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hey angels! we just wanted to drop in very quickly to touch base on a few things regarding general group etiquette and expectations around activity. i know we say this all the time, but we mean it when we say you guys are genuinely an incredible bunch of writers and we are so incredibly pleased with how this group has flourished so far. when we make these notes, it's really just to keep things going as smoothly as they have so far.

when it comes to bringing concerns to us, please keep in mind that there is very little we can do if a concern is brought to us anonymously. we don't post anonymous concerns on the dashboard and there's very little, if anything, we can do to reach out to you to further discuss, gain clarity, and reach a resolution on an issue when they are brought to us without a way to identify the member in need. we understand that sometimes coming forward about something is an uncomfortable experience, but as mods, our number goal is member comfort within our group. it is something we take very seriously, so please keep that in mind when something is bothering you. we hate feeling like our hands are tied when it comes to something that may have a simple solution.

to dive a little deeper into the topic of member comfort, we just want to remind you guys to make sure that you're tagging things accordingly. if you're second guessing whether or not something on the dash should be tagged, it's better to play it safe and tag something rather than leave it untagged and run the risk of making someone uncomfortable. here is our current, up to date trigger list. if there's something missing there that you think should be on there, or if we're missing any of your personal triggers, please reach out to us asap and we'll get the list updated. taking the extra second to make sure something is tagged is a small action that goes a long way in making your fellow dash friends feel taken care of and it's something we appreciate greatly.

finally, we want to take a second to reiterate our activity rules. they're pretty laid back: five days without posting gets you a warning, seven days without posting deems you inactive and warrants an unfollow. we consider excessive reblogs with no original content in between and excessive days between posts only to keep within the activity parameters to be rolehogging. since activity checks are posted at our discretion and not on a set schedule, there will be times that members reach 7 days inactive without receiving a prior warning. it is rare that this will happen, but when it does, the activity rule still applies. members that reach activity that would like to still remain part of rock bottom are always welcome to reapply. we also have a hiatus form readily available for anyone who may need to step away from the group but want to protect their roles.

that's all for now! please give this post a little like once you've read through it. and as always, thank you guys for making rock bottom such a pleasure to mod.

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just a quick one...

hi angels! we are just dropping in to hard launch our discord server. we know, y'all are probably wondering why on earth we need a discord server. right off the bat, we'd like to preface this by saying that participation in the server will remain optional. that being said, the goal of the server is to foster a nice, cozy little out of character space that we can use to further the group and develop both in character and out of character connections. we've included sections for us to collaborate on the banned list and to develop events, tasks, and broader plots. we won't be posting the invitation link to the server publicly, but if you would like to be included, please reply to this post and we'll message you the link shortly!

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happy one month anniversary, rock bottom! 💜 we are technically a few days days late but better late than never, right? the last month with you guys has been more than we could have hoped for. everyone has been so kind and we are so lucky that so many of you have decided to make our group home for your muses. we just wanted to drop in to touch base on a few things moving forward to ensure the environment we've created together in our first month lingers throughout the rest of our time together.

we haven't noticed any issues so far with certain people receiving less attention or interaction on the dash than others and this is something we consider a major plus. it takes very little effort to make sure no text posts, selfies, or plot calls on the dash go without interaction. you guys have genuinely been incredible about this from what we've been able to see, so please make sure to keep this momentum going as the group grows. if you're someone who feels left out or like they aren't getting a ton of interaction, please don't hesitate to reach out to us and we can come up with some ideas to help you feel more integrated within the group.

just a few days ago, we held our first banned list discussion and vote in our discord server. the server is where most, if not all, of our banned list conversations will be happening, so if being involved and having your voice heard on matters like the banned list is important to you as a member of rock bottom and you're currently not in the server, please consider joining! if you'd like the link to the server, you can go ahead and reply to this post and we'll send it over to you as soon as we possibly can.

our halloween event is right around the corner and we're so excited for that! if you don't know what we're talking about, you can read all of the details in this post and this post. alongside that, we'll also be announcing our first member-hosted event soon! that will be happening closer to the end of the month, but we are equally excited to continue to bring the group together with these events. we are currently discussing the gig portion of the halloween event, so if you'd like your musician muse to be involved in that aspect, please reply to this post as well. we want as many of you involved as possible, but we understand some of you are sticking to your muse's real life touring/work schedule, so we don't want to step on any toes while we put together show lineups.

finally, please do us a huge favor and pop into your sideblogs to make sure that your muses' first and last name is listed clearly in the description or the title. it'll make our lives considerably easier when updating the clickbites blog.

thank you guys, again, for hanging with us for one whole month. we're so excited to see where the rest of the year takes us!

