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Also, I noticed one error of my own.

If the Wargs ate her supplies, why didn’t they eat her along with them.

That sentence should have ended with a question mark.

I've found a couple of good articles – they are about a (thankfully defunct) "watchdog" group that policed Goodreads reviewers through cruel means, but I find them especially applicable to fanfiction readers and reviewers as well. I've even cited a few choice quotes into the third FAQ page on the wiki.

forbids someone from making money off a troupe member's image… because he's the only one allowed to do it, fOr ThE tEaM's GoOd. (No, I swear he's not Azul Ashengrotto). The story's funny enough not to make you wanna reach through the fourth wall to slap him.

He tweeted this out 3 hours ago as of this writing: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594191387519373313 (I politely request that no one mentions what the replies/retweets are, thanks – I don't want myself or anyone else here to be any more upset than we already are).

This is kind of a big deal, and will likely have an impact on many of us—even people on the sidelines like me are impacted because we know people who will be directly affected, such as my partner Phobos, who wrapped up his livestream today by saying "Normally I'd ask you to follow me on Twitter, but we don't really know how that's going right now, so..."

Bringing it up wasn't wrong. Discussing our feelings about it politely isn't wrong, either.

~Neshomeh

As long as everyone remains civil, there's no need to shut down a discussion people are engaged in—even a discussion in which people disagree with each other. The capacity to disagree with one another respectfully is an important life skill worth practicing. If you see someone crossing the line into bad behavior, by all means call them out on it, but I don't think that's happened so far.

I invite everyone to refer to the Constitution to double-check what is and is not acceptable, and ask if you're not sure.

~Neshomeh

I didn't know it would turn into this.

...the Federalist isn't the most reliable of sources.

Quote from their Wikipedia page: > During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Federalist published numerous pieces that contained false information or information that was contrary to the recommendations of public health experts and authorities.[5][29] The Federalist published articles denouncing social distancing, as well as articles claiming that fears over the pandemic had been overhyped by the Democratic Party and the media. The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis said that Democrats were intentionally trying to "destroy the economy" as a "last-ditch 2020 play", and that "All they care about is power. And if they have to destroy your life and business to get power back, they will." The Federalist published articles calling on the government to quickly end social distancing directions, and to open businesses again.[29] Co-founder Domenech attacked a prominent analysis from Imperial College London which estimated the loss of life due to the pandemic; Domenech attacked the analysis for revising its figures downward, but the reason that the analysis did so was that the analysis incorporated the social distancing and shutdown strategies that had increasingly been implemented.[30] Robert Tracinski, a former contributor, wrote in The Bulwark that The Federalist had devolved over time into a "conspiracy-mongering partisan rag that has now become a menace to public health".[30]

> While ballots were being counted in the 2020 election, The Federalist made false claims of large-scale fraud.[8][9] One of The Federalist's tweets said, "Yes, Democrats Are Trying To Steal The Election In Michigan, Wisconsin, And Pennsylvania."[8] The website falsely insinuated that fraud was occurring in Michigan.[50] Other news outlets quickly showed that the purported fraud was a clerical error that was quickly corrected; The Federalist did not delete the story, which had gone viral.[51] Co-founder Sean Davis shared the misleading story, leading Twitter to tag his post as containing disputed information.[52]

Republican congressman Cliff Bentz of Oregon referenced Federalist articles as the source of his allegation during a town hall in La Grande that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg "bought" the 2020 election for Joe Biden by financing a 503c non-profit to expand poll worker training and security.[53]

I wouldn't consider them a reliable source.

...other comparable societies are further-left. And, for a US-based company, one would measure based on US political standards.

As for source, this article mentions it in the first couple paragraphs.

--Ls

I once played a game in which there's a (heroic) character who manages a performer troupe. When he realizes his troupe is losing audience, he decides to up and quit on the spot and refuses to explain, dealing a huge blow to his performers' morale and leaving them without management. When this draws a lot of public attention, the guy just drags his underhanded butt back and reveals it was all a stunt. (No, he's not Azul Ashengrotto). (The troupe forgives him because this wasn't a super emotionally heavy game). Methinks Mr Musk is trying to pull something similar.

This post has my full handle on it, I use Damian Brighte when discussing nice happy non-stressful stuff and Darke when discussing Serious Business.

I was also going to do this with my dreams of stardom, but those have long since faded...

From what I can tell about leftism, most leftists would not be willing to content-mod for Musk and would probably quit or try to start a union. It's also possible that this is an Overton window thing -- the U.S. is further right than comparable societies, so things that are well-accepted in the EU and Australia (universal healthcare) are super-contested here.

Just within the community, there are more members who don't write than ones who do, including an unknown number of lurkers who read without even posting. Outside the community, it's a given that most people read stories without commenting, and the activation barrier to making a comment is far lower than to joining a community—especially a community that plenty of people assume is a group of Internet bullies. I think it follows logically that there are more people who enjoy the PPC than people who join the PPC.

~Neshomeh

Sort of like how nicovideo is the Japanese counterpart to Youtube, and pixiv one to deviantArt.

So, yeah, not a fan of him either.

--Ls

but it's never quite caught on in Japan, plus it's an image-only platform, making it functionally similar to pixiv.

He also reinstated hateful spite-spewers whose job is to sit at the computer and whip people into a frothing-at-the-mouth frenzy because they have to show trans people the bare minimum of decency (although Alex Jones is still off, thankfully). He has earned his flames, and given how cultish his fandom is and what that's done to his ego, I think he really needs them.

I disagree about the 'sus' bit--it's kinda impossible to review the PPC as an outside observer--most people who like it end up joining. Though I should definitely note that in my review.

--Ls

...it's not out of jealousy or spite. Elon LOVES Twitter, posts on it every day, that's where most of his bootlickers worship. He's destroying the site because he's just that incompetent. He was confident that the creator of Tesla and SpaceX who totally made all that money by himself with Super Business Genius would make the site infinitely better, then fired 50% of Twitter's contract employees because he didn't understand what they did (as well as people who criticize him) and told the others to "go hardcore". Oh yeah, and he reinstated the Babylon Bee and Jordan Peterson, because freeze peach is when people can harass and bully minorities into silence but not when you can criticize the Chief Twit.

This incident would have entirely destroyed the myth of the billionaire (or at least Elon) as visionary genius if there were any justice in the world. From what I understand Elon was never as visionary as he claimed to be (even beyond the normal parameters of CEOs taking credit for workers' labor) but this is stupidity on a wider scale than he's ever demonstrated. Not to mention the sheer callousness he's showing Twitter employees, although I guess his simps don't care about them because they're edgy little monsters who hate Twitter and everyone who works there for the crime of shutting down online misinformation that aligns with their views.

There's no point. He's clearly not inclined toward reasonable discussion. Anyway, unless he makes a new account from a different IP, he can't vandalize the wiki anymore.

Re. review, it's still a little sus to review a thing you're part of, IMO, but I guess you could comment on what drew you to the community in the first place, favorite spin-offs, stuff like that? It would be nice to have something there apart from that one screed.

~Neshomeh

Do you think it’s a good idea to message the troll from earlier, asking him to not vandalize our wiki? Or would that just cause more drama?

—Ls

But it’s been only two weeks, hopefully things will be resolved soon

—Ls doesn’t particularly care, but he’s glad to understand what the discussion is over