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Would like to select some new mods.
posted by Alynna on 05/26/11 18:19 \| comments: 5
PM me with what you could bring to Kitsuhana as a mod.

Report on recent spam
posted by Alynna on 05/26/11 11:24 \| comments: 5
Yes we got hacked, apparently Caledon's account was somehow exploited to remove me as forum administrator, which I got to admit was funny, they must not think I have root access or something. Yes we have been getting a crapload of spam. I signed up for this nice thing at stopforumspam.org which flags spammers as they are registering, and wont even let them register. Also its nice that it prevents us (the mods and admins) from being spammed with 'omg this person registered' for every spammer who wants to bug us. Additionally I upgraded the forum to SMF 1.1.13, which is the latest in the 1 series. I don't think we're going to 2.0 because I dont want to risk compatibility issues. Hopefully the den is nice and secured now.

posted by Alynna on 05/26/11 11:24 | comments: 5

Yes we got hacked, apparently Caledon's account was somehow exploited to remove me as forum administrator, which I got to admit was funny, they must not think I have root access or something.
Yes we have been getting a crapload of spam. I signed up for this nice thing at stopforumspam.org which flags spammers as they are registering, and wont even let them register. Also its nice that it prevents us (the mods and admins) from being spammed with 'omg this person registered' for every spammer who wants to bug us.

Additionally I upgraded the forum to SMF 1.1.13, which is the latest in the 1 series. I don't think we're going to 2.0 because I dont want to risk compatibility issues.

Hopefully the den is nice and secured now.

Downtime -- over
posted by Alynna on 06/25/10 12:05 \| comments: 0
I had to replace the old raid array that failed a few weeks ago (we were running on one disk), fixed nows

Change to forum policies
posted by Alynna on 06/24/10 12:20 \| comments: 2
This is important. For the longest time I've been trying to determine what defines a 'poser' or not. One of the hardest things i've had to deal with in running this forum is who is one and who is not. I've recently given alot of thought and had alot of discussion about this matter. I've been able to come up with a set of guidelines that will be enforced. They are alot like the old guidelines, but i'll fully explain them here. I'm hoping that by outlining these, that I'll be able to participate more here, as well as keep the quality control high. A poser is someone who is knowingly making false claims about their self-identity in order to be part of the group. A troll is someone who participates in the forum to actively disrupt dialog. This does not mean disagreement, or argument, or discussion, but instead consistent personal attacks or general attacks on any particular participating group. A roleplayer is someone who misunderstands the purpose of this forum in the belief that we are lying about our own self-identites, and in that attempts to play along. This is not a roleplay forum. An otakukin is someone who specifically identifies with specific character(s) from regular media. Not a race or species, but a character. The only exception to this is Twilight vampires, which AFAIC are are all posers. All of the above classes of individuals are not welcome on Kitsuhana or any of its related spaces on the Internet. This being said, this means that the following classes of individuals are permitted to be here. Those making claims that are 'probability challenged', whether or not they are able to immediately explain why they believe this. Those who are unsure about their phenotype or other self-identifying label. Those who are not otherkin at all and are not trying to claim to be one either. In the cases above where there is doubt and uncertainty on either the side of the new member (hereto called 'newbie') or the existing members about the newbie claims, the standard action towards the member should be to attempt to guide them towards less probability-challenged self-identification, rather than outright rejection and ostracization. In general, if a newbie makes claims that they believe and are prepared to explain, they should be (as it should be with anyone) rightly questioned on why, and encouraged to examine the belief closely, to rationalize it to themselves. But after a long discussion about this matter and a long time of thinking about it on my own, I have come to the realization that no claim can be proven or disproven ultimately. I can throw evidence against any claim anyone here makes, as much as anyone here can attempt to prove it. But this path will lead to us becoming a clique, and not a newbie friendly community. I have come to realize that a great many otherkin, including more foxes and kitsune, may come here with claims that are probability-challenged. But that doesn't necessarily mean they are not otherkin or foxes or kitsune or what have you. An attempt to guide them to rational answers must be made first, before a decision is made as to whether they should be permitted to stay here. This being said, the burden of proper introspection to self-identity still resides with the newbie. If you come here with claims that are probability-challenged, and you are challenged by our community to justify them, and you are unable to.. well this post does not mean that it will be eventually accepted. You are likely to be continued to be challenged to justify your assertions. This post means that you will not be removed from the forum, at least in the short term, for your assertions. Everyone, no matter what stage in your awakening or life you are in, should be prepared to listen to others, learn from others, and justify your assertions. However everyone should also be willing to help newbies through their own confusion, because most of us were there once.

