to be things that impact us roughly, but it’s better that we hear it so that we can make the needed changes and that we really grasp the situations and concerns of everyone.
Thank you for the tally of everything, all of which I had, so the double check was really helpful! I am looking into everything from your very first comment and the one with the tallies! I apologize for the no update so far, but know that I am doing my best working through these concerns trying to elaborate, research, or present a way to go about it. Your solutions section was helpful as well!
Our first priority is to have individually directed apologies for any member that was wronged.
I am sure I have made it known a few times, but I was not involved with the shut down nor was I on the team so this is something that I will have to wait for. <3
Kain - I cannot speak for most of this as again I wasn’t a part of the things that transpired, but like everyone else, you are also valid for how you feel. I do stand by what you said on stating the members are what builds the site and aids us in the way things should be. I truly did not intend for it to blanket anything, but it came out to be that way and I take accountability for that. We are actively revising this whole thing based on each and every feedback given. It is perfectly understandable and acceptable that most won’t return and most aren’t going to believe in the goals we have set. We can only make these attempted steps. Time and time again it has failed, I get that. This is still something that I am working for and attempting to make these needed changes happen as we do care for this site. I am okay with some not returning, what I care about are the voices raising these concerns that I am able to recognize and reflect on and being able put that towards my goals for Wolfhome.
Vukasin - I really do not like how things are being worded here that seem like you did not announce you were not admin, I remember a lot and I do know you made it known that you were not on the team but was willing to pass along information since the member coming to you felt comfortable with asking you for help. I believe that is a really good quality to have and I do believe in your capabilities that could have been shown on this team. I will not directly come speak about some of the things stated that were on a personal level for you and I. I am uncomfortable when it comes to something personal like my direct apology to you and Cherzi.
I do not want to say something inappropriate. I am taking in what you are saying and I am respecting these feelings, I do not wish to sit here and be only defending myself, but rather listen and respond accordingly the best way I know how to at hours and in stressful situations like this.
Some Baetyl members are a part of Wolfhome discord and some of us here on wolfhome are a part of their discord. We do not wish to tear each other down, and those concerns were already discussed together. The administration of Baetyl are always welcome to show concern of anything that we are doing, just like we would be able to show concerns about something they are doing. We adore the Baetyl team, some of whom are dear friends. These things were resolved, credit is being given when asked, and credit is always willing to be given if they see it is needed if I do not catch it firsthand! I absolutely adore everything that Baetyl has to offer, and I absolutely adore everything they have done, they are a huge inspiration for taking the steps we want to take as well.
I am perfectly okay being held accountable for anything. I am making room for my personal growth and taking in what needs to be changed about myself, as I do know it is always needed and I am welcome to people telling me what I need to change within myself.
There are things I am not able to do and recognize by myself, but I am always welcome to anyone coming directly to me stating to me what I need to change about myself, and what I do wrong.
I have free time tomorrow, I get started on working on what needs to be worked on.
It is 2 am and I am so stressfully exhausted.
edit* Thank you Laika for commenting, I will make sure that your reply gets addressed as well, as of now I really don't want to address that as I am not sure, and I am very scatter brained at the moment. I do see and notice you and your comment though!
edit 2* some wording additions/grammar corrections, clarified what i meant in terms of what I did not stand for regarding Vukasin.
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I’m going to say a few things and I’m not going to single people out but if it fits I want you to pay close attention to this.
Being an admin is a volunteer position. It is a job. This job does not take precedent for, or perhaps even replace, your offline events and life. No one is expecting anyone to fundamentally change yourselves as people (unless you’ve got some fucked up things you’ve been saying, but at that point those people need to just leave the team for the betterment of it and seek some help). Being on the team isn’t, and should never be, a state of being for people. It is completely reasonable for you to like your job, or want to take pride in your job, but there is a point where professionalism needs to be prevalent over individualism within the team. You are all a representative of the whole, the collective of Wolfhome’s team. Individualism is the last thing we need to be thinking about right now. It does not matter to people that you aren’t trying to be the problem, it matters that the functionality of the team is a problem. There is a lack of professional identity here, namely in how people comment on how some of these problems occurred before their time. This, while I understand the point trying to be made, factually does not matter. Everyone on the team is a representative of that team and the administration’s history. Those problems still carry on today and are reflected in the efforts made to change Wolfhome, so it is impossible to isolate yourselves from it and deflect blame. Being on the Wolfhome administrative team is an entirely voluntary action and living your lives and being who you are is often not. I want to encourage people to really ask themselves why they’re on the team and what they think they have contributed in the year since all this happened. Are you here to change things? Are you here for personal gratification? What is your motive, and who is, truthfully, having to do most of the legwork right now? I am not trying to say that there haven’t been attempts made in the past year to fix things, and to bring more transparency. There have. But the amount that has been done does not reflect the numbers the team seems to need. This feels like the efforts of at MOST three people, give or take one. And no, I’m not counting people who give opinions. I am counting people who introduce proposals for policies, are writing these things down for the public, and giving public input/answering questions to better make these goals clear. I don’t think I’m asking anything particularly offensive here. If you want change, if you truly want to contribute to it, I think people need to look inward and understand what is really motivating them here and if they truly have the time to give to Wolfhome. Sometimes the best thing you can do for something you care about is let it go so someone else can utilize those tools and make active change.
