Jul
22nd
2012
Site Update » FAQ UPDATED · 2:20am Jul 22nd, 2012
Howdy ho, neighborino! Just diddly-dropping by to let you know that I just gave a FAQ a pretty significant update. I added a couple of questions to it, corrected some outdated information (most notably the character tag limit), as well as a lot of miscellaneous corrections. I also completely rewrote both the Story Submission Rules and the Comment Rules. No rules have changed, simply clarified.
Give it a gander, goosies!
EDIT: We are probably also going to be changing/moving/updating/something the Staff thing at some point.
I don't know what to say other than "okay!"
Hello, Poultron! Read any good books lately?
Stupid Flanders....
It doesn't seem to work for me, just a blank page. Probably a problem on my part though...
Okay... Good for you.
Okily-Dokily Neighborino!
What the FAQ!?
*homer simpson voice*
STUPID POULTRON,TALKING LIKE FLANDERS.
*GRUMBLE*
Clicking that link leads to 404 error. Page not found. Normal FAQ button works fine though.
242526
So sorry about that, buddy! Fixely-dixed!
Very nice, P. Thanks for the heads up!
Found an error. Under "Contact," "Someone on the site is harassing me! What should I do?"
242545
Should be fixed!
Danke Mein freund for the heads up! Noted and done. :3
You're quite cheery tonight, aren't you?
Still, nice to get things cleared up.
242626 A little too cheery...why do I smell a trap?
Then again, maybe I'm too tired to function atm
Reading the FAQ ought to be mandatory for all users once a month. And to make sure they actually read it, have a quiz at the end.
Poultron has metamorphosed into Ned Flanders? Interesting.
A clarified FAQ was a good idea.
Comment rules: "Don't be a dick."
Brilliant.
Noted!
242755 You keep saying that, but if we enforced it, 2/3 of the total users would be gone within the first week!
242910 I don't know anything about programming/editing/coding a website, so I don't know how difficult it would be, but would it be possible to make it so that when a new user account is made, the first screen that pops up for them is the FAQ (which they can then skip if they want, obviously)?
It wouldn't necessarily solve the issue, but it would, perhaps, lower the amount of people who don't end up reading it... maybe.
I don't know, probably your area, not mine...
So, does the encoding of the "No Meta" rule in the FAQ mean that you're not doing the "You can write meta, just not feature it" thing?
'Cause I got to tell ya, I'm starving for some circle-jerky in my stories.
Also, since I think this is the first time it's been posted on the site proper and not on the facebook updates, I really don't like the "No First Post" rule. I would like commenters to be able to write "First!" on my stories/updates/blog posts. I think it's cool and funny.
Also also, and this is mostly Dark PJ (Pj-amina?
) talking, but the "Don't be a d*ck" concept, as opposed to the "So long as you follow rules X, Y, and Z, we have to treat you the same as genuinely good people" way of doing business, is counter-intuitive. It's not a question of d*ckishness. The thinking is along the lines of "Any place large enough to have lots of people must work on the principle of free speech."
243035
No, sorry but too bad, and no
243048
Hooray!
, Aww
, and That wasn't a question. 
243054
By the way, circlejerking will still be banned, and if you want to argue that it's the same as meta stuff you will just make it more likely that we will decide to never unban meta fics
243048
Oh, I don't. But I couldn't think of a food pun for "meta."
243063
Hmm... Meta... Meta bread (peta bread)? Meta cheese (feta cheese)?
... Metamite spread (marmite spread)?! 
how come's when i posted "i disliked this story," on a story, i get banned for 72 hours?
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Howdy ho, neighborino!
Is it a good thing I don't even know what circlejerking means, in reference to writing stories? Somehow I doubt it's as enjoyable as its literal counterpart. That and, well, meta... Meh, I won't really miss it.
242785 If that was the first rule for every website, the trolls would laugh too hard and not sign up.
...Someone get me in contact with the founders of Youtube.
242506
It's like I'm wearing NOTHING AT ALL!
242522
The thing that says FAQ at the top of the page.
250706 I know what it is..I was making a joke.
243170 Metamite spread sounds like some kind of jam made out of Pokemonz.
Hehehe, um, whoopsie!
I didn't know ''first comments'' weren't allowed, so I deleted mine. 
250801
With the amount of these blog posts it's hard to tell.
251672 I was waiting for somebody to notice that.
252950 What do you think it would taste like? Maybe it would be a new line of work for the Apples?
253174 I'm sure it's an acquired taste that would be best marketed to the snooty ponies of Canterlot, not the Apples usual clientele.
It's probably kinda gummy and tastes like Silly Putty. 
Will I get banned for putting the Power Rangers and Batman in the same story?