Another Cherp Vent Blog

Oh God.

[brotherfucky]

hearing about the third party verifying users losing interest and dipping sucks. i don’t blame them, i won’t speculate on why; i’m just lucky i got my verification day 1.

i really appreciate TT listing options for the stripe-verification that doesn’t cost-gate for users who otherwise can’t pay for a myriad for reasons (i’m in my mid 20s and i didn’t have a debit card until i was 22, as an example!)

i really like the option of other users who have disposable income maybe leaving some extra funds for users who might not be able to afford it, but that relies on users being charitable. i think ultimately the cut-the-line option might work best? we’ll see!

[churb]

I'd def be willing to toss in some of my allowance in every few weeks! I know what it's like to not have the money. I was poor/near homeless for most of my 20s so like. I'm down with spreading the love even if it's for something as silly as verification on an RP site.

[brotherfucky]

that’s genuinely so kind, i was homeless for a few months back in late 2019-early 2020 so i absolutely try to give into mutual aid funds when i can, and i guess that one option TT suggested is kind of like a mutual fund!

i definitely jumped the gun on my initial charity pessimism, i saw a lot more folks talking about adding to the fund than i thought! but i definitely like option 6 that was suggested of stripe for those who’d want to pay for a professional non-cherp team service, and free for those who don’t want to give their full ID/don’t give a shit/can’t pay for any variety of reasons

[brotherfucky]

hearing about the third party verifying users losing interest and dipping sucks. i don’t blame them, i won’t speculate on why; i’m just lucky i got my verification day 1.

i really appreciate TT listing options for the stripe-verification that doesn’t cost-gate for users who otherwise can’t pay for a myriad for reasons (i’m in my mid 20s and i didn’t have a debit card until i was 22, as an example!)

i really like the option of other users who have disposable income maybe leaving some extra funds for users who might not be able to afford it, but that relies on users being charitable. i think ultimately the cut-the-line option might work best? we’ll see!

[brotherfucky]

Hi, Roled mod here. Sorry about the trouble. I understand it being frustrating to suddenly get slapped about something you didn't even get a chance to act on yourself. In hindsight, it was a bit rash of us. I intend to make the Warning action only set a prompt to draft, instead of deleting it outright, so that users have the opportunity to modify it themselves without losing so much effort. For what it's worth, your account doesn't have a strike against it. Sorry again, and have a nice day.

This is a genuine relief, thank you so much for getting back to me about this. I was mostly freaked out about the idea of having a strike against my account, but I'm really happy to hear you guys are adjusting the warning action for the future - I understand a lot of moderation and dev work is trial-and-error. Thank you again for reaching out! (:::: !!

[brotherfucky]

So apparently “Underage” is banned now on Roled (which is fine, people can ban what they want on their sites for whatever reasons - but it was allowed initially)

What I don’t think is fair is that my prompt from May, during the first round of Beta Testing when underage was allowed, landed me with a WARNING as soon as it reopened and said if I “continued to break the rules” (accusing me of breaking them in the first place when the prompt at the time was allowed) my account would be banned.

Like god. That sucks. The prompt was just deleted too when the tag in the first place was cautionary tagging. I could have easily edited it out. :/

I don’t want my account to have a strike against it for something that was previously allowed.