PLEASE READ - Group Administration

Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäOkay, so this group has turned into... something new through the covid pandemic and political unrest affecting schools. That makes sense. But it also means that it also looks like it increasingly needs some serious administration attention.

I'm going to write up my thoughts quickly and edit as needed. This isn't how I like to introduce changes in a group, but we're only at the start of a bunch of changes. Very little has been decided. Here we go....

Not too long ago, the LibraryThing team expanded the roles of group admins. Manga and Anime Addicts (MAA) was one of the last active groups on LibraryThing. Several people applied or made suggestions for who the admin(s) should be. The last I heard, a few were offered the position, with the intention that the new admins would work as a team to keep our eyes on the group.

I was one of the people offered to administrate here. Unfortunately, I haven't heard from the others.

That's unfortunate because there's been behavior in this group's Talk that needs to be acknowledge by people with the Administer buttons. I don't want to the only one drawing the lines and setting up healthy expectations in the group.

But as the moment someone needs to, let's go over a few major points.

--> Personal attacks are unacceptable. Those are against LT's terms of service. (See "Social features: Freedom of discussion and personal attacks" below the privacy notice.)

I'm old compared to many of the current MAA members and can't always determine what's meant as a personal attack by teens. Other comments are extremely obvious. What matters is what you think it is. When you see a personal attack in Talk, in this group or elsewhere, then please click on "More" below the message to flag it.

Every LT member has the ability to flag message. Do not abuse it; follow the instructions. Tim and the rest of the LT team are known to kick out people who are obviously acting in bad faith on this site. But also, please don't be afraid to report what looks to you as abuse. Mistakes can be counter-flagged just as easily. Four or standing flags (which means flags from at least four accounts) delete the post, which helps them keep this site a decent place for communication.

--> Doxxing and everything like it is extremely unacceptable. Don't share a member's phone number, their school's address, their work supervisor's email, or whatever. Sharing another member's contact information or any details about their personal lives without permission is hostile. The post might be breaking laws or not; either way, it's against the terms of service.

Every LT member has the ability to privately message members of the LT team. Go ahead and reach out to them if you see doxxing or more direct threats.

--> This group is for talking about manga and anime. Discussions go off topic—that's fine—but should mostly center around stuff that's at least looks like manga and anime. Interrupting with a flood of nonsense makes finding on-topic discussion harder, wastes storage space, and can make loading the page harder for no good reason. Create a new topic if you have something related to the group to say. To goof around with random words, create a new group (after looking again at the TOS) or a Discord server or something.

One way or another, I expect there will be a cleanup of this group soon. I'm going to wait a little longer to see what the admin situation will look like. In the meantime, take a look at your own messages and see if maybe want to edit them. Admins can hide or remove a stream of "This message has been deleted by its author" if that helps. (ETA: All that does is change the deletion message. Sorry.)

Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäGroup Settings

I just want you all to know what this looks like on the admin side.

What kind of group is this?
*Discussion group

Who can join?
*Anyone can join

Who can see group discussions?
*Anyone

Who can post to group discussions?
*Only group members

That last one has changed. Anyone signed up with LibraryThing can join without approval, but as of today, you have to click the button to join before posting.

Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäBehold! A new group image!

I'll look later for generic characters that don't have the same skin color and maybe suggest one more genre. This is just what I could put together quickly.

By the way, anyone who wants to design a different image is welcome to. We can vote for the next one.

Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäAnnouncing a new group admin!

Covid_Karin has joined me on the Admin panel.

Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäThe following is a repeat to help everyone in this group remember.

The LibraryThing team, which is the small group of people including the owner who's running this site, wants all groups to follow the site rules. That means no off-topic threads created. That means every thread in this group should include (polite!) talk about anime, manga, or related things.

Site members who do not follow the TOS may be suspended. Some members of this group might already have received warnings privately. Note that a group admin does not have the power to remove anyone from the entire site, only from the group. However, several people who are responsible for running LibraryThing do have the power to close accounts temporarily or permanently. They also have ways of blocking people who are repeatedly kicked out.

So, what's expected of you as a LibraryThing member? Discuss the topic of whatever Talk-based group you're in, remember kindness, and don't use more than one account per person solely for Talk or Messages.