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Um... I honestly don't know what to feel now...
12 years ago
Alright, to be honest I have been ignoring all of the drama that has been flying around about people switching to other art sites and stuff because of a rumor about a sight administrator being a sexual predator or whatever.
Since I've seen things happen before when its turned out to be nothing I've ignored it before so I was ignoring it again.
When I saw
velvian's journal about what was going on (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5430039/) I decided to take a look at the journal linked in the journal.
That link led me to
ransom's journal on the subject. (Heres the link if youre lazy http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5429714/)
After looking through that journal, I didn't read all of it, but honestly what I saw is enough, I am really unsure about remaining here on Fur Affinity.
I've been sexually abused before, so knowing that someone like that is on the Fur Affinity staff makes me very nervous. I can understand now why a lot of people are leaving so suddenly. I would leave myself if it weren't for me not really having any friends on any other sites or even really being on any other sites. I don't want to loose the lovely friends I have gained here and give up on this community that I have come to love so over the past year.
I kinda wanna see your opinions on this, because I really don't know which way to jump on this. I'm gonna be talking to my mate and see what he thinks is best, because he knows about my experiences and he's usually very good at telling what I'm just mentally capable of handling... Because I have had meltdowns in the past because of having to deal with people from my past and facing situations like that... >_<
So why don't you guys let me know what you think and between that and what my mate says when I tell him I'll see what I'm gonna do from there... because honestly this is bothering me now...
Since I've seen things happen before when its turned out to be nothing I've ignored it before so I was ignoring it again.
When I saw
velvian's journal about what was going on (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5430039/) I decided to take a look at the journal linked in the journal.That link led me to
ransom's journal on the subject. (Heres the link if youre lazy http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5429714/)After looking through that journal, I didn't read all of it, but honestly what I saw is enough, I am really unsure about remaining here on Fur Affinity.
I've been sexually abused before, so knowing that someone like that is on the Fur Affinity staff makes me very nervous. I can understand now why a lot of people are leaving so suddenly. I would leave myself if it weren't for me not really having any friends on any other sites or even really being on any other sites. I don't want to loose the lovely friends I have gained here and give up on this community that I have come to love so over the past year.
I kinda wanna see your opinions on this, because I really don't know which way to jump on this. I'm gonna be talking to my mate and see what he thinks is best, because he knows about my experiences and he's usually very good at telling what I'm just mentally capable of handling... Because I have had meltdowns in the past because of having to deal with people from my past and facing situations like that... >_<
So why don't you guys let me know what you think and between that and what my mate says when I tell him I'll see what I'm gonna do from there... because honestly this is bothering me now...
If I'm honest, it does bother me now too. But, I don't think I'm going to leave. I've already left dA because of what kind of place it is, and weasyl isn't yet kind of place I trust 100%. FA's mods might not be the best ones (I am not going to take sides on that drama, I don't know neither side personally so I don't have leg to stand in arguments), but they're not the worst either. Or maybe they are, I don't know. Haven't been here long enough to gather info or experience.
But overall, it is only your decision. If you feel uncomftorable in FA, then you probably should change sites, just for your own mental health. It's not an good feeling to be checking site that only makes you feel bad right?
I'm not really trying to debate the issue with the admin so much as I am just trying to hear peoples opinions about everything. Because this is the only art site I've ever really used. I'm on dA but its a really big community there compared to here and that makes me very scared because although i appreciate critiques and help, I'm afraid I would be stuck with the jerks who are just gonna rip my art apart at the seams since there are just so many people around. I feel like a small artist like me would just slip through the cracks unnoticed =/
I feel a little uncomfortable here, but I'm not sure if going anywhere else would really be any better... So i'm torn =(
And I don't really know about da. It just seems like a really big site with a lot of stupid things going on and I just. I don't know really. I don't feel it's as good a site as being here and I prefer being here so much more than being on da.
Probably, no matter what I end up feeling about the admins I'm gonna stay. Because it can just be a "so long as they don't bother me I'm fine" situation and let it go at that.
I would rather not be as noticed and deal with nice people who are more mature the deal with a bunch of immature idiots and have a lot of people know who I am =/
But if you do move there, too...or get another account just to be there (like me), we can be friends there, too.
Even if I did go though, I don't know where I would go. dA is a very big community and that scares me a little, but I don't really know any other art sites, I've never been on Weasyl and other art sites or at least places you can post art on. So I'm really just not sure what to do for this one... I think that for now I might just try to stick things out here and see if I can handle it.