It's a new year and we'd really like to improve the forum atmosphere. Please treat this as a clean slate and don't bring up old drama like the above post. I am sorry about how that thread was handled 3 years ago and we already discussed it. Let's go back to talking about the game because that's what this thread is for - even if that means complaining about the new update!
If this really is a clean slate than what are the moderators new commitments? What are YOU guys going to do to facilitate change and make this a positive space? Are you going to be more transparent? Is there going to be a new system in place such as warnings before bans? Are you guys going to do people the courtesy of informing and explaining why a user may be banned/warned? Are the harassing and disparaging DMs from mods going to stop? How are mods who abuse their power and act unprofessionally going to be handled?
When I first started posting in the forum in general, I was so excited that I'd get to interact w so many people but after seeing how they handle the racial issues and attacks/microaggressions from other dolls...Chile I cannot imagine how they would handle sexuality and all that it comes with... remember when you heard the phrases 'I'm not surprised just disappointed' and ' I'm not mad I'm just disappointed' ? Yeah I'm feeling those 2 phrases
pls this is an actual joke, this forum is a joke, the game itself is a joke at this point- nothing but clownery the last couple of months. so glad I donāt use the forum as much as when I joined because I donāt mess with the idea of being silenced for expressing an opinion and fighting against those who are doing wrong? apologies that some of us donāt let people in the wrong slide unlike glu and the moderator of this forum. specifically yes this is targeted about the discussion of certain dolls being sexist and racist- because according to whoever those people donāt deserve any form of punishment?
It's a new year and we'd really like to improve the forum atmosphere. Please treat this as a clean slate and don't bring up old drama like the above post. I am sorry about how that thread was handled 3 years ago and we already discussed it. Let's go back to talking about the game because that's what this thread is for - even if that means complaining about the new update!
It doesn't seem like you acknowledge or even fully understand what the problems are here and I think thats going to be a major barrier to being able to move forward from this point
Lol, asking us to not speak about āold dramaā is incredibly dismissive of the MASSIVE problems at hand, @KalindaKing. Why was John unbanned despite breaking MULTIPLE forum rules? Why was Jackie banned in the first place? Where is the accountability for those who have knowingly participated in racist discussions? Where are their apologies? Do you truly think it is fair to implement rules saying we canāt discuss āmoderator disciplinary actionsā or communications with moderators? This really just allows for mods to be rude to forum users with no repercussions because anyone who decides to speak out against unfair actions (like randomly banning Jackie) would be banned under the new rules?
Damn. This forum is either dead or completely on fire. There is no between.
It's a circus at this point, w all the clownery going on w these new rules and the problems failing to be acknowledged by anyone w actual power in here
i cannot believe glu managed to not just suck out all of the fun of sys but also kill itās own forum, please just bring back the old sys, and maybe get more moderators? it would help monitor the forum more & make it a much more enjoyable environment as users can be banned appropriately and more quickly, avoiding situations weāve had in the past. it must be a lot of work to do aswell and means there can be breaks for moderators too, avoiding burnout and frustration. and bringing back the old sys would bring more people to the game & to the forum. itās a win-win really.Ā
Absolutely disgusting that because it is a "new year," you want to suddenly change the forum atmosphere, it's such major bullshit. These moderators are so damn ignorant. If you and @kokokokonut really cared about the forum atmosphere, things would be handled and you wouldn't unban a racist.
The only āatmosphereā the forum has now is the equivalent of when one kid in class does something bad and now everyone gets punished. Sorry that weāre not just going to sweep things under the rug in the guise of ānew year, new meā bs. How embarrassing.
There needs to be more moderators; period. Itās obvious the job now cannot be done objectively and without invoking personal feelings.Ā
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Youāve been quiet on the issues that have been brought up over the past day and a half and this is your first contribution??Ā
Staying absent from a thread that has evidence because thereās discussion that might be critical of you and then asking us to send that evidence is not good moderating.Ā
Itās dismissive to ask for the evidence to be re-sent to you via private message when forum dolls (especially POC) have already undertaken a lot of effort to share and discuss evidence on the forum. And then to ask us to send it again, re-asking us to spend emotional labour here? Asking for this to be shared on private message where one of the forum rules says we canāt discuss private messages with moderators also raises a lot of red flags here... the evidence has been shared on the threads and the discussion should be continued as such - because itās an important and sensitive conversation that should not just be continued behind closed doors in a private conversation.Ā
Thereās been multiple situations where John was either racist, sexist, or being problematic. He broke countless rules, and I do mean countless. Heās broken 8 or more rules. Heās started so many arguments with so many people. You canāt be dismissive towards these types of problems. Telling us to just stick to talking about the update doesnāt work and will never work.Ā
I said that Iām leaving the forum but before that I want to say something. I said in one of previous comments that everyone can wear all hairstyles as white or black and every skin color is beautiful. I thought that itās not a big deal when white girls use poc hair. I never heard or experienced that black people have a problem or get offended when white girls wear poc hair in my entire life and I see a lot of people as white wearing those kind of hairstyles in my country. My friend used to have rasta braids as a white girl she wore it because she liked the hairstyle without having other intentions and she got compliments from other black girls. I read on the forum that white girls donāt have a right to use poc hair and this perspective was very new for me and I made my research and I started to think a lot about it in a different Ā perspective and I read something about cultural appropriation and this was completely new for me because I never read something about that and I started to understand it. I respect everyones culture and It wasnāt my intention to hurt anyone or making fun of their culture and I want to apologize.Ā Ā I learned something new and I will read about it more. I hope I explained myself right because english is my third language and Iām sorry If made mistakes and I hope you can understand what I mean.Ā Ā Again Iām sorry. (Edit: I think I will probably take a break instead of leaving)
The reason the forum has been so hostile lately is because of the game. It used to be so much fun to come here and style prizes with friends and plan for SYS events. Iāve always loved the forum. Since SYS has changed not only are these things practically meaningless because styling and planning doesnāt correlate to a chance winning anymore, and nobody wins any items to style anymore... we have more important things to talk (complain) about with the game. And I wonāt even get into the discussion of repetitive cultural appropriation and racism because a lot of actual POC dolls have been forced to explain all the problems (with the game itselfās lack of representation that isnāt locked behind diamonds, and issues with specific members commenting here) over and over already and have done it much better than I could, so their posts should be read instead of mine.Ā
Tensions are very high lately and a new year wonāt fix any of that, only actual changes to the game will....
