#glamlistnotice

[theglamorouslist]

Hey members! It’s time we have a little talk in regards to activity but first, we want to preface this admin notice by saying that we understand there is a lot happening in the world right now that is both triggering and emotionally/mentally hard to handle for so many. Just as we know that everyone has their own real life responsibilities that will always and should always come first. If you ever need a break due to your own personal life, mental health, or because of what is going on in the world, please do not hesitate to reach out and let us admins know if you need a hiatus. We are always more than happy to grant them to anyone needing some time away. 

However, the activity in the group has been steadily declining for more than a month now, a few months at the max, and we feel it’s time we have to step up and say something. It’s something we’ve noticed for awhile, but kept hoping it would bounce back on it’s own. Instead, what seems to be happening are people falling into similar patterns that we cannot allow to continue. We know even us admins are guilty of falling into these patterns as well, we’re taking full accountability for ourselves while addressing the group as a whole. Below the cut are the things we’ve noticed and the things that need to be changed.

A lot of people seem to be basing their activity around our guidelines, which is our minimum requirement for both bubbling and inconsistent activity. Those requirements are to keep you off of an activity check, but we do expect to see more effort. This is a roleplay group, which means interacting with the group as a whole and not just the minimum required amount.

There are also a lot of people who spend the majority of their time only replying to their ship partner and close friends, while doing the rest of their replies only once every day or two. We all have days where we’re tired and want to be on, but don’t have the mental capacity to do full replies so we want to focus on a select few threads, and that’s okay! It just shouldn’t be your daily routine. Again, this is a roleplay group, and you should be interacting with the group on a regular basis. Not just fitting in a few replies here and there to keep yourself off of the bubbling list. This causes other people to have to wait on replies from you while watching you ignore them and do dozens of other replies.

Another thing we’re noticing is the trend of people continuously going 2+ days between doing replies or only popping in to do one round of replies then not seen again for a couple of days. Everyone is allowed to take a night off and take time for themselves, we would never judge anyone for wanting to do so, however you should still be doing replies on a more consistent basis. As stated above, taking so long to do replies leaves other members waiting and with nothing to reply to.

Dropping threads. Especially after only doing one reply. This is happening a lot, we’re noticing it from too many people here lately that threads are getting completely dropped for no reason. More so than just Tumblr glitching can be blamed for. Unless a thread has reached it’s natural end, which happens, you shouldn’t be dropping threads on people just because you don’t want to reply anymore or felt you did enough. It’s incredibly unfair to the other member you were interacting with.

Something else we’ve noticed is the dash being incredibly slow at times that it used to have activity. We know everyone has work, school, or other real life responsibilities that always come first. But if you’re around during the day and able to do so, why not do some replies? The only way the dash is going to move is if people do their replies, even if it doesn’t seem like someone else is on. An active dash encourages more members to be active during that time.

The last thing we’ve noticed is a small trend of people taking hiatuses, but still being around all the time only to reply to their bubble of people. Again, we encourage everyone to take a hiatus and give themselves a break when it’s needed but the last thing we want is to see people taking them just to avoid having to do full replies. 

There are so many ways to avoid doing all of the things that we listed above! Below is a few examples:

Reply to starters and/or make your own if you want to! Be sure to check the starter blog a couple of times a week to see if anyone new ones were posted. And if you make a starter, please make sure that you get to your replies in a timely manner and within 48 hours of posting it. 

Make random threads and tag people in them. We can assure you that there’s not a single member here who would be upset to see a thread started for them.

There are tons of calls for threads and plots in the OOC blog every week, sometimes every day. Reply to them! The people posting them are wanting to interact with each of you, so take them up on it and maybe form a new connection for your muse in the process.

Be sure that you’re not playing more characters than you can handle or spreading yourself too thin. We all love playing each muse that we adore, however if it’s causing your activity to decline, consider dropping one until you feel you can handle it better!