posted by Alynna on 06/24/10 12:20 | comments: 2

This is important.

For the longest time I've been trying to determine what defines a 'poser' or not. One of the hardest things i've had to deal with in running this forum is who is one and who is not. I've recently given alot of thought and had alot of discussion about this matter. I've been able to come up with a set of guidelines that will be enforced. They are alot like the old guidelines, but i'll fully explain them here. I'm hoping that by outlining these, that I'll be able to participate more here, as well as keep the quality control high.

A poser is someone who is knowingly making false claims about their self-identity in order to be part of the group.
A troll is someone who participates in the forum to actively disrupt dialog. This does not mean disagreement, or argument, or discussion, but instead consistent personal attacks or general attacks on any particular participating group.
A roleplayer is someone who misunderstands the purpose of this forum in the belief that we are lying about our own self-identites, and in that attempts to play along. This is not a roleplay forum.
An otakukin is someone who specifically identifies with specific character(s) from regular media. Not a race or species, but a character. The only exception to this is Twilight vampires, which AFAIC are are all posers.

All of the above classes of individuals are not welcome on Kitsuhana or any of its related spaces on the Internet.

This being said, this means that the following classes of individuals are permitted to be here.

Those making claims that are 'probability challenged', whether or not they are able to immediately explain why they believe this.
Those who are unsure about their phenotype or other self-identifying label.
Those who are not otherkin at all and are not trying to claim to be one either.

In the cases above where there is doubt and uncertainty on either the side of the new member (hereto called 'newbie') or the existing members about the newbie claims, the standard action towards the member should be to attempt to guide them towards less probability-challenged self-identification, rather than outright rejection and ostracization.

In general, if a newbie makes claims that they believe and are prepared to explain, they should be (as it should be with anyone) rightly questioned on why, and encouraged to examine the belief closely, to rationalize it to themselves. But after a long discussion about this matter and a long time of thinking about it on my own, I have come to the realization that no claim can be proven or disproven ultimately. I can throw evidence against any claim anyone here makes, as much as anyone here can attempt to prove it. But this path will lead to us becoming a clique, and not a newbie friendly community.

I have come to realize that a great many otherkin, including more foxes and kitsune, may come here with claims that are probability-challenged. But that doesn't necessarily mean they are not otherkin or foxes or kitsune or what have you. An attempt to guide them to rational answers must be made first, before a decision is made as to whether they should be permitted to stay here.

This being said, the burden of proper introspection to self-identity still resides with the newbie. If you come here with claims that are probability-challenged, and you are challenged by our community to justify them, and you are unable to.. well this post does not mean that it will be eventually accepted. You are likely to be continued to be challenged to justify your assertions. This post means that you will not be removed from the forum, at least in the short term, for your assertions.

Everyone, no matter what stage in your awakening or life you are in, should be prepared to listen to others, learn from others, and justify your assertions. However everyone should also be willing to help newbies through their own confusion, because most of us were there once.

New Registration Fixed
posted by Alynna on 06/24/10 04:43 \| comments: 6
Turns out emails weren't going out for a while for new regs. Well its fixed now. Hopefully permanently. Also.. What do you think I or we can do to encourage new activity?

Downtime
posted by Alynna on 03/31/10 22:33 \| comments: 4
I was away for the weekend. It stormed alot. The server browned out a few times. It corrupted MySQL's database. I fixed it. I put in a fatter power supply. And here we are again.