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@Inkarnate@Mao Mao Just chiming in cause I can answer these a bit.

Currently the only mods are Legend, Poo and Myself with Stark away with her personal life at the moment. Last I spoke to her both her and her partner were quite busy with their workloads, and since they live in New York there's also an added layer of complexity there at the moment. She does look after the FB side of things at the moment, but she is an absolute wealth of knowledge when she has the time to be around.

Byrd's resignation did also open up a position, however I can say that there isn't specifically a set number/limitation of mods that we have to reach. A good example is the number of dedicated Discord Chat mods we have with I believe 6 being the most we had at one time with the current being about 4.

Time will tell and we'll just have to wait and see how it all goes.

Site Mod Selection

(Original post was deleted and moved to a different thread by me)

Actually, are the news mod going to be divided by sections of which site or are they just going to be roaming around?

@Mao Mao

I assume you mean new, not news?

We don't really have section mods here aside from the persistent world section, which are more GMs. That's mostly due to how some matters can span across multiple sections from roleplays scenarios, to spambot attacks, to name changes, and even resolving reports that come through. I've seen what you're referring to before on other forums with something like an "off topic mod" of sorts, but that's not really how the guild operates.

Ask an Admin, v2.

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To clarify, you mean this is not currently being discussed by staff, correct?

@Inkarnate

Most, if not all topics are raised to staff in one way or another but we haven't had a need to readdress the rules at this point as they seem to cover most topics, and they have been tweaked slightly over the three years to cover some additional aspects, (eg. The "don't plagiarise" was added in later on).

They probably are due for a reevaluation but that's something that we will have to tackle at a later date when we do have time (oddly enough I myself have been busier at work with this virus than many others) but we do have some new staff members and have had quite a few applications too. My thoughts are when we conclude these we could do a reevaluation and clarity cleanup then.

Recommendations for guild improvement.

*Moved to the correct subforum*

Will say however that any suggestions are really just a discussion since Mahz does his own thing and site coding is more of a hobby for him. He'll be back at some point and he does pop up occasionally in the Discord to say hi, but we haven't had any major updates in a while with only a few bugs being fixed now and then.

Creativity during a Quarantine

With the current state of the world and how our lives have all changed so dramatically and drastically, even to a point where many are now quarantined within their homes; I do want to simply remind everyone that your own creativity and positive thinking is the best form of antidote for those uneasy, draining, and confusing internal feelings.

That's why I pose both a question and a challenge of what roleplay or simple premise can you think of which have little or nothing to do with an end of the world situation? No zombie T-Virus, no nuclear fallout survival, Akira fan-fics are off the table... Be creative, but best of all, be positive.

So, what kind of story can you muster?

Emotes?

Not many, but enough to be fun.

Resurgence in activity?

Activity comes and goes depending on the year, the free time available to some people, and even as people age and either gain interest or lose interest in writing.

Delete a Post

Done

Mahz's Dev Journal

A few of those images on that page are not from sites like Pinterest or imgur. That could be where there's the potential issue lies as there's nothing stopping the other site from changing the image, and you'd probably find the original site has an unsecure page.

Great example would be one of those images you click to view, it has a jpg link so it looks legit, but then you get a gnome meme image instead.

Mahz's Dev Journal

@Altered Tundra
That's all to do with site encryption.

A few years ago Mahz did a change where he HTTPS the site to allow for better security but I think it was only really done on a surface level for the log ins and such. It's not anything to be too concerned with as you're not doing any sensitive transactions as HTTPS is mostly reserved for social media, email, and moreso banking.

I'd also go through and do a clean up of your history/temporary files too as there could be a cookie from a Google ad which is sending off information as well. Most of the time they're harmless, but targeted ads are a thing and that will trigger the security screener in your browser.

There's also add-ons/plug-ins you can get too like "HTTP Everywhere" for Firefox which will force an encryption on all sites. If you're not using one you can always download one of those as an added security measure