As Plurk has gotten more popular it's become more and more natural for people to seek out mod-capacity conversations using Plurk, instead of by our mod contact page or via a messenger like AIM or Gtalk. But after a few incidents where we've been (unsure) about this, we've decided that we don't want to encourage it.

So please be aware that in the future we will not be responding to public mod requests made over Plurk! For one thing, Plurk is notoriously unreliable, and often hides comments or delivers them out of order. For another thing, shouting "Hey, mods, can I do this?" in an open plurk is in no way guaranteed to get our attention, and asking us to make a potentially unfavorable decision in a public space could embarrass you or put pressure on us, which puts everyone in an awkward position.

If you want to make a private plurk to just the mods, or the mods and the other parties involved, that is okay! We will get alerts for that, so we know it's there, and can accommodate you when we're ready to talk and it will still be easy to track down. But from here on out we will not be responding to plurks that just say "Hey, Kay or Li or whoever, I would like permission for something!"

It is still recommended to use the mod contact post or to speak to us via a messenger; you can find our contact info on the mod contact post if you don't know it!

Sorry for the inconvenience. ♥