As many know, during the past week, several older members of the Community have returned and are celebrating their nostalgia. With the mix of ages and backgrounds that naturally comes with members spanning 16 years of the Community, there will obviously be different perceptions as to how one should conduct oneself in an online community like this.

I've been receiving a flood of complaints across multiple media channels regarding clashes between various members and admins. Some of these have been trivial, some absolutely valid, and some just absurd. Here are some examples of what I have received:

* Inappropriate content in blogs from 13 years ago
* Nonsensical blogs being re-featured
* Self-featuring of blogs
* Un-featuring of blogs
* Deletion of old blogs
* Deletion of new blogs
* Inappropriate conduct in general chatrooms
* Inappropriate conduct in age-rated chatrooms
* Minors sneaking into age-rated chatrooms
* Bullying
* Disagreements with admin promotions
* Disagreements with admin demotions
* Disagreements about bans/kicks

I can't micromanage everything that happens. That is why admins and overlords exist.

Receiving a constant flood of messages and screenshots complaining about other members just becomes noise, and I'm less likely to take any action than if I receive occasional messages concerning the most egregious of actions. Trying to "cancel" a member over a blog post from a decade ago that used a term deemed inappropriate today in only specific cultural slang is an example of such noise. Trying to get an admin demoted after getting banned from the chatrooms is another example. I could give plenty of other examples.

I also don't care what is happening in the unofficial Discord communities. I left those long ago because some of the content was so toxic and vulgar and so focused on bullying that I would've demoted every admin and overlord and started fresh if it happened here.

Please have some discretion with your actions here, and don't be afraid to call out those who are conducting themselves in manners you believe to be inappropriate. There are members of all ages, cultures, backgrounds, religions, belief systems, ethnicities, etc., in the Community. Please take that into account when sharing contents and making posts. People will have disagreements, but there's no need to turn those toxic. It benefits no one to share content for the purpose of riling up anger among members.

If there are major grievances, please still take them to me through text, email, social media, or wherever. I just don't need the flood I have been getting.