Try to do replies as much as you can. We understand that not everyone can get on every single day nor can everyone devote hours upon hours to being on the dash, but try not to skip more than one day of doing replies and try to hang around on the dash to get back and forth replies going. Don’t just do your replies once and then disappear for a day or two every single time.

We know that all of the above is a two way street, and that us admins have to be holding ourselves to the same standards that we’re expecting everyone else to stand up to. And we promise you that we’re going to be doing the same thing we’re asking of you. All of us want to see this group continue to thrive and grow, and continue to bring in new members into the family. That can only happen if we all work together to get the activity up and be more inclusive with each other.

Not one of us are expecting everyone to be online doing replies all day every day, that is unrealistic and we would never want anyone to stress themselves out that way. All we’re asking is that we all step up our activity and just try to be present more whenever possible. Each of us admins love and adore this group and every single one of you, all we want to do is make this group an active, enjoyable, and happy place for all of us. We just need you all to work with us in order to do that.

- Admins H, KJ, Keisha, Nikki

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[glamlistmagazine]

Hi everyone for your pals at the magazine here, here’s the sitch. While we love all your gossip and all the juicy tea you give us, please keep notice that some things...may not be out to the general public just yet. Please keep in mind sending us gossip that may not be out there to the public just yet (unless, said gossip is sent by the people involved, then you’re really making it hollywood, aren’t you, keep it up honey) as we don’t want to upset anyone!

 We love airing your dirty laundry but sometimes, it’s not ready to be out there yet. 

[theglamorouslist]

Hey members! Us admins have been hard at work going through all of the survey responses we received from so many of our members and working to find ways to implement as many of the suggestions as we could. Below the cut, you will find a break down of the different changes and new things coming up that can be attributed to some of your fellow members’ suggestions! 

Events: We had a good mix of everyone liking different things for events, so we’ve decided we will be doing one more longer trip per year. As well as doing more frequent one day only events that are not mandatory for anyone to participate in. We also will be continuing to have member planned events after the positive feedback, and we already have a few members who signed up to do so! If you would also like to sign up to plan an event, please send us a message. 

Memes: Memes will have a 48 hour window for participating in from here on out, this gives people plenty of time to participate but we feel like any longer and people forget to go back and send out. While we won’t be doing memes every week, we have decided to pick two days a week that you can expect the memes to be posted. If a meme is posted, it will always be posted on either Monday or Friday so you know to be on the lookout on those days if we decide to post one! This is so that everyone has a better of idea of when to expect them, without overwhelming us and all of you with the amount we do.

Bubbling: This was a more difficult one to try to work with, but we had several members suggest random pairings and other similar things. With those suggestions, we’ve decided we’re going to implement monthly random writing partners, paired together by mun. It will be a very minimal requirement, and more details will come later, but it’s just a way to encourage people to branch out more! This will begin starting on 3/1, so keep a lookout for a more detailed explanation closer to the end of the month. Keep in mind, this is not something that is guaranteed to stick around. We’re going to try it out for a bit and see if we feel it works out in helping to decrease the bubbling, but if we feel it’s causing more harm than good then we will be discontinuing it. 

Gossip Blog: There will be quite a few changes for the gossip blog based on member suggestions! We are going to begin doing interviews with celebrities in the group and posting them as they would be in a magazine, as well as a gossip round up in magazine style. We are also going to begin doing blind items to incorporate more from all the celebrities in the group without things needing to be submitted to us. There will be more games done on the gossip blog, as well as having a dedicated day of the week on the gossip blog that is all about kindness and positivity for all celebs! Whether that be via a game or something else will determined each week. So be on the lookout for these changes coming!

OOC Discord Server: We have decided after hearing from so many members, that we will not be doing an OOC Discord Server and just be sticking with the OOC blog. We feel it’s the best decision to keep all members safe and comfortable.

