Wolfenshire posted at 5:30 AM Fri, 6 January 2023 - #4453198

@PeterPixyHarrison

I understand your frustrations all too well. After working on a story for a month, and then seeing it buried under a flood of nonsense, it is disheartening. I haven't posted a story since October, and mostly because it got so buried under a flood that I stopped posting... grrr... not a happy camper. Anyway, your voice will be heard - your voice is important. Just remember, I don't write policy, all I can do is what they asked me to do, which was to collect suggestions. Maybe they'll find one or two that will help make Renderosity a better community. And there are some excellent suggestion here. Thanks to everyone for their well-measured and thought-out responses, all your suggestions in this thread will be viewed by those that do write policy to see. After that, it is what it is. I'm not jumping off the train, though. I might have to get out and push the train, but like so many others have said, this is my art home too, and has been for 12 years. I could have jumped to Wattpad at any time, but I like it here, even with all the stress Rod causes me. :P

I would like to stress this isn't an aimed assault of you nor any other moderator or user in any way, you just happen to be the mod that is replying to this thread and yes I recognise that you are one of many moving parts that regulates policy rather than being directly responsible for establishing it.

From experience elsewhere I know that if a story based image gets 100 views then maybe 10 of those people will actually read the story attached to the image and I am aware in advance that the vast majority of views, likes or comments will be directed at the image rather than the narrative that goes along with it and truthfully that is something that I both understand and am okay with but I feel a sullen empathy that you as the moderator for the writing section for the forums have resisted posting for almost four months for the same issues raised in this post, that's both sad and rather telling all in the same statement. 

My decision to cease posting in the future for the time being is based largely on route to having my work published and as such that encourages or even forces me to approach things in a vastly different way, indeed there is a strange sense of sorrow that during August last year I was interviewed and openly named Renderosity as one of the outlets where I actively share my work only to a few months later find myself deciding that this no longer would be the case and I expect nothing to change just to suit my personal requirements but I do hope that for the community as a whole things should change, even if that means ruffling too many feathers among those calling for such action to be taken.

There is no personal resentment etc from myself and nor do I wish to see any medium either removed or negated in anyway from being explored by users of this site however better regulation I do believe could be a good starting point or at least some kind of proactive first step towards a more involved future for Renderosity and it's users at large and indeed the AI forum has been a good example of just how achievable this is with people openly and freely sharing different ideas to aid each other in discovery. As a further note it isn't just Renderosity experiencing this sudden upheaval in policy as many sites are now having to do the same and introduce new policies etc just to regulate things in a more balanced way and just like you Wolfenshire, Renderosity is some kind of home for me as Evelyn, Fae and indeed my entire writing journey as a whole came into being in these very forums and never would I actively remove, mask or change that heritage.