@og

i’m not sure if there’s really much worth saying, other than i’m a little disappointed. i feel this way because it seems to be really easy nowadays to just start one right now, and then for it to end the very next day. wasteof.money started out as some teenager’s hobby project with an extremely small and niche circle around it, to becoming still a hobby project, but now with a somewhat medium-sized community for it. it was lighthearted and casual from the very beginning, and we seem to be slowly shifting away from that the bigger we get.

that scares me to an extent, because i don’t want this community to be hostile or toxic — even despite the somewhat recent announcement made in the discord about no causing harm to other sites, i still feel like similar behavior happens in places that are off-site and underground, and that’s another reason why i don’t want really ridiculous kerfuffles happening here. i’d much rather have them kept off-site entirely so wasteof.money can still be welcoming and inclusive to everyone, including those who require much more assistance than others for things that are simply out of their control entirely. i think it’s really apparent that we shouldn’t be mocking people advocating for that.

it also doesn’t help that i feel totally obligated to look over and moderate the whole thing, because someone could easily go too far with their colorful language. maybe i’m unnecessarily stressing out over this, but i don’t know. rant over.