This Mod Post Is Rated R. F-Bombs, FIRE!
Yes, another one. Cope. I'm tired and cranky, and when giving the benefit of the doubt ends up coming back around to bite me in the ass, I suddenly stop feeling the need to be the nice one. To avoid losing my cool before I've had a nice long night in which to marinate on it and chat with the other mods, I'm presenting this in bullet format. Sorta.
We have had a number of trolls lately, and a number of people attacking the personal entries herein. Fuck off, you fucking trolls. And as much as I'd like to air all the dirty laundry that finally led me to this explosion of "HEY TROLL, HERE'S A PINEAPPLE, SHOVE IT UP YOUR URETHRA", I'mma show some decorum. Not a lot. But some. So don't expect a better explaination that "lawl trollz."
Please keep in mind, all "yous" are general. Unless you're here to troll. Then they're directed at you, and I hope to Isis you've got the sense to GTFO without the wank, because I am a cranky little witch and I'm getting damn sick and tired of the disrespect, not only to me and my fellow moderators, but to the other members of the fucking community. But then, you're a troll. You don't have sense. What the hell am I on?
The community has been set on moderated joining. IJ's moderation request system is a little broken; it shows as not going through on the end of the requester, but it does show up in the queue. All applicants will be checked and the three of us will make a private decision on the subject. If the vote is not unanimously in favor, the applicant will be either be denied (in the case of unanimous disapproval) or contacted to clarify whatever it is causing us not to agree. We all have our own sources of information, and we are tired of the trolls. Denied applications are subject to being liberally coated with ketchup and fed to the dragon.
Posting is also moderated currently; this, however, is temporary. I've set this, because the mod who knows how to set entries to automatically friends only is currently very much asleep, and as I rather like having my flesh intact and on the rest of my body, I'm not going to be the one to wake her up. Thus, the posting will be changed tomorrow, provided that the world doesn't end, or something that trumps policing petty online squabbles doesn't come up. Posting is now unmoderated, and all posts are set to friends-only by default. Don't change the setting, guys, unless you run it by us first, because let's face it, sometimes things need to be accessable to the public. I totally keep typoing that as the pubic.
Anyone, and I do mean anyone, found to be in here simply to take our member's personal entries and exploding them across the internet for the lulz because they are a petty little bitch will be ban_set and laughed at extensively. This is why these measures are being put into place. And yes, responsible parties have been, we think, taken care of.
On that note... You break the rules, you disrespect the community members, and you are gone. The three of us will talk about it, will make the decision together, but if anyone else comes in here to stir the fucking pot, well. It won't take a psychic to see that ban_set in your future.
And when we say "respect all paths", we fucking mean RESPECT ALL PATHS. We have all paths here -- Green witchery, Wicca, Druidry, Dark witchery, White witchery. Traditional, eclectic, solitary, coven-based, Christian, Buddhist. Whatever. Respect them. I don't care if Joe Sue thinks that David Fucking Bowie is the Goddess Of All Things and that s/he's the reincarnation of the bastard love child of Lancelot and Ulysses with a bit of Tom Cruise's alien DNA thrown in for good measure, you fucking show some respect for your fellow human beings. This rule is null and void on trolls and those whose paths seek to actively harm others for the lulz, because your rights end where someone else's begins. No sacrificial virgins here, please. We are, in general, not an "evil magic" type of community. This is entirely different than offensive spells cast for defensive reasons (as in hey, bitch, you just tried to kill me. Have some psychic mindfuckery. Would you like a good ass-reaming with that?). If you sacrifice virgins, fantastic. Don't do it here. Virgin-blood is hard to get out of the carpet.
I'm sure there's more, but I'm tired, and I'm starting to get more than bitchy. I'm tired of the trolls, and I'm running out of sharp sticks to shove up their malicious asses.