#the tl;dr is that this poll is a shitpost

[hot-take-tournament]

Goncharov shouldn't have been as big a meme as it was. The Goncharov meme is bad, especially for anyone with any unreality issues. Dead serious.

Yeah, you do make a valid point. Unreality memes are fun, but there are people with genuine unreality issues that were affected by the Goncharov trend.

That being said, I do think that a lot of the fan works - art, writing, shitposts, etc. - inspired by that meme were really fun, and clearly took a lot of effort - and the results were super impressive. So I think the fact that it served as a creative outlet for so many people shouldn't be discounted either.

But you're right, it wasn't a great experience for people with those issues with unreality - but my takeaway from that was the importance of content warnings and tagging things properly, not that the meme itself - or just unreality content as a whole - was bad.

I followed the Goncharov tag when it was at its peak, and I constantly saw people begging other users to tag their posts as #unreality - and while plenty of people were doing that, it felt like just as many weren't.

I don't believe for a second that people were seeing those posts and just choosing to ignore them, because one thing I have learned over the past 3-4 years is that the vast majority of people on this website do genuinely care about the wellbeing of others; and I know that for a fact because a) all you guys have been so supportive of me up until now (<3), and b) because I spent so much time in my shithead teen years sending fucking horrific abuse to those same kind, genuine people, and the way everyone rallied around each other against my scumbag ass is a testament to that kindness.

So I think it's far more likely that they simply weren't seeing those posts, and just didn't know that unreality content can be a trigger for some people - because I genuinely didn't either until the Goncharov meme came around and people started talking about it. It's the same way I didn't know until I started this blog that the things I originally wrote in the master post were triggering people's OCD to the point where they had to blacklist the URL.

At the time Goncharov was a thing, a lot of people were saying that people making content for it should've just 'educated themselves' and then they would've known to tag stuff '#unreality', so it was their fault their work was affecting people with unreality issues - but personally I think that just wasn't fair, because honestly you can't know to educate yourself on an issue that you don't even know exists in the first place. You first need to know what it is you don't know before you can actually learn about it and fill that gap.

I have no idea if any of that answered your question because I'm drunk out of my fucking mind, so I don't know if any of this made sense, and I probably won't remember it in the morning - so:

tl;dr - I don't agree that the Goncharov meme was bad, but I think it did highlight the importance of content warnings and tags.

...unless you thought the meme was just unfunny, which is a different issue - that's an entirely subjective opinion, but I can totally respect it. And that's coming from someone who learnt last week that they apparently Goncharov'd themselves on at least three separate occasions, and has yet to fully recover from that revelation.

Anyway, I hope that all made some kind of sense...

...you guys want a poll?

[toaarcan]

I’ve been lucky enough to avoid this drama due to stepping away from the Bionicle fan community for a while…buuuut I am too curious for my own good. So I’ve got to ask, what is the drama surrounding the TTV Canonization Contests?

They have been handled extremely poorly.

Round 1, Helryx, is something I've explored here. To give a TL;DR, it had basically no rules and extremely limited moderation. People made whatever the hell they felt like and called it "Helryx", and the whole thing was eventually dominated by a very obvious shitpost entry that attracted multiple coordinated brigading efforts because it sucked so bad. One of TTV's site mods actually DQ'd it instantly, but Eljay reinstated it for basically office politics. It was ultimately defeated by an entry that, IMO, looks less like a Toa and more like a Voyatoran-style Turaga, and the builder was a massive asshole who harassed and bullied other members of the community off-site. He also deleted his build-breakdown video (required by the rules to ensure no modified pieces or illegal techniques are involved) and replaced it with a link to a video of a farting hippo, because Rickrolls are just too mature for some people.

Round 2, Artakha, went relatively smoothly. However, it was almost entirely run by former TTV member Kini-Hawkeye, while Eljay and Meso did very little to help. Hawkeye did make a few mistakes, mainly not giving late-submitted entries to the art rounds time to correct rule-violations, and making a bit of a mess of the polls, but the resulting MOC and art were universally beloved by builders, artists, and Greg alike, everyone... except the artist, who in response to the recent drama has requested their name be struck off of the BS01 page for the character.

