Lightning Dash

If you ask me, the "Brohoof" button is good enough. Why would there be any need to do anything more than that? You like a post, you Brohoof it; Enough said. Members generally just put *Hugs* in their post when it's something more sensitive anyway.

Before I start, there is something I want to say to the staff and the Brony community first. With that out of the way, lets get to it I know some bits in here will look like a rant, but trust me, I want to lay out the truth and be positive about it. Please bare with me and hear me out. I do not intend anything bad to come from this. If I have offended any of you, I am sorry and did not intend it. What I want to do is first lay out the true direction of Poniverse, then go over the issues which includes my case, provide proof and explain why I believe it was wrong, and then give my own suggestion into how this can work a lot better for the future. I'll do this one step at a time, so please bare with me. First things first. Here's quotes from Poniverse: We all know that Poniverse is built and designed for Bronies to gather together in friendship, and to enjoy this show with others that share the same interest. The Brony community is well known for being a really friendly one. I'm sure we all know the Brony code by now - Love and Tolerance. Not every Brony follows this code, and many are downright assholes that don't care much for others. But this is the "number 1 Brony forums on the internet". This should be a place where every Brony is welcome with open arms. One where everyone is looked after and taken care of without pushing them to one side. When I first came across this site, I couldn't help but notice the welcoming and friendly atmosphere this place was giving off. I felt comfortable in joining this place, and I did not feel out of place; I felt like I belonged here, and I got such a warm welcome. I even made a few friends within the first 10 minutes after my welcome topic. This forums and the Brony community that gather on here proved that there were others in this world that do care, and don't alienate you for being different. I totally respected this place and all those that are on here. I was shocked in how welcoming this place truly was, and how friendly the members are on here. No other forums I've been on was anything like this. It is that, that made me want to be here. The friendliness of the community and members, the warm welcome, not feeling left out and feeling like I truly belonged, the friends I've made here; That is what truly gave me all the reasons to stay here. For a long time, I've never had any personal run-ins with the staff and how members are treated, until recently. My conclusion now: Member care on here is pretty shit, and some members of staff are not cut out to handle members well enough. There has recently been a topic created about the behavior of staff, but I believe I need to make one that proves the points made about the staff behavior. Please keep in mind that I'm not saying all of the staff have a negative attitude, but there are some that do. Also, I am not saying that none of you are capable of improving. We're all capable of improving, yet I'm not seeing much of a change. I am doing this because I want to fight for what is true, right, and I want to fight for my friends and the Brony community, and what this network truly stands for. If anything I say in here is incorrect and/or debatable, then give me solid proof and explain why in full details. Now, if I'm going to prove my statements about member care on here being very poor, I'm going to have to bring up my case again, and also the cases of others. I will censor names for privacy, and I'll put this into a spoiler tag. For the case of others, I have investigated their claims made, and received the information from the accused. These members are free to confirm any parts of their case if it is required in here. Now I'll get to the case of others that have reported mistreatment by the staff. As a friend and a fellow community member, it is only right that I defend their rights. If it is required for them to respond to make this valid, I'll let them know. There are many other cases, but I don't have enough information about them so I do not have any rights in questioning the treatment for them. I will say that every member has a right to defend their own case in here, and they should be given the chance to express their unfair treatment, if they have been, but they should also provide solid proof that they have in order for it to be valid. Member Care Staff line Suggestion Now onto the suggestion regarding member care on Poniverse. Firstly, I totally acknowledge that there is a shortage of staff, at least from what I've heard, it seems like there's just not enough staff members to efficiently handle everything that need maintenance. I know the staff have many duties to take care of depending on staff type: Tech developing, moderator administration, topic and member moderation, et cetera. From what I know, it sounds like an extremely pressuring situation in Poniverse history. I respect that you still are able to keep things going, and I'm really sorry to hear about being under-staffed as you are. I have known about the lack of tech developers, and honestly, if I knew anything about tech/web developing, I'd fill in a form to help out. Honestly, I would. But I just have no idea on what to even do because I've never had any experiences with that. If you ask me, and here's where my suggestion comes in. You should set up a brand new line of staff that only handles the community members, without having the trouble of full moderation. These staff members should be qualified in helping members in a fair and reasonable manner. They should also be able to know how to deal with members that suffer from depression, anxiety and suicide. Now, there's quite a few friends I have that are fantastic in helping me through the depression I have. It's individuals like my friends that could take on this role as member care staff. I can bet there are many on here that could take on this role. This role is mostly about heart and care, so it's not like you'd need to have grades and degrees to take on such a role, and that's what would make this easy to setup. How I see it is the staff on here are so worked up and stressed over trying to keep the forums clean and handle forum management behind the scenes that they've not got the time to truly deal with members in the best way possible. Having a "Member Care Staff" implemented in would get around this and relieve some stress of having to handle members. If this new staff line was only given the role to help out and take care of members, then they wouldn't have to worry about handling other things like tech development, topic cleaning, warnings and history of members, et cetera. I'm sure there are many members on here that have the passion and care to be able to take on this role. I'm not sure if you've ever created such a staff role before; I have never seen anything that suggests you have, but either way, you really can do with some relief and help with efficiently keeping the forums going, and attending to members needs by having them treated correctly. Remember, trial and error. It's not like anything major is going to happen if this idea fails. I really think you need this setup, honestly, I do. We've got to keep in mind of the 2 aspects of an internet forums: The actual forums you're building up and managing, and the community members that are a part of it. The staff should break up into 2 categories: Those that are handling the forums, and those that are handling the community members. I'd say, talk it out between yourselves, see if it's do-able; I think it is, and give it a shot. I mean, if I was in charge of a massive network like this, I'd organize my team of staff to handle both aspects of the network, especially during a time when things are getting a bit hot under the collar in terms of keeping everything running. I can't say I know how things are, but this is the impression I'm getting from Poniverse. Even if things are not as bad as I think, I still think such an extra line of staff would benefit and relieve stress from the rest of the staff. During the time I had that drama going on over my joke feedback, I heard there was a heck of a lot going on between the staff. We have the Life Advice section for anything that falls into this area. If you could setup a member care staff line, they could also be in charge of that section, too. It's a neat and effective way to improve management. But, anyway, let me know what you think of this suggestion. I really think you need this, but I won't judge the staff and forum management performance because I don't know everything about it. Thanks for your time and I hope this goes down well. I honestly don't want to make any more issues for anyone after the drama recently. I apologize in advance if I've offended anyone here. That was never my intention. All I want to do was lay out the facts and the flaws; Give proof to it so my statements are valid, and give my idea on how you can get around this issue and improve forum management performance. Before I finish, I'd like to apologize again for all the drama that was caused; To the team of staff and to the community, I am deeply sorry about what happened recently.

