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PSA: R0 was changed!
For posterity, the tweet that arguably started all this drama claims that DB is an art archive first and foremost.
As such: Here’s where the argument was currently at;
Don’t respond to it if you must not, but if you delete this you’re only proving my point.I feel that OC:Aryanne is representative of this generation of fans, and exceptions should be made for at least her more representative images so they can be a part of the snapshot of this generation of fans.Read: Aryanne is okay, but only the way Aryanne is that we like is okay. This is not a proper representation of Aryanne in context for the fandom if you’re cherry-picking what she’s allowed to be like. This would be akin to me starting a Twilight Sparkle archive, specifically dedicated to Twilight Sparkle then refusing to allow non-alicorn pictures of Twilight onto it. Yeah, it may be the majority of what we saw of her throughout the series, but it doesn’t represent the depth of that character’s expression. In the same token, if I were to do the opposite, I would be blatantly allowing my bias to color what she is for the community that enjoys her and would lose the right to say my archive has a complete representation of her as a character and especially in context for the community that cares about her.If I was creating an archive that claims to be making a representative snapshot of a community, then accurately representing that community is necessary. Whitewashing Aryanne but keeping her in the archive is an example of exactly what not to do if you’re trying to preserve the cultural history of the fandom, because it blatantly takes the importance of her character to the fandom out of context and does not properly or adequately record her usage for the purpose of archival.there’s no requirement or expectation of ‘completeness’.There is an expectation of completeness or as close as possible in the very definition you gave of an archive. A representative snapshot needs to be, by definition, representative. If you don’t strive for completeness of representation in that snapshot then it’s not an archive, even by your definition.Why not? We only host images apropos the My Little Pony franchise and the My Little Pony fandom. If images aren’t a part of that community we have no obligation to host it. I can only presume that we’re using ‘community’ in different ways.We’re not using community in different senses here. This artwork is part of the pony community. This is not off topic, when I say artwork relevant to the community I define that very simply: Pony artwork that is being created and shared within the pony community. Period. Obviously it doesn’t include selfies of Bronies, etc. As such, the archive being exclusive to members of the community who have not caused damage to the archive itself (ala breaking rules that are fair and evenly applied) is what I am referring to, which the archive has done, at least recently but according to you always to types of expression that the staff does not approve of.But if you define ‘possible’ as ‘what we are reasonably able to manage with our available resources’ including bandwidth, the laws of the land, the wishes of Hasbro, what is permissible within the gaze of the Ever Seeing Eye of LionsGate, and the available resources of our staff, then sure, why not?This is absolutely my definition of ‘possible’. I’m not unreasonable. The expectation of as close to completeness as possible is one established by the definitions you’ve used to refer to the site over the course of years.This isn’t about being opposed. This is about you holding us to a standard we never set for ourselves, and which we have no interest in picking up.You set the standard for yourselves the moment you defined what type of archive you wanted to be to me. You set them higher than that before it by claiming to be an archive without that clarification. That’s the bottom line of the issue.
You are either with X, or you are with Y, and both sides will crucify you for trying to step away from the rampant tribalism. They want you to explain your stance in 280 characters or less, because we’ve lost the art of discourse, in favor of digital torches and pitchforks. Mob mentality has become the norm, and for that we are all lessened.
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