Post by ING on Jul 24, 2015 1:43:12 GMT -5
long story short, there were some people around here a lot of us older mods didn't trust. A new forum opened up that wasn't hivestuck, and they took the opportunity to leave, making a few rude comments along the way.
alongside that, our three newer mods decided to call it quits as well. we've since talked to them and understand that the two events are unrelated, but nonetheless the sudden shock of both groups leaving left everyone kind of shaken up.
Today has been nothing but drama and stress from morning to night. i don't want to go into many details, but unfortunately it involved a lot of the mods, complaints about them, anxiety and depression attacks from others, de-modding others, it was all just shit.
We want to be better. we truly and honestly did want this thing to work out well, from the bottom of my heart i can promise you this. it just...
We were scared. a lot of old faces came in that was didn't trust, people who hurt us in the past, we wanted to believe they changed, but we had no proof that they did, so old grudges clung on to us like fleas. This was wrong. in the end, this was our downfall, and those we didn't trust had enough, and left.
i'm mature enough to say that we're not the best moderates out there. we're not professionals, hell before you lot came along we didn't even have anyone to moderate, it was just a small group of friends who happened to be centred around this forum we call hivestuck, hell we barely even used it very much... then things got big, really big, too fast. We couldn't handle it, and now, less then two weeks later... we're here. half of our mod group is gone, as are a good chunk of our user base. I am so, so sorry that all of this happened, we never wanted it too, but there's no going back now.
We're going to let this place stagnate for a day or two, let the fires burn out before we start looking around for what we can save and what to rebuild. If you can trust us, if you can find it in your hearts to forgive us, we'd love to have you around, we'd love to build this forum from the ground up, working WITH you, to shape it, rather then just trying to re-shape old molds to fit you.
in two days, maybe three, i don’t know, we'll come back. And we'll start picking up the peaces. until then, i hope you can forgive us. Good luck out there, all of you, in whatever path you choose. and know that i am truly, truly sorry. For everything.
alongside that, our three newer mods decided to call it quits as well. we've since talked to them and understand that the two events are unrelated, but nonetheless the sudden shock of both groups leaving left everyone kind of shaken up.
Today has been nothing but drama and stress from morning to night. i don't want to go into many details, but unfortunately it involved a lot of the mods, complaints about them, anxiety and depression attacks from others, de-modding others, it was all just shit.
We want to be better. we truly and honestly did want this thing to work out well, from the bottom of my heart i can promise you this. it just...
We were scared. a lot of old faces came in that was didn't trust, people who hurt us in the past, we wanted to believe they changed, but we had no proof that they did, so old grudges clung on to us like fleas. This was wrong. in the end, this was our downfall, and those we didn't trust had enough, and left.
i'm mature enough to say that we're not the best moderates out there. we're not professionals, hell before you lot came along we didn't even have anyone to moderate, it was just a small group of friends who happened to be centred around this forum we call hivestuck, hell we barely even used it very much... then things got big, really big, too fast. We couldn't handle it, and now, less then two weeks later... we're here. half of our mod group is gone, as are a good chunk of our user base. I am so, so sorry that all of this happened, we never wanted it too, but there's no going back now.
We're going to let this place stagnate for a day or two, let the fires burn out before we start looking around for what we can save and what to rebuild. If you can trust us, if you can find it in your hearts to forgive us, we'd love to have you around, we'd love to build this forum from the ground up, working WITH you, to shape it, rather then just trying to re-shape old molds to fit you.
in two days, maybe three, i don’t know, we'll come back. And we'll start picking up the peaces. until then, i hope you can forgive us. Good luck out there, all of you, in whatever path you choose. and know that i am truly, truly sorry. For everything.