Round 3, the Toa Hagah, started in May, and has been running at a glacial pace ever since. Eljay and Meso have dragged their feet massively, citing work and life issues (fair), stalling to release updates on 8/10 (questionable), tiredness from attending Brickfair VA (no), and being sad over Sokoda's anniversary diorama dying again (fucking ridiculous) as reasons for their lethargy, and have also been radio silent through a lot of it. The fandom has gone increasingly stir-crazy, often devolving into open rebellion, demonstrating that they can run this shit better than TTV can, calling TTV out for their BS, etc. And all this for a contest to decide the appearance of four unmade clone sets. Also the dickweed that made the winning Helryx won again with a Bomonga that used Metru torsos for all of his limbs, but was presented in such a way that actively thumbed the nose at TTV's rules and moderation... and he got away with it because Eljay and Meso were actively not paying attention to the entries.

We just had a big external survey that indicates that while a lot of the fandom remains pro-contest, they are deeply unsatisfied with TTV's handling and may prefer it to be either conducted by an alliance of Bionicle fan sites (Including TTV but also BS01, BZP, Mask of Destiny, and Red Star Games), or given over to one of those entirely.

It's been ride.

[harudnae]

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Nae [naˑe]

awkward potato born '89

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Latest update : 2024.11.23

[should-be-sleeping]

It's a weird choice for them to make considering they were given the benefit of the doubt when they made an antisemitic joke, to not approach you with similar benefit of doubt solely because... you've been on TV? They dislike Wesley Crusher? Idk, man, but it's a bad look.

"Hey man, it's the OP, I see you enjoy my content, can you reblog from source rather than repost screen caps? It's the cool thing to do." I guess just doesn't get the lols. Unfortunate. Let's be real. It was a shitpost, not a work of art. I've never seen Wil not give credit where due when simply asked, even on posts he didn't even make.

My content gets reposted all the time. On sites I've never even been to. Would I rather it not? Sure. Am I going to poll the public about the level of cruelty I should inflict on another human person, inadvertently (or otherwise) insuring a bunch of other people who follow me are also cruel out of some weird parasocial loyalty? No. That's weird. In the bad way.

tl;dr: he's right, this is disappointing.

I wasn't even aware of that drama that sprung up, and looking into it, I'm also going "why are they accusing you of stealing the post?" You didn't do the screen cap as far as I can tell, plus you didn't erase any usernames like some sites that actually steal posts to get ad traffic do. Hopefully it all just blows over quickly? Good luck!

People who know nothing about me have been attacking me for my entire life, starting with the man who was my father. This is nothing new to me. It's not the first or last time I will be brigaded by an armada of white knights who I want to believe are well-intentioned, even if their actions aren't the greatest in the moment.

Within 24 hours, nobody will remember any of this, including the wonderful post that hopefully made lots of people laugh the way it made me laugh. Which is a bummer, because that's a great post.

On a personal note, I doubt very much that anyone cares, but imagine what a bummer it is to find something you like, share the thing you like, and then the person who made that thing decides it wasn't shared in the appropriate way ("stolen"? Really? I'm an artist, too. I know what stealing is and this isn't it) ) so they send wave after wave of random angry children at you to disrupt your day as much as possible. And when you make the effort to reach out to them, they choose to be a dick about it.

Okay. That's a choice.

I mean, you want the 85 cents of ad revenue I guess someone says I cost you? Okay, fine. How do you want me to get that to you? Bitcoin okay? Question: Are you raging against Witches Vs. Patriarchy for posting it? How about all the other places and people who saw this, thought it was great, and just shared it the way people do online? Did you put them on blast, too? What is it about me that made me worth the effort?

It's all a giant bummer, and what a shame that this whole thing started with something wonderfully entertaining and clever that I shared specifically to make people happy the way it made me happy. And now it's just this ... this fucking thing where I'm the asshole.

Sure, Jan.