So, there have been a few problems in this spot lately. And some of anda seem to think that I am the root of them. So this is an open letter to anyone who wants to read it about the problems in this spot.
Problem Number One ~ Miscategorised Content: Not In The Right Place
A lot of people have been posting their Invader Zim stuff in weird places. Here is a guide to what each section of this spot is for:
Videos~ Well, obviously for videos!
Images~
Photos: for foto of the characters of Invader Zim, atau episodic stills, atau foto of Invader Zim merchandise that anda own.
Wallpapers: for computer wallpaper and desktop images. These are gambar that are pretty big, so that people can use them as backgrounds on their computers!
Icons: icon are little gambar that can be used as user icon for Fanpop, atau another website, atau for personal icon on your computer, atau just for fun!
Fan Art: the fan Art section is for posting artworks that anda have made yourself (or that someone else made, but anda are sharing them here and are therefore crediting their work, acknowledging that anda did not make it).
Screencaps: this section is for screen captures of Invader Zim episodes, featurettes atau promos.
Links~ For posting a link to something outside of Fanpop, like a website about Invader Zim, atau link to Invader Zim pictures, video atau full episodes.
Articles~ For menulis Invader Zim fan fiction, episode guides, character guides, reviews atau artikel that share your opinion about any aspect of the show!
Forums~ This is the place to dicuss Invader Zim with other Invader Zim fans! anda could talk about characters, episodes, meanings, your like and dislikes and any other Invader Zim issues that anda want to talk about with other Invader Zim fans!
Picks~ Picks are for asking for other people's OPINIONS about Invader Zim. If anda want to know what people think about Invader Zim characters, episodes, relationships, musik etc, then ask for opinions with a pick!
Quiz~ The kuis section is for testing fan knowledge of Invader Zim! So this is where anda can ask kuis pertanyaan about specific things in Invader Zim and test to see if other people know the answer. These kuis pertanyaan have FACTUAL jawaban that anda ALREADY KNOW THE jawaban TO. Make sure your kuis pertanyaan and the jawaban to it are clear so that fan can understand what the kuis is about!
Answers~ The jawaban section is a place for anda to ask other Invader Zim fan a pertanyaan that anda DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO that has a concrete, FACTUAL answer. For example, if anda do not know who did the voice for a particular Invader Zim character, anda could ask in the jawaban section, and your fellow fan will help anda out oleh (hopefully) giving anda an answer!
Some of anda have berkata that it doesn't matter where things get posted. If that were true, we wouldn't have these sections. The different sections are important to keeping the spot organised so that we can find things if we need them and can help each other if we need to. If things are not in the right place, we will not e able to find them. If we can't find them, less people will see your contributions, so that will mean less Invader Zim talk and decreased spot activity.
Problem Number Two ~ Miscategorised Content: Not Invader Zim!
There is a sub-group of fan here that like to draw themselves as Invader Zim characters, and write themselves into Invader Zim style stories etc. It seems to be like an over-arching RPG. While that, in itself, is not a problem, problems do arise when other fans, who are not involved in the role play, encounter that content. For many people, those images, stories and picks do not make any sense. They DO NOT KNOW that those pictures are pictures of anda as an Invader Zim character. They DO NOT KNOW that a pick is talking about an imaginary relationship between anda and an Invader Zim character. Most fan in this spot are only familiar with the character and relationships that are on the actual show. So when they see this role play content, they think that it has nothing to do with Invader Zim, they laporan is and it gets deleted.
Now, a number of anda have been complaining for a long, long time about your content being deleted. anda think it is unfair, and I'm sure that, to you, it is unfair. I have tried to help people with this problem, but everyone just gets mad at me about it, even though anda ask me for help and it is not even my fault. But I will say it here, one last time and hope that maybe someone listens:
If anda post something that is not DIRECTLY related to INVADER ZIM (the tv tampil and fandom as a whole) it will lebih than likely be REMOVED. A possible way to counteract this, if, for example anda post a picture of yourself in Invader Zim, atau a role-play story atau whatever, is to SAY WHAT IT IS IN THE judul (or description) and GIVE AN IMAGE CREDIT, explaining that anda made the artwork/story. Giving people who are not part of your role-playing this kind of information will help keep your content on the spot. Without that information, your content will keep getting removed from Fanpop, regardless of how fair atau unfair anda think that is.
Problem(s) Number Three ~ Crediting, Keywording & Rating
I'm gonna mention this knowing full well most people won't listen. But here goes...
Crediting is a good thing to do, especially when anda are posting someone elses work. Imagine if anda found out that someone had diposting your work somewhere else and had not diberikan anda any credit for it and was pretending it was their's. Not a nice feeling. So always give the artist credit, whether it is a wallpaper, icon, fanart atau video.
Credit for gambar directly from Invader Zim goes to "Nickelodeon" and/or "Jhonen Vasquez".
