Quick mod post (this is also partly a personal post, didn't run this by any other mod aside from saying I'm gonna post something so please dont kill me): A lot of things have been happening on VVN that's been making people feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. I want to tell everyone here that we've absolutely been talking about it - initially we were going off of what just we have been observing, but some people have ended up messaging us which really helps us get a wider perspective on various happenings. We absolutely are going to retroactively review older posts, even deleting more offensive ones that we didn't realize were harmful at the time - we fully understand that doing something now may do little to help anyone as it would have when things were actually happening, but we want to start setting a precedent of intervening more when things get out of hand. (If your post gets deleted, we'll let you know along with the reason why, don't worry. We'll delete posts that we think have no place still being up after certain things have come to light, but we'll also be deleting posts that were made in response to or about those posts - nobody will be punished or penalized for having posts removed in this manner.)
(This section onwards are more personal, the other mods have the same or similar sentiments but I specifically am only speaking for myself here!)
I'm sorry it's taken so long for us to do anything about it - some things haven't been sitting well with me either but I either didn't want to take drastic action without consulting other mods first, or situations have ended before I even realize anything's happened so I assumed things were okay. There are issues with both of those approaches though, and I'm going to try and change how I go about moderation as a result. Again, if anyone ever has a concern about another user or just a general comment about a thread or ongoing atmosphere or literally anything at all, please message any of us about it and we'll look into it immediately (we may not realize something's a problem if it isn't brought up to us). Our goal is to make VVN a better place for everyone.
As for why I'm posting this, I just don't want anyone to think that there isn't anything going on behind the scenes. I'm not sure when exactly we'll be able to enact these changes, but I want to do it as soon as possible - whether that's in the next few days or takes a little bit longer as we iron out exactly what we're going to do, I want people to know that we're not just idly sitting by and letting things happen orz. There's absolutely conversation happening! Which I understand may be hard to believe while everything on site remains untouched for now, but that's why I'm posting this. And again, please message us if there's anything at all you'd like to contribute - you're all part of VVN and your experience and opinion is valuable to us.