Game Night: After the success of the last game night, and hearing so much positive feedback, we have decided to start doing a monthly game night! It will be via signups and we are going to work on different games to play. So keep an eye on the main for when the next one will take place, and we hope you decide to join us!

Semi-Hiatus: As some of you might have already noticed, we have decided to implement a semi-hiatus as well as a full hiatus. This is for anyone who needs a bit of a breather, but doesn’t need a full hiatus. This was suggested by several members throughout the survey period, and we implemented it immediately upon seeing the suggestions.

Connections Pages: This is not something that will be required, but we do encourage anyone looking for plots/connections to make a wanted connections page for your celebs on their accounts! It was suggested, and we think it’s a great idea for anyone who is wanting to do so. If you have any questions or need a reference, please let us know.

If you filled out to the survey and have questions about why something you suggested wasn’t included, please do not hesitate to reach out! We did our best to include and implement everything we felt would work for the good of the group. And if you did not get a chance to fill out the survey, but have any other suggestions for anything please also reach out to us! We so appreciate hearing from our members and getting that feedback.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you to all of our members who helped us out with the survey which lead to us being able to come up with these changes!

- Admins H, KJ, Keisha, Nikki

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[theglamorouslist]

Hi Friends! This has been a hard post for me to write. I’ve been worried I wouldn’t phrase things correctly or maybe upset someone by taking the group in this direction but the fact of the matter is... I can’t stay silent anymore and as the remaining founder admin and a writer here I have to say something and change the direction we’re heading in for the comfort and safety of our RP community.  Some things have been happening on the dash that is upsetting and outright wrong. Members of our group are being isolated and left out and made to feel like they’re not worthy of plots, connections, or threads. In the last little while, I’ve noticed our BIPOC celebrities being left out on our dash. Whether it’s starters being ignored, meme’s not sent to them, or replies to other posts being dropped or selectively missed. This is not okay.  In my heart of hearts, I want to believe that this isn’t intentional. I want to believe that our community here would never try to make our BIPOC community feel othered and ignored. That’s why I am coming to you today to shed a light on this problem and ask you all to be more mindful and branch out on the dash. It can be easy to stick to celebrities you know or ones your celebrity is connected to, but I promise you other incredible writers in this group would love to write with you too. With nearly 150 celebrities in this group there are new friendships, new threads, and new plots to be made. Please don’t limit yourself or exclude others. Unconscious Bias can sneak up on us and until it’s called out we may not even realize it. I thank my admin peers and members of this group for continuing to help me learn and grow to be a more inclusive admin and ally. I want this to continue to be a safe and happy place for all our members and to do that, I need your help. I need us all to be kind to one another, reach out and reply when you can and help everyone feel included here. We’ve all felt like we don’t fit in in the RPC community at one time or another and I wouldn’t wish that feeling on anyone. Ever. Please help me make the change here so that no member, especially our BIPOC muns and muses, ever have to feel that way here. If you’re reading this and feel uncomfortable with my ask to be more inclusive and write with our non-white or mainstream celebrities, than this simply isn’t the group for you anymore and I urge you to ask for an unfollow. Because we will be doing our due diligence to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself here at Glam List.  Thank you to everyone reading this and to the community, I promise the admin team will be better and our IMs are always open if you have a problem or have suggestions for how we can be better allies. - AJ

After you have read this post please reblog this on each of your celebrities’ blogs. That way the admin team knows you’ve read it and so that we can all take the pledge to be better allies together!

[theglamorouslist]

HEY, GLAM FAM!

We honestly hate writing posts like this, but we do need to have a serious discussion about bubbling and inclusivity. While a majority of you remain inclusive and make sure you’re doing your part in making sure no one feels left out in the group, there are a handful of you that do stick to friend groups and don’t branch out. To those who do follow rules and are inclusive with everyone, this can be very discouraging and very unfair. This is something we can’t allow here. The point of a group roleplay is to interact with everyone. We understand when it’s sometimes easier to reply to ship partners or friends, but when a group becomes cliquey, that’s when it becomes a problem and an easy way out for a group to fall apart. That’s the last thing we want for Glam because it’s not who we are and what we stand for. We’re positive everyone in this group has felt left out at one point or another in their life, especially in the roleplay community, and we don’t want to bring that here because we know how discouraging it is.

