Well, it’s pretty much over and done with animeleague.net for this round. If I kept throwing shit at them, they might just think I cared.
Can’t have now can we.
So as a final, I’ll be giving you a walkthrough of the issues of a community, of the type Animeleague belongs in.
Anime-themed forums, it isn’t really an anime forum in any way or shape, as the vast majority of the forums purpose is social interaction and general discussion.
So it’s just anime-themed, the signatures, avatars and general layout reeks with standard mangaesque drawings and photoshops.
Now, the main issues with these kind of forums, and with animeleague especially, is that there’s no sense of criticism. Even the most awful contributions are elevated as mana from Mount fucking Olympus.
Now, that wouldn’t be a problem, in a dreamworld, made of puppies and sunshine. This lack of criticism and attentionwhoring, creates an atmosphere that’s not realistic in any way or shape.
To a degree, attentionwhores make it a long way in pornography I suppose. It’s just that sooner or later you have to show some actual skills too.
And how you can do this and not expect troubles are beyond me:
Yes, what a good idea.
Now, before you go nuts, this didn’t go as expected, everyone and their dog went “That’s fucking retarded”. Stacey expected some positive feedback, perhaps even a “Pics plx”.
Surprisingly, it didn’t go that way:
And as Matt said:
She probably had pictures of the atrocity taken and ready to post Matt, wouldn’t even surprise me at all. Would disgust me.
Guess the whole issue of “treat women like whores” is living good and well inside her twisted little head.
Oh wait, she’s fat, I totally forgot.
Haven’t got a clue who “Joel” is, but he/she/it should stop by one day, hang around, have a coke. Also, the guy in the second post was probated, apparently he/she/it had done a bunch of other stuff.
Still a pretty good reply, on most forums, he/she/it would have been a hero.
So, this is how things are done behind the scenes, back when I had the misfortune of being a volunteer on the forums, internal censorship would have created a fucking shitstorm.
So Fortune here isn’t even allowed to comment about the administration of a specific forum, how delightful, I guess her opinion is against the opinion of Michael “Freesaiyan” Towers.
Another problematic issue with these kind of forums are fascist leadership with no opportunity for debate, even among staff members internally.
I’ve titled this one “wasted effort”. Because that’s really what is.
In the eyes of the generic members of the forums, the rules exist to keep the bright sparkling creative members down and out of the way.
So they can feel special without any sort of effort or creativity.
I remember during one of my “I’m bored let’s use a proxy and mess around on animeleague” periods a few years a back. I could almost see the terror my originality caused among the members of the forums, it was awesome.
Which brings me to another point, nepotism. Staff members aren’t selected due to skill or anything in that area, it’s all popularity.
Or having a friend on staff, suggesting you in a violent and threatening manner. That’s not really a very good system, seeing as the popular are usually the ones who smack their tits in the face of the peons or the ones who appeal most to the baser instincts.
Or who watches the most Naruto.
As a closing argument, remember.
Don’t take the Internet to serious.
I shall now salute the New World Order for the rest of the next 34 seconds, all the way to the Forums!
