THANK YOU, OH GOD THANK YOU

I NOW KNEEL ONLY TO THE KNIGHT OF FIMFICTION

Kinghty is getting tired of making these type of post

just to clarify: what's tagging? i know it can mean different things on different sites so i'm just making sure.

Huh, had no idea that even went on.

is this retroactive?

Tagging? I didn't know people even did this here.

Thank you. It was getting obnoxious.

>>150889150889

I don't even know. Just some dumb people spamming people with pms/messages "tagging" them with a link to a blog post or something.

Praise the mods you posted this before I became infected.

Seriously people, this site is for fanfiction, not playing games. My notifications flare enough as it is.

So, should we report anyone who continues to tag?

>>150896150896

okay just making sure

Wait is it like that stupid #YOLO crap I see on my facebook or is it something completely different?

>>150903150903 Different concept that yields the same reactions. Just be glad you don't know about it and keep it that way. You don't need to know about it.

>>150904150904 Alright but humour me and tell me what it is.

>>150889150889

In this particular context, it's usually a chain questionnaire or the like.  Someone sends you a number of questions, you post your answers, and then you pass it along to others, frequently with a "tag, you're it" comment - hence the name.

I can see both sides of the issue, and from here forth I will abide by this updated rule.

>>150906150906 Let's say I "tag" you.

By the power of chainmail you are forced to fill out some sort form on your blog and send it to X amount of other people or the ghost of Abraham Lincoln will haunt your nightmares or something.

Now, I pray that did not harm your sanity.

I did it because I was drunk, but I'm glad it's a bannable offense now. Now I don't have to think about it.

>>150909150909>>150910150910

Thanks guys... Now I better get some holy water so that Abraham Linconlog ghost doesn't come around.

>>150911150911 Just saying, it might not hurt to delete that blog post.

cool

>>150915150915

Good point. But I liked my answers to those questions.

Ahwell, no point in having it anyways so I guess.

So to everyone in this thread, enjoy the following picture.

Image: http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/154/9/d/nigel_thornberry_pony_by_darkwingxjonathan-d52797v.png

>>150903150903

From what I gather, imagine it like those random chain posts that fly around deviantArt that people 'tag' each other with.

Oh crap, I don't truly understand the concept of 'tagging'. I don't want to accidently tagging someone and banning myself from FIMFiction. (I think I may have done it one time) I don't want to disappoint my trackers by getting banned.

In one day I got two messages on my profile where I was being 'tagged' and deleted both of them. I really wasn't looking forward to it becoming a common occurrence, so it's nice to see it being stopped forcefully.

seems a liitle over-the-top for just a game, dont you think?

Banning because of tagging?

i didnt do anything, but still, just feels like anyone will make any excuse to get banned now...

>>150917150917

That hurt my soul.

>>150933150933

It's not a game. It's chain mail, which is equivalent to spam.

If this wasn't stopped, next thing you know we would have those god awful annoying messages, "99% OF MEN R AFRAID OF KIDS SHOWS, PUT THIS IN UR PROFIEL IF UR 1 OF THE 1%"

>>150939150939 that too, is a little over-the-top.

Still dont see what the deal is, every day, I'm waiting for anyone to say anything to me. Heck I welcomed being tagged, cause others saw me, then went to my story. I got a extra squeeze out of my story.

So I still say banning's a little excessive. The way I see it, Now we're making any possible excuse to kill off most of the users here, by banning them for any possible offense. It's SOPA all over again.

besides, those kinda things would usually go in a profile info, like most do.

Normally I'm impartial to these things, but this time, I am honestly thankful. It's bloody annoying.

Cheers mate.

>>150941150941

Can you imagine how many times people with several hundred followers would get tagged? I don't even want to think of the people in the top ten watched.

It's a stupid game. And threatening ban is the only real way to stop people from doing it.

>>150945150945 Threatening ban seems to be the only way people go about it.

The amount of bannable offenses went up 3 fold recently, and it just seems like he likes finding little things to ban people over. There are other means of getting rid of something without killing off a buncha people off the the site.

Say what you will, but seriously, I'm kinda sick and tired of seeing "You will be banned" for something that doesnt even seem like a problem in the first place.

If anything, he should tell them just 'tag" and have the others put it on their profile info. not a blog. fix that up real quick.

not trying to be that guy, but really, banning people left and right will get you nowhere, watch this, I'll be banned for pointing something out next time.