No group is perfect, Glam certainly isn’t! But we’d like to see everyone try their hardest to branch out, and make everyone feel welcomed here and prevent that feeling of discouragement. Of course, we understand it would be unrealistic to interact with all 60+ celebs in this group, especially when most of you play multiple celebs, but please try to include and interact with as many as you feel you can. Please don’t feel like you need to limit yourself to co-stars/people your celeb(s) know in real life, etc. Because who knows, you may even form an awesome friendship or relationship with someone you never would’ve expected to! Even us admins are at fault with this sometimes and take full responsibility for it, but we are not perfect and always do our best to fix any issues that arise between us when it comes to inclusivity.

The admin team are always looking for ways to make this a safe space for everyone, and that starts with making sure everyone feels included in this group. If anyone here has been feeling left out lately or even in the past, please do come approach us and talk to us about it. We know it may be scary and hard to come to us about these things, but that’s why we’re here, after-all! To be listening ears and to be helping hands when things like this happen. We love you all and hope you take this notice as seriously as we are, and start branching out as much as you can.

- Admins H, Keisha, KJ, and Nikki

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[theglamorouslist]

Hey Glam Fam!

We just want to remind everyone about the spoiler rule. Please remember to be considerate of others and refrain from posting spoilers from the shows and/or movies that your celebs are in. This includes things such as reblogging gif sets, talking about it on the dash, etc. If you want to discuss an episode, you can certainly do so privately.

We’ve also updated the rule to be a 48 hour wait after a new weekly episode airs. For movies or shows on streaming services that release a whole season at once, it’s now a week from the release date to give people enough time to watch if they want. And as always, don’t forget to tag potential spoilers! 

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[theglamorouslist]

HEY, GLAM FAM!

We need to talk about memes. In order to play a meme fairly, you do need to be sending out asks to everyone that reblogged it before you start answering any asks, and to check the meme post periodically throughout the 48-hour duration for anyone new that reblogged it. Every time we post a meme, we will pin it to our blog, that way, the post is easy for you to find. We also do highly encourage members to pin the meme posts to their celebs’ blogs during the duration of the meme. We also encourage that if you’re using the anon function during a meme, to please leave your celeb’s name or initials, so that us admins can keep track of who is sending out asks.

Answering any asks you get while you haven’t sent any out is completely unfair to those who do follow the rules. If we notice that members don’t start playing fairly, then we will stop doing memes altogether, which is not something we want to have to resort to because memes are supposed to be fun! Please make sure you are following all meme rules, so everyone here can have fun and not feel discouraged by the amount of asks they get or don’t get. Thank you!

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[theglamorouslist]

HEY, GLAM FAM!

Since it’s Christmas week this week and New Year’s week next week, we will not be having a full activity check for this week and next week. We will, however, be doing small activity checks to get rid of inactive blogs.

We want you all to not have to worry about your activity being up to par or even roleplaying too much in the first place. Do keep in mind, though, we still want to see a little bit of activity on the dash. When we did this for Thanksgiving last month, the whole dash went quiet for an entire week and we feel as if that was because we were too vague on activity guidelines for the week. Please make sure you try to get to a few replies for the next two weeks. We don’t want members to be discouraged when logging on and seeing that nobody is around, then log back off, then end up being unfollowed on the activity check for inactivity.

Please enjoy this time with your families and even if you don’t celebrate, do take advantage of it being lax for the next two weeks. However, please do understand that things will return back to normal after the New Year on January 3rd. We love you all and hope you enjoy the holidays!

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[theglamorouslist]

HEY, GLAM FAM!

