Ask the mods anything

@TheGamerPainter
Is your phone bleeping profanity from voice-to-text?

@Zaknel
Hey, I’m just trying to keep it sfw.

Today Derpibooru is 11 years old, are you guys gonna celebrate?

@Fakka
Of course! The same way we do every day!

By the way, Happy New Year!

Is it hard to be a staff member for two or more websites like say if you were a mod for FurAffinity and Derpibooru?

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
The communities can be incredibly different between them, and that can really make a big difference.

Like, the difference between volunteering at a fan convention focusing on a single show, versus a fan convention for All Science Fiction Literature.

At the convention devoted to a single show, you might have a lot of adults, but they tend to be accompanying kids or are a level of fan where they are appreciating things in very different ways - like taking the talent out for trips to the local stores or drinking or shopping the artist alley and meeting their favorite artists. Plus everyone there is there for one reason: that show.

And at the All Science Fiction Literature, it’s the adults by themselves, because they want to talk to their favorite authors. And instead of being a single show in a single genre, it’s all genres and all possible shows, novels, themes - it’s a very different crowd.

The main difference for the web seems to be that the access is completely different. Kids arrive without their parents, and instead of waiting in line to talk to your favorite author you just send them a private message or chat with them publicly on the forums. Plus you can dial into exactly the thing you’re there for, whether it’s a specific artist, or a specific theme regardless of who wrote it.

And, as staff, one of the biggest differences between an in-person convention and the web is that you have no idea the age of the person you are talking to. They might be 8. They might be 80. What will help one might confuse or even insult the other.

Sorry - got distracted and lost track of what you asked.

No, once you’ve been moderating for a couple of years and have learned how to avoid burnout, doing two sites instead of one actually feels kind of a like a relief.

It’s like being a sys admin. Once you’re comfortable with the role, adding another site is just another set of parameters.

Joy, love, and happiness!

Joy and love in the form of a new kitten that showed up in the middle of a snowstorm where we got almost 18” of snow and immediately adopted us. Her name is Willow.

And happiness in the form of two fantastic new sweaters which are going to be all that I wear at work for at least a month. One from “The Dragon Prince” and the other from “The Owl House”.

I’m wearing the hot brown morning potion shirt now. And desperately needing more hot brown morning potion. BBL getting more hot brown morning potion.

Have you ever seen a ghost?

No but I love those ghost hunting shows

what color is the number 4?

Physically dealing with paranormal activity is funner. :’)

@Lil_VampireCJ
Wait whaaaat?

@Background Pony #5A56
The number 4 comes in any color exactly.

@Background Pony #5A56
Yellow, obviously. I barely have synaesthesia, but 4 has always been yellow.

@Background Pony #5A56
Probably some sort of cultural thing that can answer that. Maybe having to do with an animal or superstision.

@saby
interesting, mine has always been bright green.

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
thats a good point.

What’s a sport that produces controversy that you enjoy but other HATE? Mine is Motorsports, specifically MASCAR.

Have you switched to Streaming yet? I have and It’s great!

@TheGamerPainter
I hate streaming services.

@LightningBolt
At least with roku, you get NBC, CBS, ABC, Disney (all 3, Disney Channel, Jr. XD), and so on all for *free
_{*with your cable provider’s log in}

@TheGamerPainter
Only because I like to watch things I like. But it’s insane. I’ve got Paramount just because I want to be able to see Lower Decks and Brave New Worlds. There is nothing else on the entire service that I can be bothered to even turn on.

And if I want to watch Owl House’s last season, or any of the StarWars series, of course I need to sign up for Disney Freaking Plus. But there is nothing else on that platform I have any interest in.

And RWBY is on Rooster Teeth’s proprietary service.

It’s like I have to subscribe to, and install, an entirely different streaming app for each show I like. And there’s only one or two things on it that I even want to look at.

But, that’s like it used to be with satellite. If you wanted to see Babylon 5, you had to get the SciFi channel, or you had to wait for the DVDs.

So here we are - in almost exactly the same shitty situation we were when DVD was a word anyone ever used.

Dark timeline confirmed.

@LightningBolt
Very much this.

@TheGamerPainter
That sounds like a good deal. I’m glad you’ve got a bundle that works for you.

@Ciaran
It does, in fact, my cable box in my own bedroom been f-ing up a lot every month and told my mom “it’s happening again and was like “Here you go! When the new years start I’m going to return the box!” And thus I can now watch everything from the comfort of my bed with a have to go to the app activation site and input the code that’s on the tv and then the cable provider (I have Optimum, to be exact) and log in my account there to proceed.

Is it easy? well, of course.
Was it worth it switching to Roku? Hell Yeah, no more channels not working right or endless reboot screens!
Why am I not telling this story on the vent thread? Well unless someone tells to move the story over there I will gladly do that.

@TheGamerPainter
Me and my family used to have Optimum, but in 2022, not anymore. Heck, we cut the cord in 2020 while still having Optimum Internet, but in the middle of 2022, we switched to T-Mobile Home Internet.

You’ve seen ghosts before?

Yup a few times, my current house I am living in I’ve experienced mild-paranormal activity, but only from strictly one part of the house(its a big house + house thats been around since the 1800s.) I don’t publicly make content off or post my experiences though.