Oh, good! I got tagged earlier, so THANK YOU I guess?

I was kind of looking forward to it though... Oh well!

Image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Trixie_lolface_1.png

>>150949150949

I don't mind fimfiction having rules to keep from having stupid things overrun it. Large images were annoying. These chainmails are annoying. Roleplaying was annoying. Knighty is trying to keep the site quality from degrading through placing rules to keep out irritating or spammy posting habits. It's what makes the difference between a good site and a bad site. And it is something I am fully in support of.

>>150955150955 Look, I never said having rules are bad, but Banning people for just about everything under the sun is just as bad.

Roleplay isnt annoying. I dont see why it is to anyone, helps me get inspired to write. In fact, Roleplay was the only real reason why I write.

Big pics are fine and dandy if you wanna downsize them. gimp works. photobucket works.

The amount of rules dont make a good site: the people in the community do, and how they interact with eachother. Gathering together like this, even if arguing about something so trivial as banning for the smallest of reasons.

Nothing against Knighty here, but if banning wasnt a common thing, I would'nt have a problem. It just feels like everything can be fixed by a alternate means, like tagging can be moved to a profile instead of a blog. Or pictures can be auto-sized or something.

anything to stop seeing "You will be banned". It's just more work for the admins that they cant afford.

>>150958150958

There's no plausible way to have tagging without having it be chain mail.

Lots of people do find roleplay annoying, so banning it from things that don't explicitly allow it makes sense.

Banning isn't a common thing. These are very simple rules.

I recently got a comment that had 40 gifs of ponies clapping on one of my stories. It broke the comments section of my fic. No joke.

Thank goodness. It always makes me sad when I just rudely ignore somepony who jes' wants to include me in some such thing, perhaps wants to see what I'll say- and yet, there is no way I'm gonna respond. Even if I made time to answer all the questions, how am I going to go and pick out ten ponies to bug with that stuff? It's like Amway or something- happy to see an aggressive response to it.

Write stories, not lists of questions. yeesh.

>>150959150959 There are plausible way: Profiles. They're there. Nobody uses them. Tags could work, or maybe, not answering them would be easier? Nobody said you had to reply to "Spam".

If roleplay is annoying, I havent found one person that told me they did. Seriously, the only ones who make it annoying are the kids who dont know how to roleplay right, being that they arent supposed to do it on a story comment. Do it in PMs, group like mine, or a profile.

Banning reasons went up 3 fold over the course of a week. If they were simple rules, why complicate them by finding everyone that made said post, banning them, and so on? Look at me, I was tagged 5 times, guess what? I didnt reply. I simply asked them to stop and "Holy mother of fuck! They listened and apologized! Why, That's absurd!" Seems like my answer is more simple then banning multiple people over the same offense, cutting the people that visit this site down by X amount of people, and lowering the amount of people in your community.

Well then, sucks to be you. Block the person if you didnt already. You must've had a kid do it. Or a Troll. Either way.

I was part of an administration before. I have 5 years experience. I found multiple ways to avoid having to ban people: By making rules stating what isnt smiled upon, and showing how you can still have them, without making the site angry at you for doing it.

I understand this isnt my site. I understand Knighty owns it, I'm just pointing out there are better and "Less work" ways to go about "Annoying" things like this.

>>150949150949 Why do you care. Just don't break the rules.

When you signed up, you vowed to follow this site's rules and customs to keep the place fun and enjoyable for majority. Let him ban those who showed major disrespect to him by disobeying the rules set.

It may not be a problem to you, but if he had to make this blog post it must have been a problem to someone else.

>>150958150958

Everything under the sun? This shouldn't even NEED to be a rule, it's just common sense.

>>150972150972 Roleplay wasnt a real problem, but somebody made it a problem anyway.

I care because it applies to anyone, including me. Sure I dont do it, but I'd hate for these kinda things to go on. This will only mean that there will be more rules, with more bannable offenses, and so on.

I'd like to see who complained when all they had to do was ignore the tag. Who said you had to reply to everything? Certainly not me.

Again, never said that I didnt agree to everything. If I didnt like it, I would'nt be here, I'm just saying there are SIMPLE ways to make less work for yourself if you're an admin, without having to smash the banhammer a buncha times over the dumbest of crap.

Like I stated here. >>150970150970

>>150974150974 Nothing against you, Knights, but I'm just saying there are other means of avoiding more work than what you have on your plate.