On another note, I don’t think people need to redeem themselves to the team. They either are good enough by value of their merit to have an opportunity or they are not a person who is suitable for community roles on this site. The admins here emphasize often that they are only human and make mistakes, but it doesn’t seem like that sentiment is extended towards applicants often. It is especially damning knowing some of the priors of the people on the team currently. If the baseline we want to set here is that everyone is human, it should be going both ways. And honestly, these people have less to answer for than the administration currently.
Being an admin is a volunteer position. It is a job. This job does not take precedent for, or perhaps even replace, your offline events and life. No one is expecting anyone to fundamentally change yourselves as people (unless you’ve got some fucked up things you’ve been saying, but at that point those people need to just leave the team for the betterment of it and seek some help). Being on the team isn’t, and should never be, a state of being for people. It is completely reasonable for you to like your job, or want to take pride in your job, but there is a point where professionalism needs to be prevalent over individualism within the team. You are all a representative of the whole, the collective of Wolfhome’s team. Individualism is the last thing we need to be thinking about right now. It does not matter to people that you aren’t trying to be the problem, it matters that the functionality of the team is a problem. There is a lack of professional identity here, namely in how people comment on how some of these problems occurred before their time. This, while I understand the point trying to be made, factually does not matter. Everyone on the team is a representative of that team and the administration’s history. Those problems still carry on today and are reflected in the efforts made to change Wolfhome, so it is impossible to isolate yourselves from it and deflect blame. Being on the Wolfhome administrative team is an entirely voluntary action and living your lives and being who you are is often not. I want to encourage people to really ask themselves why they’re on the team and what they think they have contributed in the year since all this happened. Are you here to change things? Are you here for personal gratification? What is your motive, and who is, truthfully, having to do most of the legwork right now? I am not trying to say that there haven’t been attempts made in the past year to fix things, and to bring more transparency. There have. But the amount that has been done does not reflect the numbers the team seems to need. This feels like the efforts of at MOST three people, give or take one. And no, I’m not counting people who give opinions. I am counting people who introduce proposals for policies, are writing these things down for the public, and giving public input/answering questions to better make these goals clear. I don’t think I’m asking anything particularly offensive here. If you want change, if you truly want to contribute to it, I think people need to look inward and understand what is really motivating them here and if they truly have the time to give to Wolfhome. Sometimes the best thing you can do for something you care about is let it go so someone else can utilize those tools and make active change.
On another note, I don’t think people need to redeem themselves to the team. They either are good enough by value of their merit to have an opportunity or they are not a person who is suitable for community roles on this site. The admins here emphasize often that they are only human and make mistakes, but it doesn’t seem like that sentiment is extended towards applicants often. It is especially damning knowing some of the priors of the people on the team currently. If the baseline we want to set here is that everyone is human, it should be going both ways. And honestly, these people have less to answer for than the administration currently.
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I just want to make a quick post before returning to my hiatus.
I should have relooked at the logs before making the post about Vukasin as I was actually recalling a different incident. I want to make it clear that I completely was in the wrong there and Vukasin DID in fact state they were not an admin after being asked if they were.
I will not make this about me, but I felt like as an alpha I should be involved regardless of my health. This brings me to one of my current symptoms I experienced last night which is confusion. Again I sincerely apologize about this and will be returning on my hiatus.
The only thing I will be further looking into is which administrator is talking poorly about users as well as the claims Cherzi brought forward.
Again, I sincerely apologize for me getting that confused.
