Board Thread:News and Announcements!/@comment-7971816-20170121191950/@comment-95.83.253.225-20170203215952

TotallyTinkerbell wrote: Okay but by pointing this out you haven't made this any easier.

I really want you to know that I do not play favors. You have (hopefully) see me stand my ground against negative admins and I hope that gives you a little bit of faith in the fact that I can, and will, act on it if people are treating other users unfriendly.

And I hate the fact that some members of the community made this wikia into a place where users feel like there's even a hierarchy to begin with. I always try very hard to counteract that, I always try to involve the community in every single decision. Honestly, this is kind of heartbreaking to hear.

I obviously had no idea the extent that this was going to, or I would have acted sooner. And I want to act on it now, but then I have to know more. If you don't feel comfortable telling me here, then you can consider sending me a DM on my personal twitter (@TayaTinkerbell). If you could include a link as an example of what you think was intimidating behaviour, then I can check it out. If you send me a message I will be discreet about it.

I hope we can work this out... I am glad that you will look into it so without singling people out I will just give you a couple of instances as an example and you can look into it from there hopefully. As I say, it just seems like there is a general attitude of snobbery towards people who are newcomers or only are able to contribute once in a blue moon. I mean I don't think that should be a negative thing, if somebody is here be it for a day, a month, a year, any participation should be encouraged, at least I would have thought so. Everyone has their own reasons.

However, first off on The 100 Survivable thread, I played it maybe twice and enjoyed the concept but one of the regulars suggested to restrict it to only certain users being able to participate to make it more fair (when I must add, nothing had even gone wrong or raised an issue the first place). And doesn't that defeat the purpose or wanting to get people to join in? I wasn't surprised who it was coming from though because that person I have found to be a bit cold towards newcomers and visitors in the past. But this is not a VIP club, this is a public site for all fans who should be allowed join in the fun if they want to as fellow lovers of The 100. And because of it I never touched that thread again because I didn't feel welcome to join anymore. I shouldn't have to explain myself to people, strangers even, that I don't even know but the truth is that my own personal responsiblities in the real world prevent me from being here a lot of the time but I do enjoy popping in when I can. I don't think I or anyone else deserves to be shunned for it, have their questions ignored or be shown hostility as I have experienced and witnessed myself. And do I particularly want to make myself a permanent user just to 'fit in' with people like that? Not really. I was thinking about it the first couple of times I visited but now I don't really want to because I feel it is just leaving myself open to these kind of people.

But one of the other key incidents that I actually witnessed and was disgusted by you will find yourself on the discussion thread that says 'Why is the Show so Unrealistic?' on the general discussions board. A visitor was trying to question why some aspects of the show are far fetched in their opinion and I thought about this myself in all honesty. But it is their opinion and it should have been respected regardless of who was saying it. The conversation seemed to start off okay but then it got a bit nasty because two higher ranking users started to gang up on the person, disregarding their opinion and insinuated that because of the title and the fact he was only visiting, that his opinion wasn't worth being heard. I felt sorry for that user because that is just not acceptable to have people treat you like that but because as I say they were higher up, what could they say or do? It just looked as if they were powerless.

This is just a couple of the prime examples of the kind of things that have been ongoing. For that reason the only people I have had good conversations with so far are fellow newcomers because the other regular contributors are not really that welcoming or friendly in their responses and have made it clear that we seem to be somehow infringing on their territory or something. As I say, I was thinking of joining as a permanent member but my experience has put me off because I don't feel I should have to earn anyone's respect or prove myself, respect should be given no matter what. And it is singling a large part of the community out.

I mainly just wanted to draw your attention to it, I wasn't sure if you were aware and just didn't care because you might have the same attitude. But I appreciate that you say you want to help and I understand that you are busy dedicating a lot of time to the work that goes on here. I don't use Twitter but I feel I made my point clear enough anyway so thank you for that. You might like to check out the two things I suggested at least and just kind of make it known to the community that this kind of attitude towards certain users is not acceptable, if you could it would be much appreciated. Everyone is supposed to be equal on here I thought but it just isn't operating like that.