I'm not disagreeing with you, I never said I did. I'm just finding simple ways to dodge more work, that's all. Plus, it's my "Opinion". Cant I have one?

Also, Not trying to be a smartass, but if it was common sense, I think everyone would be following this rule, without it even existing.

Knighty, dont take it personally when I say "Everything under the sun" It's just how I talk. It's my view. That's all, bud.

Let's all not think I'm here to be that guy, I'm on your side, I'm just saying there are simpler ways. If they didnt follow before, then I would say ban them. But it seems like everyone listens to you anyway, whether banning is involved or not, I would take that advantage.

So Please, PLEASE, Dont take things the wrong way with me. It's just a personal view I have. It doesnt do anything to hurt you, and I get to say something. it's what a blog is about: stating something, and the community talks about it. Please dont threaten to ban me (If you were thinking about it) for having an opinion. I'm just being productive on the site like everybody else. :(

Aw.

I got tagged twice and didn't get to answer them...

Meh, back to fimfiction chat with me.

'Tagging' is the act of using a hidden ground unit to place a small, well-disguised transmitter beacon on a target or location.  The beacon transmits low frequency signal pulses...

[Dramatic Space Opera Voice]

...Which are homed in on by the Orbital Friendship Cannon in order to place pinpoint accurate rainbow strikes on any would-be spammers that DARE to disturb the happiness of this website.  

[/Dramatic Space Opera Voice]

...Oh wait, you mean the OTHER tagging!

>>150899150899

Yeah... I was having that notification flaring problem too..

[sarcasm]

Image: http://i.imgur.com/VFK19.png

Finally.

Fyaying, finally.

I don't want that stupid shyay in my notifications...

what if a person who made a story wants to have fun with his watchers and makes sure it stays within his watchers because i got one this morning from someone i was watching and it was fairly fun

>>150981150981 I love it when people are active and voice thier opinion. Also Knighty thanks for this, I was starting to get annoyed with all the tags.

>>151039151039 I hope that's not sarcasm... :<

People seriously tag on a site like fimfiction?

>>151041151041 Don't worry it isn't. I post blogs to tell others my opinion and to tell me theirs back.

I was not aware this was an issue, and I'm glad it got banned before I became aware of it.

>>151044151044 oh good. :)

Also, thanks for the watch!

But yeah, Knight, if you're looking, it's just my opinion on the matter so...

BOTTOM LINE: PLEASE DONT BAN ME...PLEASE?

I think I blocked the last guy who tagged me, so yeah...Thank you so much! I hate tagging!

thanks knighty

>>150933150933

How about:

Use fimfiction for posting and discussing pony fanfics and use facebook for social grabass?

Some one tagged me before, and I was like 'wtf?'

>>151062151062 ew, facebook?

People actually USE that thing? Disgusting.

Seriously, FACEBOOK is Cancerous. Bucking hate that place. It's just another means of trying to wasting my valuable life.

Also, the above posts I've made? Opinion. I can have one. too bad.

Thank you Knighty! I mean, forcing you to answer a certain number of questions then send it to a number of users the same quantity as the questions is just not right...

>>150945150945 Problem is Knighty isn't tracked by everyone.

I once again put forth that Knighty should have a seperate account to post this shit in that everyone is forced to follow, I'm still explaining the new feature system to people

>>151104151104 nobody's forcing you to answer them.

i'm just glad i never seem to attract chain mail stuff of any type, bad enough when i see the trash on comments on various sites (flash game websites tend to get them fairly often in the games comments).

anyone send me that trash and you'll get a reply saying to stop it asap (and probably a complaint) as its just a stupid waste of time imo

offtopic but >>151065151065 i had to register to facebook to make comments on some sites >.> uh any idea how to actually DELETE a facebook account? (hate having to register on a site like that or disqus JUST to comment on some websites >.< as its stupid and completely pointless) i'd prefer it if most websites i visit use a simple comment system like this but a several don't.

>>151111151111 that's using your head.

THAN YOU!

PLUS I MADE ANT TAG CARDS SO PEOPLE CAN'T TAG YOU

LOOK ON MY PROFILE

Thahnk god we're all safe now... Alright then.

>>151115151115 you're tagging by anti-tagging.

It's still tagging by "Spreading it to one other person".

It's best to just ignore, erase, and ask to stop.