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hi angels,

this is not something either of us mods thought we would do nor something we take any joy in doing, but unfortunately, we're having to take a step back and put a pause on rock bottom. professional issues have come up for us that have made us had to shift focus to our personal lives in an unexpected manner, and whilst we've had the pleasure of running this group, we have aimed to foster a creative community for writers to develop their muses through lively events, interactive tasks and gossip games. we don't want this to come to a halt, so instead, we're not quite quitting but pausing while we're ahead. we have a core group of wonderful, super talented members who pour their talents and hearts into their muses and we couldn't be more grateful to get to have you be a part of what has come to be the rock bottom community and write with a group of amazing writers like you guys. seriously, we get blown away by any task we post and how interactive, warm and well-thought-out your answers are. we are so thankful for every single one of you that has reserved, applied, or sent love our way during the past few months. it truly felt like a trip back into the golden age of roleplay, and we aim to keep rock bottom exactly that, whether now or in the future. this is just goodbye for now, lovelies. we adore this group, so, we plan to hopefully reopen in the future once we've got our personal matters sorted and kick things off fresh with all the events, tasks and gossip we enjoy so much. if you're looking for a new home for your muses in the new year, we hope to welcome you with open arms then.

signing out for now,

mod m and mod v

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hey angels! we hope you're all having a wonderful start to your weekend so far. the two of us just wanted to drop in for a brief second to address a few additions and changes to our rules that we've been chatting about. nothing big is happening, we just wanted to expand on two existing rules and add some clarity that should set us up for a smoother experience regarding hiatuses and activity checks.

previous rule: hiatuses are two weeks max by default. life happens though, so please get in contact if you need to extend yours. new rule: hiatuses are two weeks max by default. life happens though, so please get in contact if you need to extend yours. all hiatuses will be marked on the masterlist and kept track of on our group wide stats page. before inquiring on whether or not a role is open, please check both pages to make sure the role isn't currently saved. we will not be answering any anonymous inquiries about the status of a hiatus that doesn't belong to one of your own muses.

the reason for this change is due to an influx of messages we've gotten regarding member hiatuses and why certain members, while on hiatus, have not been included in activity checks. we understand that the bandom realm is small right now, so certain roles are more sought after and coveted than others, but we appreciate patience when it comes to trying to secure a role that you might be extremely interested in playing.

previous rule: five days without posting on your main blog gets you a warning, seven days gets you the boot. new rule: five days without posting on your main blog gets you a warning, seven days gets you the boot (with the opportunity to post until midnight on the seventh day to be marked safe from losing your role). activity checks are done at moderator discretion. there is no set schedule for activity checks. we will not be honoring reservations for roles that are inactive but have not been posted yet on the main. in other words, you must wait until we post a proper unfollow for a role before attempting to claim them.

this change goes hand in hand with the previous change. we have always included the full 7th day as an opportunity to post to keep your role before it's opened, since we don't think it's fair, for example, for an activity check to be posted at 8pm on the 6th day of inactivity and then a certain role be reopened the next day in the morning or afternoon. life gets busy and we like to give the benefit of the doubt rather than immediately reopen a role the second it hits the next day.

because we've never fully clarified this, we've gotten a few messages from people trying to reserve faces or certain roles before we post that they're officially inactive. again, we understand a certain urgency to secure roles within a really small community, but we are striving to create a fair, comfortable environment and this is a big part of that.

finally, we'd like to ask you guys to turn off the anonymous option within your inboxes for the time being. a lot of you received weird messages with the letter A as the only content and we just want to clarify that that message did not come from click bites or us as a precursor to any kind of gossip game.

we're unsure of where it could have originated from and we'd much rather err on the side of caution and cut off the ability for it to turn into anything weirder than it already is. we'll let you guys turn the option back on sometime in the near future, but definitely want to get ahead of it now to preserve the environment we've all fostered together so far.

that's all for now! once you've gotten this far, please toss a like towards this post so we know you've read it. as always, thank you for being such a lovely group to run. we couldn't be happier to be here with y'all.

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GOOD TIMES AHEAD...

happy sunday angels! just wanted to do a little update post to let y'all know now that i have a bit more free time, look forward to our muses page to be revamped and updated in the next week to include current members! will give you all a heads up once that's done. second, if you'd like to participate in this evening's interactive activity, please have your pinterest board or character muse board posted on your main and tagged with rb.task1. keep in mind these will be public for the purposes of the game we're playing tonight. the more tea you spill through these, the spicier the gossip will be! we're blown away by the members that have already posted theirs and how much effort and care has been put into their muse development through these, we're so happy to see how many of you are enjoying this task! we've just reblogged the task onto this site if you hadn't seen it, but you can also view it over at clickbites for full details. finally, thank you all so much for being so fantastic and making this group what it is! we are immensely thankful for all 72 of you ( can you even believe it? ) that have brought in your favourite muses and now call rock bottom your home and for keeping the dash so amicable, buzzing and, most of all, interactive. we've heard your kind words in our inbox and are so, so thankful for you taking the time to send those in. in order to keep the good vibes going and make this as positive an environment as it can be, we will be starting a private discord server or google chat gc for ooc communication. this will be a place for group members to collaboratively and privately communicate and partake in plot-building, organisational matters and event planning. aaaand, that's about it for now! we'll be in touch with details to join the discord/chats later. we're so thankful you've decided to bring your muses to this group, and we're thrilled to see you're all as dedicated as we are to enjoying our creative hobbies together.

signing out,rock bottom mods 💜

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