I should have relooked at the logs before making the post about Vukasin as I was actually recalling a different incident. I want to make it clear that I completely was in the wrong there and Vukasin DID in fact state they were not an admin after being asked if they were.
I will not make this about me, but I felt like as an alpha I should be involved regardless of my health. This brings me to one of my current symptoms I experienced last night which is confusion. Again I sincerely apologize about this and will be returning on my hiatus.
The only thing I will be further looking into is which administrator is talking poorly about users as well as the claims Cherzi brought forward.
Again, I sincerely apologize for me getting that confused.
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I'm just going to be straight up and honest here - I've been (somewhat) a part of this community for years and years as an art consumer, more so than an art provider, ever since I was a youngling, so my angle may be different in a way but I wish to voice it anyway simply because I agree with a lot of the points that have been brought up here on this topic and I personally *want* this to get better, if there's any shred of hope that it will. I have fond memories, and not so fond memories, but the fondness is what is keeping me here.
Over the past 5 years or so, I have witnessed this website deteriorate rapidly. Now, this could be down to various factors such as people focusing on things outside of the website, health matters, work, relationships and so forth that have dwindled their activity on here - which happens to any community because the outside world likes to pull us from these things. *However* what has stood out to me the most as a factor of this dwindling activity is the hypocrisy, the wishy washy, the backpeddling and the dishonesty of the administration team, and it's really saddening to see. I'm not saying the entire burden of this websites potential (or already existing) downfall is solely down to the administration team because we users make up the mass majority of the userbase obviously, and not every issue or problem as been down to the administration team, but I am noticing a lot of issues are stemming from there - whether it's past admins coming forward and expressing their feelings, providing logs and proof of wrongdoings, or users that are expressing their concerns for the administrations choices and poor wording, or simply sharing their opinion.
First and foremost, the administration team are volunteers. They are volunteering without pay to keep this up and running, monitoring and producing things for the community during their free time in between everything else they have going on and I respect that, I'm sure many users would agree with me there, however, this post made me feel quite itchy and icky, a little red flaggy. A wolf in sheep's clothing, if you will, because I agree this very much feels like a re-hashed and rehearsed "we're sorry, we'll do better" post which we've had over, and over again. I feel like the replies here from the admins are like very carefully worded, business-man, politician like responses as if Wolfhome is this big cooperate company that are trying to cover their own backsides, rather than being straight up front, blunt and honest, if that makes sense? "We hear what you're saying and we're going to revise our plan" sort of speech, and we've had this on repeat for years, and nothing has come of it, you guys are volunteers, there shouldn't be any need for us to cry out for transparency or honesty, we're asking you to be *human* and own up to your mistakes, be honest with us, so that previous admins, mods and users don't feel as if they have to come forward and slap proof down in DMs as to why they were done wrong by you. This is an art platform and a community, I do not understand why it has to be so complicated and intricate, and maybe it is and I simply don't understand why, and if so, that's on me - I just feel it shouldn't be this hard.
I'm not quite sure if I'm making sense (I hope I am lol) but the amount of times previous mods/admins and community members have come forward, in this post and in the past post who have poured their sweat, tears and blood into this website by coming up with ideas, creative insight and opinions, only to make one small mistake (seemingly) and get rejected or banned, who then come forward with such passion as to why they were done wrong and proof just to be given either a " no that wasnt the case" or a rehearsed "thank you we'll look into this" is mind boggling - especially when people who have ACTUALLY done bad on this website have gotten away for free. This doesn't feel right, this feels wrong to me. You have so many people that care about this website, and all I'm seeing is "he said, she said" and a lot of shady business coming from the admins. I keep hearing about harassment; bullying, whispering and gossips amongst the admin teams from users who have posted such publically in these threads, and 6 years have passed - nothing has seemingly changed. So what changes are you making? Because this seems to be the same fractured Wolfhome with little to no chance of healing.
Over the past 5 years or so, I have witnessed this website deteriorate rapidly. Now, this could be down to various factors such as people focusing on things outside of the website, health matters, work, relationships and so forth that have dwindled their activity on here - which happens to any community because the outside world likes to pull us from these things. *However* what has stood out to me the most as a factor of this dwindling activity is the hypocrisy, the wishy washy, the backpeddling and the dishonesty of the administration team, and it's really saddening to see. I'm not saying the entire burden of this websites potential (or already existing) downfall is solely down to the administration team because we users make up the mass majority of the userbase obviously, and not every issue or problem as been down to the administration team, but I am noticing a lot of issues are stemming from there - whether it's past admins coming forward and expressing their feelings, providing logs and proof of wrongdoings, or users that are expressing their concerns for the administrations choices and poor wording, or simply sharing their opinion.
