Foal Free Press · 3:39pm Jun 20th, 2015
This thing is a cancer, and I would like to strangle the callous idiot/idiots who thought it was a good idea to shame and blame Fimfiction users. I wouldn't give a flying fuck if my own name ended up on the list of users that they're shaming—I would find it mildly amusing, but this thing also stands to do some real damage to the young and the insecure.
Sure, a lot of the people who are mentioned are mentioned because of their arrogant behavior, and have made their bed, and I'm largely unfamiliar with most other users that are listed, but I've spotted at least one person on there that hasn't done anything wrong recently to my knowledge, other than annoy people.
There is another user listed that has been temp-banned more than once, and rightly so. This person used alts and abused the upvote/downvote system, among other things. I've been rather firm and lecture-y with this person myself while speaking with them about their behavior and the negative attention that they've earned from that, but otherwise don't see a point in immortalizing their infractions.
There are some very egotistical, and some very mean-spirited people on this site that really do deserve every ounce of hate that comes their way, but these are also the people that are least likely to be effected by the knowledge that they've been slammed in some gossip article. The people that this stands to hurt are the people that are just young and dumb. Rewind about ten years, and that was me.
I'm having enough trouble trying to get certain people to stop freaking out over what everyone thinks of them enough as it is without the existence of this poorly written, heavily biased gossip tabloid. The people who run it should add themselves to the list.
Am I missing something here?
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It's just a site that focuses on Fimfiction drama.
I wouldn't be agitated with it if it simply stuck to the facts of a certain bannings or altercations, but that's not what it does. It's 'articles' are filled with biased, insulting language and they've got this Hall-of-shame-like section that lists Fimfic users and their transgressions.
I don't feel sorry for the narcissistic authors they've listed, but they've also criticized a user for his level of intelligence, and have used autism as an insult, and I'm not okay with that. It's callous and immature, and stands to really harm that person's self-esteem.
There are a lot of kids on Fimfiction that do stupid shit. Such is the nature of the Interweb. These people are likely to get banned at one point or another, and are not likely to become everyone's favorite forum-goers any time to, but such people do often learn to change their behavior. This process tends to be halted when the person thinks that redeeming themselves is hopeless, and that their transgressions and foolishness will be forever immortalized. Being put on display and ridiculed is the last thing that someone who's trying to better themselves, really needs.
I spend a lot of my time trying to build people's confidence and in telling certain people that they haven't fucked up so badly that people will hate them forever no matter how hard they strive to repair their reputation. I spend a lot of my time telling people that the majority of users are too caught up in their own thing to fixate on what any one user has done in the past, at least not for very long. A site like that really puts a wrench in those efforts.
So no, nothing in particular has happened, but I have talked to a couple users that have found themselves listed on that site, and it makes it really difficult to offer any advice to such people. I've only recently checked out the site in detail, and it's really just a way to shame people.
Can I have a link to this site? You've peeked my curiousity.
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http://www.foalfreepress.net
3194746 After skimming a sample... for some reason, it seems aggressive as well as similar to the show's Foal Free Press when the CMC were spying and stalking ponies' secret lives....
I have no right to judge them due to my lack of knowledge and lack of experience with them. But with the sample I just read... my opinion of them has started leaning to the bad a little. I kinda understand what you mean.
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The 'watchlist' agitated more than anything else. There are a few names I recognize, and authors that really have made their own bed, but there is one user who's intelligence they've insulted. The user hasn't done anything wrong other than be an impulsive kid that tends to annoy some people.
There are also a couple of users on this list that I've personally told to stop worrying about whatever temporary damage they've caused to their reputation, and a site dedicated to immortalizing such blunders undermines what I say.
3194788 I'm not certain about the users I've looked at. But considering that a few of them are recognizable to you, and since you know their reputation well enough to know they are good people, this watchlist does sound very premature. I will take your word that it is a prejudice watchlist.
I'm not on the watch list? I must be doing something wrong.
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You barely even post anymore.
There are actually several people that I suspect would be on their watch-list if they were actually paying attention. It seems like they've only noted the most recent of happenings on Fimfiction.
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Let's fix that .