This isn’t something we really wanted to have to make a post about, but with a few situations and instances we’ve dealt with lately, it feels like it’s needed.

We understand to some of you that it might seem like we’re becoming strict with our rules and such, but it feels like it’s the only way to keep things fair. We’ve had a lot of people here in the group, some who aren’t, and those who are previous members, be outright disrespectful to us because of some instances where we’re asking those with a handful of characters to drop one or two until they can handle more, and instances where people are constantly bubbling. We feel as if this is the only fair solution to everyone. We know it sucks having being asked to drop characters when you don’t really want to, but we’ve noticed a pattern of inconsistent activity/bubbling with those who do have multiple characters. It’s really just us wanting to make sure your characters don’t constantly land on the inconsistent/bubbling lists over and over again, to the point where we have to end up removing people from the group. Believe us when we say that’s not something we want to do, but we’ve continued to give people chances over and over again because we believe in giving chances, but those we continue to give chances to, are constantly abusing it. And that is not okay.

At the end of the day, we admins are humans. We make mistakes and we will mess up from time-to-time, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to disrespect us for trying to keep things fair in the group. We’re just trying to do our job as admins. And if we feel something isn’t working, we reserve the right to do what we feel is best for our group. When we politely reach out to individuals about their inconsistent/bubbling issues, it’s really a slap in the face when we are replied with, “Ok” instead of, “Hey, I understand. I will try to work on that and be better.” That’s all it takes to acknowledge what we are saying to you. Please be kind to us. As stated, we’re just trying to do our job and keep everything fair. We really don’t want to have to start removing people if we feel they’re being disrespectful to us because there’s only so much we can handle before it becomes a bigger issue! We love you all and hope you understand we’re just doing what we do to make sure everyone here is shown love and are kind to one another.

Thank you.

-Admins H, Jessi, KJ, Leigh, and Nikki

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[theglamorouslist]

Hi there, Glam Fam.

This isn’t going to be an admin notice that any of you would expect, but it’s one that us admins have thought very thoroughly through to make this decision. Unfortunately, we’re going to be closing The Glamorous List due to a variety of reasons. The main one being that the group has been open for so long, and the three of us inherited a group that had been through so much and had received somewhat of a bad reputation long before we took over as the admins. We’ve done our best to try to revive it and keep it alive, though not without faults and misguided attempts of our own, but it seems that things just keep slowing down. Both with activity and with stuff on the main itself. While we’re sure there are a myriad of reasons as to why, we can’t help but feel that it can largely be attributed to the reputation that Glam has gained over time even prior to us being the admins in charge. One we can’t seem to shake as much as we’ve tried. As well as the choices we’ve made with trying to make this group our own that didn’t go over well that we also know effected things, all of which we will be doing our best to rectify (see below). We’ve thought long and hard about what would be best, and in the end, the three of us all agreed that it was time to step away from and close The Glamorous List due to all the reasons stated. 

However, it’s not all bad news, because we will be opening a new group which you can find at @cityofdreamsrp​. And we welcome anyone that would like to join to come and apply once we open for accepting applications, which should be later tonight! We feel like creating a group of our own with its own name, a fresh take on the rules and everything else is the best way to go about it. We’ll truly get to make this group our own. There will be some similarities and lots of differences, so we would love to have you join us at City of Dreams! We will begin accepting applications later tonight and we will set an official opening date very soon after once we feel we have enough members and celebrities! So, make sure you’re keeping an eye on the main over there for the announcement of when we’ll start accepting applications!

To all of our members, we love you so much and we thank you for sticking with us through all of the changes and everything else throughout our duration of leading this group. All of you are the reasons why the group lasted as long as it did, and we hope to see as many of you as possible over at City of Dreams! For anyone that doesn’t apply, just know you will forever be part of our Glam Fam and we will miss writing with you.