First and foremost, the administration team are volunteers. They are volunteering without pay to keep this up and running, monitoring and producing things for the community during their free time in between everything else they have going on and I respect that, I'm sure many users would agree with me there, however, this post made me feel quite itchy and icky, a little red flaggy. A wolf in sheep's clothing, if you will, because I agree this very much feels like a re-hashed and rehearsed "we're sorry, we'll do better" post which we've had over, and over again. I feel like the replies here from the admins are like very carefully worded, business-man, politician like responses as if Wolfhome is this big cooperate company that are trying to cover their own backsides, rather than being straight up front, blunt and honest, if that makes sense? "We hear what you're saying and we're going to revise our plan" sort of speech, and we've had this on repeat for years, and nothing has come of it, you guys are volunteers, there shouldn't be any need for us to cry out for transparency or honesty, we're asking you to be *human* and own up to your mistakes, be honest with us, so that previous admins, mods and users don't feel as if they have to come forward and slap proof down in DMs as to why they were done wrong by you. This is an art platform and a community, I do not understand why it has to be so complicated and intricate, and maybe it is and I simply don't understand why, and if so, that's on me - I just feel it shouldn't be this hard.
I'm not quite sure if I'm making sense (I hope I am lol) but the amount of times previous mods/admins and community members have come forward, in this post and in the past post who have poured their sweat, tears and blood into this website by coming up with ideas, creative insight and opinions, only to make one small mistake (seemingly) and get rejected or banned, who then come forward with such passion as to why they were done wrong and proof just to be given either a " no that wasnt the case" or a rehearsed "thank you we'll look into this" is mind boggling - especially when people who have ACTUALLY done bad on this website have gotten away for free. This doesn't feel right, this feels wrong to me. You have so many people that care about this website, and all I'm seeing is "he said, she said" and a lot of shady business coming from the admins. I keep hearing about harassment; bullying, whispering and gossips amongst the admin teams from users who have posted such publically in these threads, and 6 years have passed - nothing has seemingly changed. So what changes are you making? Because this seems to be the same fractured Wolfhome with little to no chance of healing.
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I mean this with utmost sincerity that you should be focusing on your health right now and not Wolfhome. You can join the discussion at a later time when you are more readily able to make commentary. The confusion, while I fully acknowledge it is not your fault that you are experiencing it and are just working with what you can do for now, may end up causing increased tension if information that is not factual to issues at hand are shared again, and I'm sure (or at least hoping that) another alpha is willing to assist you at this time and help manage the situation in your stead while you focus on recovering.Loki wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:53 amI just want to make a quick post before returning to my hiatus.
I should have relooked at the logs before making the post about Vukasin as I was actually recalling a different incident. I want to make it clear that I completely was in the wrong there and Vukasin DID in fact state they were not an admin after being asked if they were.
I will not make this about me, but I felt like as an alpha I should be involved regardless of my health. This brings me to one of my current symptoms I experienced last night which is confusion. Again I sincerely apologize about this and will be returning on my hiatus.
The only thing I will be further looking into is which administrator is talking poorly about users as well as the claims Cherzi brought forward.
Again, I sincerely apologize for me getting that confused.
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I genuinely appreciate this so much because I feel like I should be here and I appreciate you acknowledging it for me.Scrimshaw wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:39 amI mean this with utmost sincerity that you should be focusing on your health right now and not Wolfhome. You can join the discussion at a later time when you are more readily able to make commentary. The confusion, while I fully acknowledge it is not your fault that you are experiencing it and are just working with what you can do for now, may end up causing increased tension if information that is not factual to issues at hand are shared again, and I'm sure (or at least hoping that) another alpha is willing to assist you at this time and help manage the situation in your stead while you focus on recovering.Loki wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:53 amI just want to make a quick post before returning to my hiatus.
I should have relooked at the logs before making the post about Vukasin as I was actually recalling a different incident. I want to make it clear that I completely was in the wrong there and Vukasin DID in fact state they were not an admin after being asked if they were.