>>151118151118 ok

>>151126151126 Just dont want cha to get kicked, even for honest purposes like that. :)

>>151128151128....

>>151130151130

WHY WUB WOO

Good decision. I got tagged yesterday, and my line of thought was "I seriously hope this doesn't catch on."

dragon emperor geon you are sincerely the most annoying user on our entire site

Awwwwww, i thought it was fun.

Don't even get me started on this shit:

GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ THIS MESSAGE OR IT WON'T COME TRUE!!!

PEOPLE WHO SEND THIS TO 25 OF THEIR FRIENDS WON'T HAVE ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THEM! POSTING THIS STUPID FUCKING COMMENT ON A BLOG WILL ALSO SOMEHOW CAUSE THE UNIVERSE TO SHIFT AND CAUSE AN IMPOSSIBLE STUPID CHAIN REACTION TO GET A HOT CHICK TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.

>>150889150889

See: example

Thank you so much Mr. Knightly!

I don't know why tagging is banned. Soon we won't be able to breathe without getting a ban :P

>>150981150981

Many things, in this site or otherwise should be considered common sense, but many times people just don't want to listen, they want to do whatever they want. In the internet, you can't expect people to follow common sense. Take youtube, for example. How many times you saw somebody asking "hay wuts da name of da musik!?" when it's right in the description? People SHOULD follow common sense, but they don't..

http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/34280

Image: http://i.imgur.com/AMq6T.gif

Also, this. People DO get annoyed with tagging.

>>151180151180 I never said it isnt annoying. I never said I liked it.

I said that I simply ignore, erase, and then tell the person nicely that I am simply not interested. Tagging isnt cancerous. Nopony's telling you to look at it. To me, the whole thing's a game.

That's just how I see it, and common sense on the internet is dead. I already knew this, as per stated in my post here.

Please do not think of me as an enemy, Favo, or anyone reading this.

But I stand: Simply erase and ignore. No need for anything harsh. (not saying you're being harsh Favo)

Huh. Well, see it twice, it's now a bannable offense. Oh well, guess it doesnt really matter to me so I can just kinda shrug it off. That, and I'd imagine you'd only get in trouble for this if you get reported for it... unless Mods read our mail. Which, they probably do. Which.... well, I doubt there's anything wrong with that considering it's their site. Still, I find it strange.... how do you enforce policies like this? I understand the... well, I still dont understand the RP thing fully, but that's unrelated. Just how do you enforce a rule like this when it's usually done through PM's and either ignored or complied to? Are you going to ban the people who decide to answer to the "tag"?

>>151131151131 I like this guy. The mods dont, for some reason. I thought they liked opinions. Huh.

>>151190151190

stop making your text green, it's distracting, annoying, and contributes nothing

>>151190151190 I think it's ONLY because I question stuff the most.

Also, It's not that they hate me, per say. It's just they dont like it when I personally question any rule after thinking things out (To the most part).

I know I dont have to enjoy everything they do, which is why I state this. But the fact of the matter is, It's my opinion. It'd be different if I blatantly started f-bombing the place, and threatening to kill somebody's wife or something stupid. But no.

Also, they dont get alot of people that do what I do. They constantly have people say ok, not questioning the harshness of said action without trying out a better motive, one that we all have the power to already do, without the need of a mod to hit the shit switch.

Simply put: I'm the minority, that questions things.

>>151184151184

Is okay, but that was more of a reply to "if it was common sense, I think everyone would be following this rule, without it even existing." and somewhere you said that tagging isn't a problem. Spam is a problem. Chain mail is a problem. Tagging is a problem. People always say 'oh you're such a whiny motherfucker why don't you just ignore it'... yeah, it's easy to ignore it but then it gets plain annoying after those few 20 times. And even if tagging wasn't that big of a problem, it wouldn't be any benefit for the site, either

Also why the fuck are you watching me nigga

EDIT: nvm saw your message

>>151199151199 Because I can, and will.

But seriously, blocking the person who keeps giving you that "Spam" Would ultimately get the message across that you are plain not interested.

Tagging isnt TOO big a problem. For one, as a guy who hardly gets noticed, the people who "Tag me" often go looking at my story. It's kind of a small exchange really.

Such as "You can ignore my tag and erase it, while I go look at your fic and comment". These things usually are from people who never heard of me.

The people who made those blogs, see my profile picture, along with a link to said profile, and see my story first. That's my way of thinking about it.