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it's not a clean slate if glu doesn't fix its behaviors. our BIPOC users deserve inclusivity and respect, and we have been asking for it for a long time. glu is really trying to silence us now. these are ongoing issues that are being ignored, not old drama.
like fr... leave it to the forum that let posts saying black hair was "serving homelessness" (@Cherrey) & implying that if you had black hair you'd "want a hoodie to hide it too"(@kokokokonut) stay up for three whole F u Ck INGĀ years to unban a racist & sexist user lolĀ yall lowkey shady af, especially after how my baestie @Poopnuggets69 was treated by koko in the dm's when she called out those postsĀ stillĀ being up. this forum is run like like we're your naughty children that must kept on a tight leash and im F u Ck ING over it... everyday my friends on the discord have another story of someone here in a position of power here verbally attacking them in privateĀ
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@SisSnappedLikeThanos Do you mind telling me when I ever said something like that? I would never comment a black hairstyle with "serving homelessness". This is straight up not true and a very heavy accusation. I'm pretty sure someone would have called me out for a comment like that, but this is actually the first time I'm hearing this.
I'm pretty sure I referred to the pants and not the hairstyle, but I agree, my choice of words was not clever. I apologize if I hurt your feelings back then @SisSnappedLikeThanos. I wish someone told me earlier.
I'm pretty sure I referred to the pants and not the hairstyle, but I agree, my choice of words was not clever. I apologize if I hurt your feelings back then @SisSnappedLikeThanos. I wish someone told me earlier.
Why the picture of Rihanna with Bantu knots then..?
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Keep doing them constantly, I recently beat her like a month and got prizes
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so glad I donāt use the forum as much as when I joined because I donāt mess with the idea of being silenced for expressing an opinion and fighting against those who are doing wrong? apologies that some of us donāt let people in the wrong slide unlike glu and the moderator of this forum.
specifically yes this is targeted about the discussion of certain dolls being sexist and racist- because according to whoever those people donāt deserve any form of punishment?
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Where is the accountability for those who have knowingly participated in racist discussions? Where are their apologies?
Do you truly think it is fair to implement rules saying we canāt discuss āmoderator disciplinary actionsā or communications with moderators? This really just allows for mods to be rude to forum users with no repercussions because anyone who decides to speak out against unfair actions (like randomly banning Jackie) would be banned under the new rules?
This forum just feels like a regime now.
There needs to be more moderators; period. Itās obvious the job now cannot be done objectively and without invoking personal feelings.Ā
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Asking for this to be shared on private message where one of the forum rules says we canāt discuss private messages with moderators also raises a lot of red flags here... the evidence has been shared on the threads and the discussion should be continued as such - because itās an important and sensitive conversation that should not just be continued behind closed doors in a private conversation.Ā
I said that Iām leaving the forum but before that I want to say something. I said in one of previous comments that everyone can wear all hairstyles as white or black and every skin color is beautiful. I thought that itās not a big deal when white girls use poc hair. I never heard or experienced that black people have a problem or get offended when white girls wear poc hair in my entire life and I see a lot of people as white wearing those kind of hairstyles in my country. My friend used to have rasta braids as a white girl she wore it because she liked the hairstyle without having other intentions and she got compliments from other black girls. I read on the forum that white girls donāt have a right to use poc hair and this perspective was very new for me and I made my research and I started to think a lot about it in a different Ā perspective and I read something about cultural appropriation and this was completely new for me because I never read something about that and I started to understand it. I respect everyones culture and It wasnāt my intention to hurt anyone or making fun of their culture and I want to apologize.Ā Ā I learned something new and I will read about it more. I hope I explained myself right because english is my third language and Iām sorry If made mistakes and I hope you can understand what I mean.Ā Ā Again Iām sorry. (Edit: I think I will probably take a break instead of leaving)
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@SisSnappedLikeThanos Do you mind telling me when I ever said something like that? I would never comment a black hairstyle with "serving homelessness". This is straight up not true and a very heavy accusation. I'm pretty sure someone would have called me out for a comment like that, but this is actually the first time I'm hearing this.
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I'm pretty sure I referred to the pants and not the hairstyle, but I agree, my choice of words was not clever. I apologize if I hurt your feelings back then @SisSnappedLikeThanos. I wish someone told me earlier.
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