I will not make this about me, but I felt like as an alpha I should be involved regardless of my health. This brings me to one of my current symptoms I experienced last night which is confusion. Again I sincerely apologize about this and will be returning on my hiatus.
The only thing I will be further looking into is which administrator is talking poorly about users as well as the claims Cherzi brought forward.
Again, I sincerely apologize for me getting that confused.
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^^^ I would have made a damn good administrator. I never needed to redeem myself in the eyes of the administration: you are not gods.Scrimshaw wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:28 amOn another note, I don’t think people need to redeem themselves to the team. They either are good enough by value of their merit to have an opportunity or they are not a person who is suitable for community roles on this site. The admins here emphasize often that they are only human and make mistakes, but it doesn’t seem like that sentiment is extended towards applicants often. It is especially damning knowing some of the priors of the people on the team currently. If the baseline we want to set here is that everyone is human, it should be going both ways. And honestly, these people have less to answer for than the administration currently.
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If anything, quite the opposite! You explicitly stated that your circumstances are stress-induced. I would argue that continuing to force yourself to be involved is actively harmful to your health and the quality of your work. Committing to self-care is the most helpful action and is the correct behavior to model for the rest of the community (especially other stressed staff members whose health may be suffering)!
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In no way defending the admins here, but the last time an admin tried to be straightforward, they ended up demoted and removed from the team. So..... take that as you will.Petticoat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:07 amI'm just going to be straight up and honest here - I've been (somewhat) a part of this community for years and years as an art consumer, more so than an art provider, ever since I was a youngling, so my angle may be different in a way but I wish to voice it anyway simply because I agree with a lot of the points that have been brought up here on this topic and I personally *want* this to get better, if there's any shred of hope that it will. I have fond memories, and not so fond memories, but the fondness is what is keeping me here.
Over the past 5 years or so, I have witnessed this website deteriorate rapidly. Now, this could be down to various factors such as people focusing on things outside of the website, health matters, work, relationships and so forth that have dwindled their activity on here - which happens to any community because the outside world likes to pull us from these things. *However* what has stood out to me the most as a factor of this dwindling activity is the hypocrisy, the wishy washy, the backpeddling and the dishonesty of the administration team, and it's really saddening to see. I'm not saying the entire burden of this websites potential (or already existing) downfall is solely down to the administration team because we users make up the mass majority of the userbase obviously, and not every issue or problem as been down to the administration team, but I am noticing a lot of issues are stemming from there - whether it's past admins coming forward and expressing their feelings, providing logs and proof of wrongdoings, or users that are expressing their concerns for the administrations choices and poor wording, or simply sharing their opinion.
First and foremost, the administration team are volunteers. They are volunteering without pay to keep this up and running, monitoring and producing things for the community during their free time in between everything else they have going on and I respect that, I'm sure many users would agree with me there, however, this post made me feel quite itchy and icky, a little red flaggy. A wolf in sheep's clothing, if you will, because I agree this very much feels like a re-hashed and rehearsed "we're sorry, we'll do better" post which we've had over, and over again. I feel like the replies here from the admins are like very carefully worded, business-man, politician like responses as if Wolfhome is this big cooperate company that are trying to cover their own backsides, rather than being straight up front, blunt and honest, if that makes sense? "We hear what you're saying and we're going to revise our plan" sort of speech, and we've had this on repeat for years, and nothing has come of it, you guys are volunteers, there shouldn't be any need for us to cry out for transparency or honesty, we're asking you to be *human* and own up to your mistakes, be honest with us, so that previous admins, mods and users don't feel as if they have to come forward and slap proof down in DMs as to why they were done wrong by you. This is an art platform and a community, I do not understand why it has to be so complicated and intricate, and maybe it is and I simply don't understand why, and if so, that's on me - I just feel it shouldn't be this hard.
I'm not quite sure if I'm making sense (I hope I am lol) but the amount of times previous mods/admins and community members have come forward, in this post and in the past post who have poured their sweat, tears and blood into this website by coming up with ideas, creative insight and opinions, only to make one small mistake (seemingly) and get rejected or banned, who then come forward with such passion as to why they were done wrong and proof just to be given either a " no that wasnt the case" or a rehearsed "thank you we'll look into this" is mind boggling - especially when people who have ACTUALLY done bad on this website have gotten away for free. This doesn't feel right, this feels wrong to me. You have so many people that care about this website, and all I'm seeing is "he said, she said" and a lot of shady business coming from the admins. I keep hearing about harassment; bullying, whispering and gossips amongst the admin teams from users who have posted such publically in these threads, and 6 years have passed - nothing has seemingly changed. So what changes are you making? Because this seems to be the same fractured Wolfhome with little to no chance of healing.