Sure, you can have bans and such, but like I said, we have the power to truly control what we want and do not wish to see, that goes to RP's, comments of any sort, and tags altogether.

Again, still my opinion, but it's the way I feel.

I got tagged last night, and I didn't pass it on for two reasons. The minor reason was, "I think I should check this with the mods first."

The major reason was, "I'm lazy and I don't want to find 11 people to send this to and think up 11 questions." Thank you for enabling my sloth.

Okay :D

>>151009151009

You're not alone, man. When I look at that "0", I wait for it to change, but it never does.

>>151235151235

Oh yeah. Been there. I think we need to start a Group for mutually exchanging comments.

>>151240151240 I'd join it. I seriously get nothing from people.

>>150910150910

Your not forced to do it, you can choose not to. Like me for instance. I find the entire thing to be both silly and a waste of time. Glad that it won't happen anymore.

>>150917150917 that is highly disturbing.

>>150958150958 Discord dammint, not this again.

Wow... I love how quickly everyone reacts on this site...

Probably one of the most active fandoms ever...

Regardless, glad this got stopped.

Thank you for stopping this.

Knighty, I could open mouth kiss you right now. (No Homo)

>>151271151271

You've stated your viewpoint, its already well known, and to my recollection, you spent several pages arguing with someone over this very topic.

To be honest, all you really needed to say was "Since I'm sure everyone knows my points of view on administration of a online community site, everyone should know how I feel about this."

My personal opinion isn't that your a bad guy, simply that your wasting your time and energy. Its Knightly's site, if he wants to do something that will run it into the ground, let him. If he wants to create more work for himself and his mods, let him.

We all know how you feel, some of us agree, some of us disagree (vehemently in some cases I believe) and others (like me) don't really give a crap.

I just wasn't really in the mood to read your same argument all over again. Save yourself some time next time and just post a link to a blog that has you arguing about this, or heck, make a blog post that states all your viewpoints on this and then just link to that.

>>151271151271

Dude, if it makes you feel any better, as much as I hate tagging, I do agree with what you stand for.

For me, it's hard to define the line between what I say and agree with, and me just being plain hypocritical. You aren't, as you are more firm than me, which is good I suppose.

For example, I don't like the tagging, and from a personal view, I am glad that it's gone, but from a less subjective view, there are people that enjoy it, and I'm torn, as I don't know if we should take it away from them, this kinda being a democracy and all, (as much as the mods/admins do as they like, and we get a say in it with requests and (constructive) criticism.)

Sorry to go back to the text colour too, but I saw someone do it above in the comments. This is where I'm torn, but in the opposite way, as personaly, I enjoy the flare people bring to the comments with different colours! I do, and I don't see how it's a problem. But I can see things from the other side too, and understand how people may find it anoying...

God I'm indecicive... But as far as people stating opinions go, I'm very, very happy for people to do it. I like opinions, they define people.

Thanks for reading.

>>151160151160

Yeeesh, it's one of those q and a memes. enough of those go flying about on sites as it is. no need to add another to the mix.

>>151194151194

by the way i just wanna point out that people question what we do ALL THE TIME, which i dont have a problem with. it's that you constantly question our decisions with bogus suggestions and ill thought-out questions that dont help us at all

>>151286151286>>151294151294 Well for the both of you, thank you for understanding. to RS, sorry about making myself sound like an ass.

My intentions are NOT to question everything they do, in fact, I've agreed to all of it. I joined here, so I did.

It's just that Banishment is just harsh in my eyes. People dont mean to make others angry here, it's a site for fanfiction and other such gobble I could say.

In fact, Poultron and I had a conversation. He said that the entire team dont exactly enjoy my posts. and I can see why, since I'm asking so much.

Being that I'm sorry to them for what I did, I'm going to make a blog, stating my apologies. I'll more than likely link them to it, and hopefully, this'll solve this rediculous fight.

Anyways, I'm gonna make the blog, and head on out. I got a Job at a Marina I gotta do, as the Docks need to be fixed if we're gonna launch the last of the boats for the season.

toodles.

>>151308151308

and again, that isnt what i said at all, but cheers again for making it seem like i am being childish or that you're older or a bigger person or something.

>>151312151312 that wasnt what I was trying to say at all.

EDIT: There. Fixed. I was trying to state I'm an adult, so I should act like one. ugh.