It’s been a great run, Glam Fam. And while we hope to start a new run with a fresh start, we can’t thank you enough for everything. We love you, and we love all of your characters. 

All our best, love, and appreciation,

- Admins H, KJ, & Nikki

[theglamorouslist]

Hey there, Glam Fam!

We have an important change to our rules that we would like to discuss with you. From now on, we will no longer be accepting any players or celebs under the age of 20. This is due to a lot of us feeling uncomfortable with anybody in the group who are still in their teens, while everyone here in the group, players and celebs included, are all over the age of 20. Especially considering this is a mature roleplay where triggering topics are frequently discussed and played out. We hope you understand and take this into consideration when applying to us!

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[theglamorouslist]

Hey there, Glam Fam!

We just want to post a gentle reminder, as stated in the rules, that established members must reply to at least 3 starters before posting their own starter. This can be on any muse. For example, if you play two celebs and you want to post a starter on muse #1, please be sure to reply to at least 3 on muse #1 or muse #2. Please make sure you are also replying to those 3 starters within a 48-hour window of wanting to post your starter. However, a reminder that this rule is only waived for new members. Thank you!

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[theglamorouslist]

HEY, GLAM FAM!

Sorry for yet another admin notice, members. However, recently us admins have all come together to realize we were all uncomfortable with the same thing and we have made the decision to implement new rules/guidelines for children/pregnancies.

If you play a celebrity with existing children in real life, you will be required to have them keep those children in the roleplay. We don’t feel comfortable erasing existing children here since we are playing real people and how they go about their actual lives, and their kids are huge parts of who they are. If you play a celebrity with children, please message us with both parent names and the childrens’ names. If not all of that information is public, please just send us what you have!

If a celebrity you are playing announces they or their partner are expecting, you will have three options for how to proceed. The first and preferred option is to keep it the same as real life with the same parents and just work it to fit in within your plot. The second option is to have the child be for your current RP ship or with a NPC by using a baby FC instead of the actual child and a different name. If you choose this second option, you cannot use the actual child your celebrity is pregnant with, out of respect. We ask that you also please make sure to be respectful of their parents’ race and that you do proper research on what the baby FC should look like. The third option is to ignore the pregnancy entirely if you absolutely do not want to proceed with it. This is our least preferred option, but we understand that not everyone will feel the same. If your celebrity announces they or their partner are expecting, please message us to let us know which of the three options you will be moving forward with.

We know that in the past, players have been allowed to not keep real life children, but unfortunately, that is changing from this point forward since you’re aware of the person having children when you choose to pick them up in the group. If your celebrity is very private with their children, then you can respect that privacy by only talking about them minimally. The only reason we are offering work arounds for announced pregnancies is because those could not be pre-planned when you pick someone up. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us here on the main! And be sure to send the requested information if you play a celebrity with a child. 

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[theglamorouslist]

Good morning lovely members. This is not the kind of post I wanted to make on a Monday morning, however there have been some anons recently that have left us admins both upset and at a loss. They have been cruel and disrespectful. As much as we’d love to just completely delete them and ignore them, we feel it’s important to try to address it the best we can without causing division. All of you are the reason this group is able to keep going, and all we strive for on a daily basis is doing our best to make sure this is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming group to everyone currently in the group and any new members that join in the future. 

First. I want to start this off by saying that using the anon feature to send hate and/or disrespect to us admins or anyone else is completely abhorrent. It’s uncalled for no matter what the situation is because you have no idea just how strong your words are even behind an anonymous icon. What you say might not seem like much to you, but to the person on the other side, it can have a very strong effect on them. Please just don’t do this to anyone ever. We try our best to be respectful to everyone and all we ask is for the same in return.

Second. We understand that sometimes using anon is the only way people feel comfortable coming to us admins about different things, which is primarily the reason we leave it on even if we would prefer you come to us directly. We do our best to handle all situations when brought to our attention via the anonymous option, but it is definitely helpful when we know who is sending them so we can make sure everything is being handled thoughtfully and appropriately. We’re never asking someone to come off anon for any reason other than wanting to be able to talk with that person and assure them directly that we’re taking what they send us very seriously.