Edit to add: HOWEVER, that excuse really cannot be used here, because we've been told Underdog is no longer involved with Wolfhome / not involved to the degree he was last year. [Shrug]
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If I may be so bold - because I DO want shit to improve here for both admins and subordinate users alike - ... I'm gonna go ahead and state that I feel the WH/CL admin code of conduct is currently dodgy and lacking (uncertain if WH has its own specific protocols that it follows aside from the global COC) and needs to be overhauled *big time*, particularly any subsections pertinent to what will and wont be tolerated when it comes to A) what can actually be disclosed by a staff member without getting reprimanded or kicked off the team completely (like, how is a serious lack of ability to be transparent not counterintuitive when the WH team is making a commitment to user transparency? Where, exactly, is the line drawn aside from personal identifiable information?), and B) Anything having to do with the prevention of double standards. I feel that this has been a significant contributor to issues that have arisen recently.
A COC overhaul also feels like something the Guardians would/should be spearheading, however, as I stated earlier I am currently very doubtful of them altogether for a number of reasons. A lot of what currently pertains to user transparency within the COC is also heavily reliant on Guardian/Overseer authorization & involvement...yet from what I'm personally seeing they are essentially MIA and leaving everyone - admins, subordinate users, and UD alike - hanging and without active support. If I'm incorrect about this then I'm incorrect, but I've yet to see anything to prove otherwise and I dont feel we should have to sit here and feel wary of their existence or afraid of voicing concerns regarding them because of the number of unknown factors here. It's all but a mystery right now. So here we are
A COC overhaul also feels like something the Guardians would/should be spearheading, however, as I stated earlier I am currently very doubtful of them altogether for a number of reasons. A lot of what currently pertains to user transparency within the COC is also heavily reliant on Guardian/Overseer authorization & involvement...yet from what I'm personally seeing they are essentially MIA and leaving everyone - admins, subordinate users, and UD alike - hanging and without active support. If I'm incorrect about this then I'm incorrect, but I've yet to see anything to prove otherwise and I dont feel we should have to sit here and feel wary of their existence or afraid of voicing concerns regarding them because of the number of unknown factors here. It's all but a mystery right now. So here we are
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I am somewhat confused as to why the Guardians would be required to oversee a local site overhaul. When I was a Guardian that was not within the scope of the position and would have been overstepping - however it has been a few years so perhaps the position has changed?
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I feel what I was trying to initially convey may have been misconstrued and if i worded things poorly i apologize! I definitely dont feel they should have a say when it comes to a site's local overhaul (and granted we also dont know what they are doing or not doing at this point in time, which is also troubling.)pyr wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:32 pmI am somewhat confused as to why the Guardians would be required to oversee a local site overhaul. When I was a Guardian that was not within the scope of the position and would have been overstepping - however it has been a few years so perhaps the position has changed?
The point I was trying to make when I mentioned the guardians specifically is that, per the global COC, Guardians are still currently required to have direct involvement in a lot of situations that have to do with user transparency, and every CL site is, afaik, still obligated to follow the COC.
If this requirement has changed, or if they are unwilling to incapable of following through anymore due to overall unavailability, and/or if requiring their prior authorization before site administrators can disclose certain information no longer holds any benefit (which is how I'm feeling at the moment) then the COC needs to be heavily updated because otherwise that is where confusion starts to become a major issue.
But as I also mentioned in my previous post, assuming WH simultaneously follows separate local protocols, then I feel perhaps
amendments need to be made relating to what a staff member is able to share without running the risk of being demoted & any possible past/current double standards that are currently posing problems (some of which have been brought up here) should be addressed and used to revise administrative protocol.
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To be fair, none of this (as we all know and has been said previously) is new. Many People have fought and lost alot of hard time and effort for this site to even get close to where it is now. We couldn't have done it without everyone previously and we sure as hell cannot do it without you all now. I saw first hand how hard Refresh fought for this site, along with many others. They are what still inspires me to keep pushing forward and try my damnest to do right by everyone.
