#system psa

they really are the equivalent of the quit having fun comic guy

I don't particularly know what you're wanting to say from this anon, but I'll try my best to 'answer'

As systems, we have to do our best to hold ourselves and our headmates (alters within a system) accountable. I understand that we can't control our alters and it's not fair of us to tell them what to do. We do have to make sure that we're not excusing actions that cannot be excused. We all (systems and singlets) have a part to play in respecting systems so let's do just that!

I wanted to advise those in the community - especially the younger systems that might need it - but do not be loose with who you let know about your triggers may that be positive or negative. Especially, do not share which alters are specifically triggered by specific topics.

That kind of information is heavily personal and letting the public know about that can put you in an vulnerable place. You really shouldn’t be telling strangers on the internet things that can cause you to have psychological changes and cause you dysregulation loosely - may this be something that will cause you to switch or have a flashback.

That sort of information is best kept general if you are requesting something to be tagged (as in do not give specifics, just ask for a tag that you can filter) or kept to the specific individuals you interact with and can trust with that information.

We personally only talk about positive triggers that are on the weaker end, that are practically given from the interests that they talk about (Lucille with piano music for example), and vague mentions of triggers that we need tagged - but even for those we prefer to try to find a common tag in that topic as to keep that trigger secret to the public.

Triggers are personal and easily manipulable points for systems, so I strongly recommend people - especially younger systems - to withhold from loosely sharing them unless carefully thought over / people don’t seem to tag the content and it is a request that needs to be mad.

Our personal opinion is that especially strong positive triggers should not be shared since they do give information and a degree of control to other people beyond the system. For some of our strongest positive triggers, we don’t even tell our fiance.

If you have to share a trigger, keep it as vague as possible and don’t let individuals that you don’t trust know which alter it specifically bothers the most. That is not safe behavior and is practically painting a target sign on yourself.

Stay safe out there and protect yourselves. You don’t need to share as private and personal information such as triggers to fit in or be valid, so keep yourselves safe.

This is just something that has strongly concerned myself about this community, that is all. 

I apologize if this scares any of you reading this and Riku hasn’t posted this since they don’t want to cause anyone who has done this to panic, but it is a genuine issue, concern, and something that I feel is way too prominent on this website that needs to stop. 

Being triggered by a specific topic is not something that you want an alter to be known by or to identify with.

This is NOT a Call-out post! I repeat, this is NOT a call-out post. This is an informational post for singlets and slightly uneducated / misinformed systems for when they are deciding which system bots to add to a system inclusive discord server. DO NOT use this post to hunt down, harass, attack, or otherwise bully the Systemtime Devs or their friends!!

Okay, to start off, Systemtime is just a poorly run bot. It’s consistently down and no longer offers anything that Pluralkit doesn’t. You don’t get any cool things from using this bot over Pluralkit that are system related. Anything like their reminders or dice can be found with other bots if you really need those things.

They specifically say on their carrd that non-Traumagenic systems shouldn’t use their bot; so if you plan to only add one system bot and your server is endogenic friendly, at least some members won’t be technically allowed to use the bot you’ve added for systems.

Their carrd (which can be found here) doesn’t even outline their TOS or what they use your data for. Along these lines, plenty of endo-friendly people have reported being banned from using their bot. Some who have been in servers with the bot and never even touched it until they found out they were banned. Overall, it makes many endogenic and pro-endo systems feel unsafe.

Reportedly, their support server requires you to answer a question about your stance on discourse and don’t allow for you to say you’re “neutral” on the matter. So, if something goes wrong with systemtime and you’re pro-endo or neutral on syscourse, you won’t be allowed the support needed to fix the bot or gain information on what the problem is.

They also used to have (or still do, just secretly) commands like the ones in the image. Basically spreading invalidity towards endogenic systems, tulpas, and even singlets! Likely they either removed these commands or made them secret so people would stop using it against them, but it was still kind of a shitty thing to have in the first place. It’s also another reason why many pro-endos and endogenic systems feel unsafe using the bot. The devs don’t even want these people using their bot anyways! As outlined on their carrd for the bot. (That “today” on the image isn’t actually from today. It just was when the person took the screenshot.)

All in all, it’s a bot that’s poorly run and makes many systems feel unsafe. If you’re unsure or know a server owner who’s server is meant to be safe for all systems, I suggest Pluralkit over Systemtime any day. In fact, I refuse to touch it with a billion mile pole. Even though I would find it an achievement to get banned from it lol. Anyways! For the safety of your server, Tupperbox or Pluralkit is definitely the way to go! ^^

Obviously, if your server is anti-endo then I don’t give a damn if you add systemtime. In fact, please do. We’ll keep Pluralkit to ourselves.

more Aggressive and needlessly violent or just more chaotic - Jonny - 👁️🖤🫀

Calmer and nicer - Nastya or Toy Soldier - 🩶🌟🩸 or 🎉❤️🌹