hello! i hope it's fine to ask. do you have any advice on how to stop having the compulsive urge to add all alters to pluralkit? i have wanted to start having alters add themselves as they front, but the urge to add everyone at the same time is really strong. any help is appreciated, thank you in advance!
i am prolly not the best person to ask exactly. Personally, I like to take the route of creating a page for them, such as adding them to your system tracker of choice (sp, pluralspace, berrytree, obsidian vault, etc) but leave them to do all the actual work to fill it out
My subsysmate, Amy, really likes to make flags and decks people out with role flags n all that. Its mostly for like. Classification purposes. Things like pronouns, pfps, banners, dividers, etc, we let people do that themselves. Having the profile be there for them almost seems like. Not a mercy, but a nudge. It's like saying "I'm acknowledging you and welcoming you into our life; feel free to exert some agency and power over it."
When it comes to Plural Kit specifically, it probably IS best to leave them to make them on your own. If you have a large system and want to keep the clutter down by not making a proxy for everyone who just shows up once or twice and never speaks again, or chooses to not speak to external people.
Maybe divert your energy to some other creative outlet? Maybe you could go look for templates or work on your own profile! Pretty it up and make it look nice. Doodle yourself, doodle the other alters, etc- just something to occupy yourself to let the urge to do all that work pass over you. I know we also do that- namely the aforementioned Amy. She would get reeeally focused on doing all the profiles and such that she'd spend HOURS on it. Formatting and reformatting and applying those changes painstakingly to EVERYONE
So yeah, Maybe instead of spending hours doing everyone's profiles, you can spend like AN hour making templates that really serve the purposes you need them for. That way, It'll be easier for those alters to come and fill them out. You're still facilitating the creation of PK profiles while still leaving it up to them to finish them and do what they wish with it. That's my two cents, i'd say. I hope that helps!