The Guardians essentially allow sites to run and form their own rules, all must have some key things obviously but they, for the most part, are really just helping with more serious cases that need that level of authority to handle. I have always been torn about the Guardians if I can be honest here. Some I agree with and some I don't in regards to their existence and what they do.
Wolfhome shouldn't need approval from the Guardians with this overhaul! I mentioned above as well, but they thankfully allow sites to run and manage as they see fit. I say this as the recent Demotions & Resignations topic is an example.
Here is the Wolfhome Code of Conduct! It definitely needs some love, along with our general rules for both the forum and chat. We'd like to get to a place where these three things are straight to the point and not so dang harsh. We also do have rank outlines listed on that link, with what each rank is allowed to disclose! I really would like to start buckling down and working on these changes asap.Laika- wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:19 pmIf I may be so bold - because I DO want shit to improve here for both admins and subordinate users alike - ... I'm gonna go ahead and state that I feel the WH/CL admin code of conduct is currently dodgy and lacking (uncertain if WH has its own specific protocols that it follows aside from the global COC) and needs to be overhauled *big time*, particularly any subsections pertinent to what will and wont be tolerated when it comes to A) what can actually be disclosed by a staff member without getting reprimanded or kicked off the team completely (like, how is a serious lack of ability to be transparent not counterintuitive when the WH team is making a commitment to user transparency? Where, exactly, is the line drawn aside from personal identifiable information?), and B) Anything having to do with the prevention of double standards. I feel that this has been a significant contributor to issues that have arisen recently.
A COC overhaul also feels like something the Guardians would/should be spearheading, however, as I stated earlier I am currently very doubtful of them altogether for a number of reasons. A lot of what currently pertains to user transparency within the COC is also heavily reliant on Guardian/Overseer authorization & involvement...yet from what I'm personally seeing they are essentially MIA and leaving everyone - admins, subordinate users, and UD alike - hanging and without active support. If I'm incorrect about this then I'm incorrect, but I've yet to see anything to prove otherwise and I dont feel we should have to sit here and feel wary of their existence or afraid of voicing concerns regarding them because of the number of unknown factors here. It's all but a mystery right now. So here we are
The Guardians essentially allow sites to run and form their own rules, all must have some key things obviously but they, for the most part, are really just helping with more serious cases that need that level of authority to handle. I have always been torn about the Guardians if I can be honest here. Some I agree with and some I don't in regards to their existence and what they do.
Laika- wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:44 pmI definitely dont feel they should have a say when it comes to a site's local overhaul (and granted we also dont know what they are doing or not doing at this point in time, which is also troubling.)pyr wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:32 pmI am somewhat confused as to why the Guardians would be required to oversee a local site overhaul. When I was a Guardian that was not within the scope of the position and would have been overstepping - however it has been a few years so perhaps the position has changed?
The point I was trying to make when I mentioned the guardians specifically is that, per the global COC, Guardians are still currently required to have direct involvement in a lot of situations that have to do with user transparency, and every CL site is, afaik, still obligated to follow the COC.
If this requirement has changed, or if they are unwilling to incapable of following through anymore due to overall unavailability, and/or if requiring their prior authorization before site administrators can disclose certain information no longer holds any benefit (which is how I'm feeling at the moment) then the COC needs to be heavily updated because otherwise that is where confusion starts to become a major issue.
But as I also mentioned in my previous post, assuming WH simultaneously follows follows separate local protocols, then I feel perhaps
amendments need to be made relating to what a staff member is able to share without running the risk of being demoted & any possible past/current double standards that are currently posing problems should be addressed and used to revise administrative protocol
Wolfhome shouldn't need approval from the Guardians with this overhaul! I mentioned above as well, but they thankfully allow sites to run and manage as they see fit. I say this as the recent Demotions & Resignations topic is an example.
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Oh okay so that was posted fairly recently then. Thank you for clarifying and bringing its existence to attention!
Then I will emphasize my initial point and reiterate that would likely be another constructive place to start - revise the WH staff COC entirely (which I'm glad to see you feel it could and will be amended) and really crack down on what is lacking in terms of clarity & what is currently potentially providing avenues for questionable contrasting standards that different staff members - past and current - have been held to
Then I will emphasize my initial point and reiterate that would likely be another constructive place to start - revise the WH staff COC entirely (which I'm glad to see you feel it could and will be amended) and really crack down on what is lacking in terms of clarity & what is currently potentially providing avenues for questionable contrasting standards that different staff members - past and current - have been held to
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