me: okay, so i have the "you must provide a link to your site along with your affiliate banner" rule in my affiliation thread, and now it's been bolded, in a different accent color, and put in size 50pt font-

sb: c: hey can you c: add us c: as an affiliate c: here is our button c:

me: buT YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE A LINK HOW DID YOU MISS THAT RULE SHIVA-

I am in love with well thought out characters. One of the best things about being an admin (specially for a fantasy site) is reading over bios and feeling satisfied when someone presents you with bio that is unique, knowing full well that they read all information that pertains to the character they chose to make, asked you a ton of questions, and you can tell they worked hard to create this character, no matter how many words it is (quality over quantity).

But then you have the ones that finish their bios in 20 min (whether less than 400 words or over 1000), littered with grammatical errors and conflicting personality traits that makes no sense, 2 likes and 2 dislikes, a history that is completely irrelevant to the site plot (especially for fantasy plots, or originals for different species and such that require certain things) and no questions were asked at all in regards to the making of this character.

Not sure if I should but, I really take that as an insult to a well developed plot I've worked hard on for many many years, and I used to be that person that would point out everything that bothered me when reviewing, almost like an english teacher (I was young, it's shameful for me to think about now.)

I'm still the person that accepts quality over quantity (but still puts 100 word minimums for personalities and histories because I want to encourage everyone to really think about their character they plan to role play), and it's super disheartening when I read a bio and knowing full well they didn't read any lore or the description of species that they chose, and I'm always torn between letting them know how I feel, or just accepting them and moving on.... (which is mostly what I do now.)

I discovered something new that bothers me a year or two ago when running my site because somehow despite my lengthy-time creating sites, this was the first time it happened. I get really annoyed when people try to pretend they read the information, but also say something like "Oh, I never watched that show." as the reason for the confusion. My sites are original role-plays and my current one maybe has 2-3 species based somewhat on a show, but rarely fully. It saddens me since it means the person did not accomplish even a quick skim of the information before turning in their application. Should someone skim, they would have noticed we credit when we get inspirations from shows.

Another thing that makes me sad is when somebody hands in an application for review, I notice something and politely message them and then they openly admit they did not add x thing because they were confused. x.x My staff and I try very hard to come off as friendly so members want to ask us questions. Thus, it bothers me someone decided to try and slip through the cracks rather than coming up and being honest. I am willing to answer any question as long as someone proves to have a vague understanding of the information since that shows effort; only time I hand people a link in this situation is if the site info genuinely explains it better than me. ;-; Even if someone is asking to be spoon-fed so they can avoid reading, I answer for a little bit before providing links to the information they seek.

When people apply for affiliates and do not listen to the “please put our affiliate up first rule.” I have only had this happen once and the person never put the affiliate up which made me sit there like “Then why apply?”