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Background Pony #737E
I have a question about the GDPR wipe
I understand my username would be changed into “deactivated” with random numbers & letters. But my question is if this will effect replies to my comments, will the mentions be changed to this new title pr will it still remain my original (or even old) username?
moonchosen 
@Background Pony #737E
You must have really gone through some shit to be this concerned about it.
You must have really gone through some shit to be this concerned about it.
Ciaran 
Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
We’ve been answering the same questions for you over and over, both publicly and in private, for almost a year. The answers aren’t going to change.
Just reply to my PM to you with the word “Yes” and you will get your wish.
And stop trying to appear to be more than one person in the same thread.
🂾𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕟𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕨𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝔽𝕒𝕟🂽 
Goodbye guys ;)
Why is Ciaran so adorable?
Because that’s just the way it is :D :3
Seriously though, one of the cutest pones around c:
Ponies And Cuddles 
:3
Why is Ciaran so adorable?Because she just is :D :3Seriously though, one of the cutest pones around c:
I want to hug her.
Cosmas-the-Explorer
Explorer in Training
@Ponies And Cuddles
I think Ciaran is a dude not a lady.
I think Ciaran is a dude not a lady.
And as for me I think of him as some mysterious entity. Perhaps a friendly relative of Discord.
🂾𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕟𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕨𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝔽𝕒𝕟🂽
Goodbye guys ;)
@Cosmas-the-Explorer
Aww oops D: I just assumed from the oc, probably should have asked >~< thx for clarifying 3:
Aww oops D: I just assumed from the oc, probably should have asked >~< thx for clarifying 3:
Now I know though :)
WaynePonePone 
Flutters Hitchy Glimglam
Can I put my Harrison Ford meme about Starlight and Discord back now? I’ve seen so many memes on this site that supposedly break Rule #3 are still here. If there really isn’t obligatory pony in that, I guess Starlight isn’t a pony.
Is it really because having negative opinions about Discord is illegal?
saby 
Moderator
extra fun at parties
@Wayneponeth
No. Others breaking rules is not reason to break rules yourself. Site staff has limited energy and time to expend volunteering here, and there’s plenty to do every day without needing to go look for it. If you find something that breaks a site rule, report it.
No. Others breaking rules is not reason to break rules yourself. Site staff has limited energy and time to expend volunteering here, and there’s plenty to do every day without needing to go look for it. If you find something that breaks a site rule, report it.
Background Pony #3F29
On that note:
Have you considered expanding the staff?
If this has been asked before, I’m sorry.
Have you considered expanding the staff?
If this has been asked before, I’m sorry.
saby
Moderator
extra fun at parties
@Background Pony #3F29
New staff has been recruited multiple times. I myself am one of the newest set of recruits who entered the force half a year ago in late 2021. Expanding, per se, is a goal worth vying for but a very challenging one. Enforcing rules fairly and consistently is hard enough on its own. Then there’s navigating the social, emotional, and sometimes even legal dimensions of site-user-content-thirdparty interactions and dealing with people with a wide range of different personalities, fluencies, cultures, temperaments, and idiosyncracies… Good candidates don’t simply grow on every bough. We’re lucky to more or less maintain the number of staff between recruits and retirements.
New staff has been recruited multiple times. I myself am one of the newest set of recruits who entered the force half a year ago in late 2021. Expanding, per se, is a goal worth vying for but a very challenging one. Enforcing rules fairly and consistently is hard enough on its own. Then there’s navigating the social, emotional, and sometimes even legal dimensions of site-user-content-thirdparty interactions and dealing with people with a wide range of different personalities, fluencies, cultures, temperaments, and idiosyncracies… Good candidates don’t simply grow on every bough. We’re lucky to more or less maintain the number of staff between recruits and retirements.
Ciaran
Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
@Background Pony #3F29
@saby
There’s also the issue that bringing on more volunteers takes more time for the existing volunteers to manage.
@saby
There’s also the issue that bringing on more volunteers takes more time for the existing volunteers to manage.
With any organization, there’s a balance point where you have enough people to get the work done, but not so many that keeping it all coordinated becomes unmanageable.
It’s like when people bring on more developers to speed up a coding project. By the time the new coders are integrated and you’ve broken up the project so more coders will help, odds are you would have finished the project anyway. And at some point the new coders themselves create so much overhead to the project that all you’re doing is going to meetings now.
I think the term for it is the ‘Brooks’s law’ problem. 9 women can’t have a baby in 1 month.
In practice, bringing a new person on for DNPs took several days. Maybe weeks. In the same time I could have gotten a couple dozen or more DNPs done by myself. But in doing so we have two people who are kind of experts in the DNP process and can handle the most complex or messy DNPs, and we have documented the process so anyone on staff with the necessary tools can help.
Long term, it’s great. But short term it actually takes more time.
2LDR: Even after all the vetting is done, adding more people and getting them integrated and up to speed with the tools is itself a pretty big effort.
✪☢Nuclear✯Volcano☢✪
Having a meltdown
Why is Ciaran so adorable?
Why is Ciaran so adorable?Because she just is :D :3Seriously though, one of the cutest pones around c:I want to hug her.
You heard the moon, now do it!
🂾𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕟𝔹𝕣𝕖𝕨𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝔽𝕒𝕟🂽
Goodbye guys ;)
Why is Ciaran so adorable?Why is Ciaran so adorable?Because she just is :D :3Seriously though, one of the cutest pones around c:I want to hug her.You heard the moon, now do it!
Haha love that!😂😁
Background Pony #3F29
@Wayneponeth
Also:
Also:
- No, hating Discord isn’t illegal.
- People can like both Starlight and Discord. You don’t have to like it, but you can ignore tags that have discord, or filter em.
- Thing is, People can like what they like, even when others don’t like it. If you don’t like discord, that’s fine, but expect discord fans to give you a lot of lip.
WaynePonePone
Flutters Hitchy Glimglam
@Background Pony #3F29
I honestly love it when they do give me the lips. I just wish they do it better. :P
I honestly love it when they do give me the lips. I just wish they do it better. :P
Ciaran
Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
@Wayneponeth
Uhm .. you do know you’re kind of in the local cops favorite donut shop talking about how much you love keying cars, right?
Uhm .. you do know you’re kind of in the local cops favorite donut shop talking about how much you love keying cars, right?
WaynePonePone
Flutters Hitchy Glimglam
@Ciaran
I know, I’m obnoxious but relax. I already have Discord and everything Discord related filtered so everyone can enjoy their little paradise without actually having to face any chaos in their life. :D
I know, I’m obnoxious but relax. I already have Discord and everything Discord related filtered so everyone can enjoy their little paradise without actually having to face any chaos in their life. :D
TheGamerPainter
OC maker
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