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" | "Dear god, I hope that's not Bazeel doing this." |
" | Norithics wrote: |
FA's random people arbitrarily put in administrative positions sorta-kinda caved to their own bad decision-making to actually half-assedly take a shot at enforcing the unenforceable rule they made but vaguely kind of didn't make. |
" | MrGasp wrote: |
Oh wow. I believe that last picture should read "User suspended for refusing to do my job for me" |
" | Norithics wrote: |
That's a load of crap. What decision? The one to ban artwork that in no way allowed them to get another payment processor after the damage had been done? It's because the decision was made quickly, hastily, without research or analysis, that it was so poor. |
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Before I begin, remember that if I didn't care about this place I'd just leave silently and let this place implode on itself. The people who complain are the people who still care enough to stand up and say something because they'd like to see things change for the better. So if you're considering bashing me for what I'm about to say, realize you'll only be bashing someone who actually cares. That said, here we go: I've been on this site for a solid 5 years but I can't say that things have gotten any better since the day I arrived. The site seems just as old & broken as it's always been, with features commonly talked about but never seeing the light of day. Donations were poorly invested into quickly outdated hardware, not even a couple of years ago the users of this site donated well over $10k after the servers died for good & now we're back where we started with outdated equipment being overloaded with traffic from a inefficiently written site. Policies have never been solidified, users are always dealing with ever changing upload polices and the mods interpretation of them. Extremely poor staffing decisions by the site owner, not holding their staff to the high-bar needed to moderate a site like this one, as well as employing their fiancee as a mod which is a blinding example of conflict of interest. The staff shoots first and asks questions later, having removed countless submissions without contacting the user who uploaded them to clarify any possible misunderstandings. I've witnessed several occasions where someone trolls (harasses) another user and nothing happens to them, one of which I personally submitted the ticket; no staff responded to it for months and then told me it was too late to do anything about it. There has also been huge breaches in security and privacy, beyond the leaking of private messages for everyone to see, the site owner has also silently implemented (what I would consider) spyware that follows you off-site collecting information about what you buy so that the originating site gets a commission. Speaking of off-site, mods are known to snoop around other furry sites as well as Facebook specifically to dig up dirt on you. How many blind eyes can one turn? How much can anyone ignore? No site is perfect but this one has so many marks against it any time they do anything else controversial or just plain wrong no one thinks anything of it; it's just another drop in the bucket. The only reason people cite for staying on FA is because of how many watchers they have, or because all their friends are here. Traffic is the only strong point for popular artists and common users both! Not the features of the website, not the reliability of it's up-time, not the sensibility of the staff... As long as the mentality of users are "I don't care about their morality until I get banned myself so I have no reason to switch websites." (real quote, btw) I suppose FA won't have to worry about losing their traffic. And don't forget, judging by how the staff runs this place, how they abuse our privacy to quietly sell us out for commissions, and all the other things I've brought up above... you are nothing more than 'traffic' to them. Thanks for reading and allowing me to share my concerns through free speech & civil disobedience. |
" | Norithics wrote: |
Yeah, the first time I left FA, it was due to harassment from the userbase. That subsided, so I returned. Now? I think it's definitely a sinking ship at this point, I don't think I'm coming back. |
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