Third. We don’t expect everyone to agree with everything we say or do, which is why we’re always open to constructive criticism. However, if you send that criticism in a hateful and/or disrespectful way, it likely won’t lead to much. We understand that tensions can run high and when you’re upset by something, sometimes you just type without really double checking after you’ve let it out. It happens to everyone, including us admins. We’re trying to work to make this group be the very best it can be, and we love getting feedback from our members on what is or isn’t working! We encourage you to let us know or send in ideas/suggestions. Again, we just ask for there to be a level of respect there even when you’re upset about something. We take every suggestions or complaint seriously and do our absolute best to try to work with and for you all. 

Fourth. If you have a problem with an admin, please don’t send hateful anons. We all completely understand that something like that is hard for someone to come out and say without being anonymous. However, as stated above, your words are much stronger than you know and can really hurt someone. If you have a problem with one of the admins, please just reach out to any of the other admins on our character accounts so we can try to assist you in the best way possible. I know it might seem scary to do so, but we are all here for you and want to help out as long as you come to us kindly and respectfully. But we will not accept the anonymous hate or disrespect, we just won’t. It’s uncalled for and cruel. I can assure you that as long as you come to us as requested, you will be met with the same respect and decency in return. 

I know this is a lengthy post to read so early on a Monday, however I felt it was necessary to address each of the above after some of the things I woke up to.  We love you all so much, everything we do as admins is for you all and this group. All of us caring about you and the group as a whole are the reasons we work so hard as admins. It’s a lot of time consuming and hard work to keep a group active, and it takes a village. You all are our village, and we couldn’t do any of this without you. Which is why it affects us so greatly when we receive the anonymous messages we have. So please, just be more mindful of the things you say, particularly through anonymous.

- Admin KJ

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[theglamorouslist]

Hey, Glam Fam! We’re making a slight change to our starter rule in order to make sure nobody here is exhausting themselves too much with it. If you post a starter at any time during the week on one of your characters, you do not have to do your starter replies on that character for that week only. However, once that week is up, you will have to start replying to those starter replies you owe. Please note that this isn’t a requirement, it’s only for those who feel as if they can’t handle replying to 2-3 starters a week while also having posted a starter of their own. If you feel as if you can handle it, feel free to disregard this change, by all means! But we don’t want you all feeling like roleplay is a chore, so we hope this change will make things a little easier on you all.

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[theglamorouslist]

Hey, Glam Fam!

We know we’ve had to make quite a few admin notices lately, but there are a couple important things we want to discuss with you and make sure that you understand. After much deliberation between admins, we have decided that we are going to forgo the starter rule/starter check completely. At first, it seemed like a great idea for our members to build activity/interactions/plotting, but we are seeing a pattern of too many people landing on checks every week and we feel as if it’s because it’s too much of a weight on everyone’s shoulders, especially with the holidays right around the corner. So, with this being said, the starter rule of having to reply to 2-3 starters a week, is no longer in place. We really hope this eases some of the weight you all must have been feeling for a while now.

We also want to let you all know that we are currently searching for a new co-admin! If you’d like to join our lovely team of admins, please consider filling out this form and we will get back to you once we’ve made a decision! We are especially looking for someone in the eastern or central timezones to help us out, but know that it is not required because we’d love to have anyone as part of our team!

We sincerely apologize that Glam is going under so many changes at the moment, but trust us when we say the revamp is only to make the group as best as we possibly can. Because we love you all and want to make sure you feel at home with us, that’s our most important priority. 

Thank you all!

Love, Admins H, KJ, Leigh, & Nikki

PLEASE LIKE THIS NOTICE ONCE YOU HAVE READ IT AND UNDERSTAND.