I believe it's the server issues they mentioned in my topic. I was told it was generally a Ddos attack. They get it resolved sooner or later, even though it seems to be taking longer than usual

I made a large worthy post about (I deleted it now because no one gives a fuck about my input. Literally no acknowledgement at all. Friends say I'm not scum, but I am on here. I did apologize above, but did anyone actually take any NOTICE IN IT! *Relaxes*... ...Do you see what I mean now? *Sighs* Why even bother...

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I don't so much consider my family as my friends, however, I do consider my friends as my family. I value true friendship a lot, so all my best friends are like my family PS. I don't really relate to my actual family, so I can't really call them friends at all.

You know what I like, Twisty Oh yeah, you know what I like Me? I totally love the rain, lightning storms which are my favorite. I literally drop what I'm doing, grab my camera, and shoot some bolts as soon as the storm begins. I just can't get enough of them. I also love tornadoes and my 2nd personal favorite: Supercells. I also have a strange love for clouds. Arcus cloud being one of the coolest. But hay, a cool Pony like myself needs cool awesome weather to satisfy my awesome epic life. Life just wouldn't be the same without a bolt of lightning, 4x hotter than the sun's surface, making an awesome and totally epic strike towards the planets skin. Booya, Bro /)

That's as bad as taking a jug of water out the sea while catching no fish, and then saying "hmm, I guess fish don't exist". But I myself do believe in ghosts. My theory is that spiritual beings rest in another dimension which then makes them invisible to 'Visible Light'. I've seen a lot of ghost footage, and while a lot are fake, and this kinda thing can easily be faked, there is a pattern I've noticed in many genuine ghost captured footage which all fits in to make a perfect picture. But the main thing that gets me believing is the ghosts of those that have died which can appear in photos after their death. I'm one that believes we all have a spirit inside, instead of just being living machines. But everyone is free to have their own believes. PS. Sorry for the shitty post, but my 't' key has totally fallen off, and it's jamming all my keys around it It's causing a key-tastrophe

No, not at all. I don't like kids. I have friends that are technically kids, and I accept them as my friends. But overall, I don't like kids; They're annoying, bothering, always want to intrude in my alone time, and I generally don't want them near me, yet I respect all life and accept everypony so I don't discriminate anyone, not even kids. But this doesn't mean I have to like them. To answer the actual question: I only get along with kids that are Bronies because of MLP:FiM which we can relate to.

Yeah, tell me about it. It's hard enough being a Brony, but pile it with being a "Parallel-Otherkin" and then it makes things even more complex and awkward. I mean, Otherkin individuals are hard enough for non-kin's to understand, but then you've got me which I class myself as a "Parallel-Otherkin", which basically means I'm similar in parts of the Otherkin concept, but very different at the same time; Totally ain't easy to explain myself. I even get trouble in the Brony Community about this too which makes it a pain in the a..... flank. There's me saying "I'm 100% Lightning Dash the NON-Equestrian Pegasus Pony; As you see me in my avatar, and no matter what image you see of me, I'm still the same", and for many Bronies and my own best friends, it's been a struggle to explain it. I don't usually like to mention it for reasons, but sometimes I get called an OC or Ponysona, and then that triggers me to talk about myself as you'd expect if you knew this about me well enough. I also don't like to talk about myself (Lightning Dash) in a 3rd person perspective either as you'd expect. Another problem I have with this is others may think I'm insane or delusional or something like that, when I'm not It's a very deep complex and serious thing, and it's not an internet thing either. It's also annoying that I've been like this for as long as I can remember, and so it's something my friends are either going to have to accept, or we're not exactly going to be good friends if they don't. PS. I'm planning to write an entire blog series about myself to finally kill the confusion and misunderstanding, so if any of you somehow have any questions about me, save it for now as it'll all be explained in the blog series.