Keywording is important because it helps a) describe what is in your image/link/video, and b) it helps people find anda content when they cari for Invader Zim stuff. Give your content good, descriptive kata kunci so that people can find it.
Rating has a couple of important functions. Firstly, it gives people an indication as to whether atau not the content is being appreciated oleh the fan of the spot. For example, if I post a really, really good picture and no one rates it (but they still like it), I might not post anymore good pictures because it seems like no one likes them. But if people were to rate those pictures highly, then I would know that people like my work and that I should make lebih of it. Same thing with images/videos/articles etc. Rating what anda view only takes less than a second, and it really helps people post cool stuff.
Secondly, rating helps anda work towards the medal that anda deserve for your contributions to the spot.
Problem Number Four ~ "Shut your noise tube, taco Human!"
Basically, there have been some very rude komentar made around this spot lately. There is a lot of people telling other people to "shut up" atau telling them that they are mean when there is a simple disagreement about something. There is a lot of name-calling and people disrespecting each other's opinions.
A lot of anda have told me to shut up when I was being nice. Whenever I try to help, some of tell me to shut up, even when anda asked for the help. I even got told to shut up when I was complimenting someone else's artwork.
Some of anda are phenomenally disrespectful of other people's opinions, yet anda get furious as soon as someone else pertanyaan yours. A perfect example of this is the line of commenting on this link.
Plus, as far as I can tell, half the time anda all hate each other. Those kinds of problems can be fixed pretty easily oleh just being respectful. We don't all have to cinta exactly the same things, and if someone loves something that anda hate, then thats their business. At the end of the day, we all cinta Invader Zim, which is why we are here. So why not focus on the things that anda cinta about the show, instead of focusing on saying something to make someone feel bad about the things that they love.
Overall, I have to say that the Invader Zim spot USED to be one of my favourite spots, but lately, since most of my interactions with people here are either rage-filled atau bewildering, I pretty much don't like coming to this spot anymore. And I know A LOT of other people feel that way too. I mean, there are still a couple of really nice people here, but it is getting to the point where I can't be bothered wasting my time being abused for being nice to people.
All I can say is that I have never tried to be anything but nice and helpful to new fan here, even though it has always made me angry that some people have pretty much been trying to bully me out of this spot.
I really want to be a part of this spot, and I want to have fun here. And I want other people to have fun here. But with content always being removed, and people being horrible to each other, I'm pretty sure this spot will die.
So please read this artikel and think about ot a little when anda post stuff. And please komentar with your thoughts. Of course, if all anda have to say is how much anda hate me and think I'm a bitch, then don't waste your time commenting. I already know some of anda hate me, for whatever reason.
Problem Number One ~ Miscategorised Content: Not In The Right Place
A lot of people have been posting their Invader Zim stuff in weird places. Here is a guide to what each section of this spot is for:
Videos~ Well, obviously for videos!
Images~
Photos: for foto of the characters of Invader Zim, atau episodic stills, atau foto of Invader Zim merchandise that anda own.
Wallpapers: for computer wallpaper and desktop images. These are gambar that are pretty big, so that people can use them as backgrounds on their computers!
Icons: icon are little gambar that can be used as user icon for Fanpop, atau another website, atau for personal icon on your computer, atau just for fun!
Fan Art: the fan Art section is for posting artworks that anda have made yourself (or that someone else made, but anda are sharing them here and are therefore crediting their work, acknowledging that anda did not make it).
Screencaps: this section is for screen captures of Invader Zim episodes, featurettes atau promos.
Links~ For posting a link to something outside of Fanpop, like a website about Invader Zim, atau link to Invader Zim pictures, video atau full episodes.
Articles~ For menulis Invader Zim fan fiction, episode guides, character guides, reviews atau artikel that share your opinion about any aspect of the show!
Forums~ This is the place to dicuss Invader Zim with other Invader Zim fans! anda could talk about characters, episodes, meanings, your like and dislikes and any other Invader Zim issues that anda want to talk about with other Invader Zim fans!
Picks~ Picks are for asking for other people's OPINIONS about Invader Zim. If anda want to know what people think about Invader Zim characters, episodes, relationships, musik etc, then ask for opinions with a pick!
Quiz~ The kuis section is for testing fan knowledge of Invader Zim! So this is where anda can ask kuis pertanyaan about specific things in Invader Zim and test to see if other people know the answer. These kuis pertanyaan have FACTUAL jawaban that anda ALREADY KNOW THE jawaban TO. Make sure your kuis pertanyaan and the jawaban to it are clear so that fan can understand what the kuis is about!
Answers~ The jawaban section is a place for anda to ask other Invader Zim fan a pertanyaan that anda DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO that has a concrete, FACTUAL answer. For example, if anda do not know who did the voice for a particular Invader Zim character, anda could ask in the jawaban section, and your fellow fan will help anda out oleh (hopefully) giving anda an answer!
