hi i kinda understood where u were coming from with this whole mess before that most recent ask but now i'd like advise you to get out of this server because you seem decent ? i was in a circle just like this one for a different online game and it was just a circlejerk of the most negative people and opinions and a toxic place and i don't look back on that time fondly at all! actually it kind of weighs on me and this is presumptuous of me because you're a stranger but you seem like a nice person. i fully recognize this is weird of me and i hope i'm not out of line but all of this writing and tumblr stuff is far less important than being kind 2 people and not making fun of their mental illnesses or whatever they're going through
Hi! First off, I'd like to say that I appreciate your concern, as well as the courtesy you've extended through your ask! I'd like to set the record straight, though: if you're talking about the hate server that the anon mentioned in the CoC ask, I genuinely have no idea what that is about. I've never heard of it, have never had contact with it, and certainly have no plans of joining this elusive server.
I weighed in on the discussion because I felt it was important that this plagiarism issue, no matter how 'small' or 'insignificant' it may seem, wasn't allowed to just slip by unnoticed. The IF community is something that many people hold dear, and plagiarism is just not something that should be allowed to infiltrate its circle unchecked just for the reason of 'being kind'.
Respect and kindness is important, but so is lending voice to the gaze of good faith. As an audience, we have the right to speak up when we feel that something as big and ethically damning as 'plagiarism' is being committed, and it is the duty of the creator to address and settle these concerns with logic and rationale.
The lines between audience and creator can vastly blur on tumblr, especially in the interactive fiction community, but I do hope that people will be able to voice their concerns without having to fear others personally attacking them or tearing them down.
As for the issue of making fun of someone's mental illness: I truly regret that ever happened. That crossed a personal line, and I apologize that it ever happened β I would have much preferred that things stayed civil.
Thank you for reaching out. I hope you have a good day.
