I know that this is really long, but I would appreciate it if you all read it.
If you've made a journal entry, please go back and check that it's friends locked. I would go back and edit these things to save you all the time, but it wont let me and asking you all is the only way this can get done. I really really really would appreciate if you guys could do this. If not, I'll make a list of the entries that need to be locked and will start sending you guys messages with the links to the entries. An easy way to check if you're safe is to log out of insanejournal and check the comms and your character pages. If any entries show, then you need to lock them.
Activity is becoming a huge problem for many people. I've had people talk to me, saying they're going to start being active, and then see nothing in return. I'm really tired of people telling me one thing, when they just turn around and do the complete opposite. This is the end of me giving out second chances. I've been extremely lenient on the journal entries/threading rule, and that's starting to reflect badly on me as well. Journal entries are barely getting any comments and it's unacceptable given the amount of characters that are here. If activity by some of you isn't up by the end of this week, then I'm going to need to talk to you personally to see what's going to happen with you in the future. At this point, I'm not past banning people or asking to have a certain number of characters dropped. If you want to drop a character in order to bring up your activity, let me know by sending me an im.
Similarly, I hope all of you didn't misunderstand when I said last time that there was an application ban. There's a ban on applications unless you send me an instant message/tweet/pm about your decision to app first. I need to start reviewing activity and whether the ban will be lifted for whoever is asking will be determined by how active they are and everything. If you've already talked to me after my last modpost to now then you're golden and can apply whenever you'd like by looking to the mod/main journal. I believe this only applies to Emily, who has two apps in the works.
I'm wanting to bring back mccordanonymous and was wondering what your viewpoints are? Pro? Con? More anonymous entires, or more secrets entries if so? If you are all in favor of secrets, I'll get that up immediately for submission for next week or the following week? If not, I'll get an anonymous entry up asap just in time for Valentines Day!
The directory of all characters is located here. I've already been told that there are some errors, but every bit of information on there is from applications, facebooks and character introductions. If there's something you would like changed, please let me know in the comments and I'll get to that immediately.
With that being said, advertising in other communities has started. As of now, there are no major developments, but I'm preparing for some. If any new members do join, character introductions are going to have to become longer and our comments responding to them are going to be more involved, in that we're going to need to explain our characters and whatnot. I know we did that in the past where we had all rped and whatnot, I just wanted to make that clear. At the same time, not commenting on these introduction entries is unacceptable at this point. I know that some of us have problems with that, but no matter how long the member has been along, we all should comment accordingly.
As you all know, Erika is the one who tags everything and combines and we all love her for doing that, right? (Cue the boos and the tomatoes flying from the crowd, etc) We all really need to get on top of tagging. Not only tagging, though, but properly tagging. The only character whose full first name we do not use is Abby, and this applies for all communities. Don't question Erika's motives or whatever okay.
Group chats are tagged as ! group chat RP COMMUNITY: first name and last name. ex. Grace Pryce, James Johnson TEXT COMMUNITY/AIM COMMUNITY: first name last name initial/first name last name initial. The gender rules don't apply anymore because it's too confusing and alphabetical order is just much easier. ex. Grace P./James J.
The Valentines Day party that will be hosted by the Gamma's is coming up! It's in the process of being planned and, like most party posts, will be up a few days before the event actually takes place. As of right now it's lingerie themed (Emily and Erika decided this one), and you can get as creative as you would like to with that! And, any parties in the future that you would like me to put together, just let me know in the comments and I'll add it to my list for whats next. It's taking place on Saturday and should be posted by Thursday at the earliest.
And, to be honest guys, one of the biggest issues going on right now is that nobody shares information with me. If you have a problem, if you have a question, or anything, then you have to feel comfortable talking to me. I don't go behind anyones back to talk about what they've said to me and don't ever name name's. I know that some of you are uncomfortable coming to me with problems, and while I understand that, it sucks to hear things through someone else about complaints or problems. I try to be here to help but I can't do that unless you're willing to talk to me about any problems you're having with the community. The same thing goes with positive things related to the community. I promise I don't bite and I have mobile im set up for a reason, so you can all get in contact with me whenever you need it. But, if you're still uncomfortable and have something to say, the drop box in the mod journal is available. The anonymous commenting feature may be used for anything and all comments are screened.
This goes for hiatuses and drops, just like it did when we were on livejournal. All hiatuses and dropped characters, as well as resignations, need to be put in the drop box. I do this so the out of character community doesn't become overcrowded.
I also feel like now is the time for me to address the big/little situation. I've been teasing at it for a while, but as of right now it doesn't seem to be working. The character pledge numbers are too low for it to work properly, unless there are people who are okay with having "imaginary pledges" who don't exist through players in the game, but exist through writing and whatnot. If you all are okay with that, please say so in the comments! If enough are okay with not having an in-game little/big, then I can work it out tomorrow and get the list up immediately.