Some of anda have berkata that it doesn't matter where things get posted. If that were true, we wouldn't have these sections. The different sections are important to keeping the spot organised so that we can find things if we need them and can help each other if we need to. If things are not in the right place, we will not e able to find them. If we can't find them, less people will see your contributions, so that will mean less Invader Zim talk and decreased spot activity.
Problem Number Two ~ Miscategorised Content: Not Invader Zim!
There is a sub-group of fan here that like to draw themselves as Invader Zim characters, and write themselves into Invader Zim style stories etc. It seems to be like an over-arching RPG. While that, in itself, is not a problem, problems do arise when other fans, who are not involved in the role play, encounter that content. For many people, those images, stories and picks do not make any sense. They DO NOT KNOW that those pictures are pictures of anda as an Invader Zim character. They DO NOT KNOW that a pick is talking about an imaginary relationship between anda and an Invader Zim character. Most fan in this spot are only familiar with the character and relationships that are on the actual show. So when they see this role play content, they think that it has nothing to do with Invader Zim, they laporan is and it gets deleted.
Now, a number of anda have been complaining for a long, long time about your content being deleted. anda think it is unfair, and I'm sure that, to you, it is unfair. I have tried to help people with this problem, but everyone just gets mad at me about it, even though anda ask me for help and it is not even my fault. But I will say it here, one last time and hope that maybe someone listens:
If anda post something that is not DIRECTLY related to INVADER ZIM (the tv tampil and fandom as a whole) it will lebih than likely be REMOVED. A possible way to counteract this, if, for example anda post a picture of yourself in Invader Zim, atau a role-play story atau whatever, is to SAY WHAT IT IS IN THE judul (or description) and GIVE AN IMAGE CREDIT, explaining that anda made the artwork/story. Giving people who are not part of your role-playing this kind of information will help keep your content on the spot. Without that information, your content will keep getting removed from Fanpop, regardless of how fair atau unfair anda think that is.
Problem(s) Number Three ~ Crediting, Keywording & Rating
I'm gonna mention this knowing full well most people won't listen. But here goes...
Crediting is a good thing to do, especially when anda are posting someone elses work. Imagine if anda found out that someone had diposting your work somewhere else and had not diberikan anda any credit for it and was pretending it was their's. Not a nice feeling. So always give the artist credit, whether it is a wallpaper, icon, fanart atau video.
Credit for gambar directly from Invader Zim goes to "Nickelodeon" and/or "Jhonen Vasquez".
Keywording is important because it helps a) describe what is in your image/link/video, and b) it helps people find anda content when they cari for Invader Zim stuff. Give your content good, descriptive kata kunci so that people can find it.
Rating has a couple of important functions. Firstly, it gives people an indication as to whether atau not the content is being appreciated oleh the fan of the spot. For example, if I post a really, really good picture and no one rates it (but they still like it), I might not post anymore good pictures because it seems like no one likes them. But if people were to rate those pictures highly, then I would know that people like my work and that I should make lebih of it. Same thing with images/videos/articles etc. Rating what anda view only takes less than a second, and it really helps people post cool stuff.
Secondly, rating helps anda work towards the medal that anda deserve for your contributions to the spot.
Problem Number Four ~ "Shut your noise tube, taco Human!"
Basically, there have been some very rude komentar made around this spot lately. There is a lot of people telling other people to "shut up" atau telling them that they are mean when there is a simple disagreement about something. There is a lot of name-calling and people disrespecting each other's opinions.
A lot of anda have told me to shut up when I was being nice. Whenever I try to help, some of tell me to shut up, even when anda asked for the help. I even got told to shut up when I was complimenting someone else's artwork.
Some of anda are phenomenally disrespectful of other people's opinions, yet anda get furious as soon as someone else pertanyaan yours. A perfect example of this is the line of commenting on this link.
Plus, as far as I can tell, half the time anda all hate each other. Those kinds of problems can be fixed pretty easily oleh just being respectful. We don't all have to cinta exactly the same things, and if someone loves something that anda hate, then thats their business. At the end of the day, we all cinta Invader Zim, which is why we are here. So why not focus on the things that anda cinta about the show, instead of focusing on saying something to make someone feel bad about the things that they love.
Overall, I have to say that the Invader Zim spot USED to be one of my favourite spots, but lately, since most of my interactions with people here are either rage-filled atau bewildering, I pretty much don't like coming to this spot anymore. And I know A LOT of other people feel that way too. I mean, there are still a couple of really nice people here, but it is getting to the point where I can't be bothered wasting my time being abused for being nice to people.
All I can say is that I have never tried to be anything but nice and helpful to new fan here, even though it has always made me angry that some people have pretty much been trying to bully me out of this spot.
I really want to be a part of this spot, and I want to have fun here. And I want other people to have fun here. But with content always being removed, and people being horrible to each other, I'm pretty sure this spot will die.
So please read this artikel and think about ot a little when anda post stuff. And please komentar with your thoughts. Of course, if all anda have to say is how much anda hate me and think I'm a bitch, then don't waste your time commenting. I already know some of anda hate me, for whatever reason.