Community Survey Results

Attention Cadets!

For the past month or so, the mod team have been discussing the survey that we sent out in December. First of all, I want to thank everyone that submitted on how the community is running. It really helps us to see how we can improve, and how you are feeling about the community!

Next, I want to mention that while there was plenty of excellent , we did notice that some people had some good suggestions for things we could do for the community! Some of these suggestions have already been implemented, and some we are thinking about implementing.

Many of you may have noticed already, but the [Guidelines] have been updated as of the 14th January 2021. In the survey, many people suggested that we make them clearer, so they are not as confusing and so there is more description for what is forbidden in the community. We listened, and now the guidelines have improved to be more in depth for those who wanted more description!

You can find the full length [Guidelines] through the guidelines link itself, or through the new Guidelines Wiki we added. There is also a shortened version of the guidelines at the top of both of these.

I’m sure everyone knows by now how commissions work. The commissioners make a post/wiki involving prices and people get in touch if they would like a commission. For as long as commissions have been around, we have only allowed amino coins to be payment. This is for the safety of any younger people on the app, as we are not responsible for any real money spent.

However, we have been requested time and time again that we allow real money to be used for commissions. For a long time, we kept denying this suggestion, we weren’t sure how we would safely allow it. But that is about to change. From now on, we are going to allow commissioners to use PayPal for commissions. We came to this decision because commissioners put a lot of time and effort into their commissions they make for people, and it is only fair that they gain from this.

One last thing about commissions is we have added a post category for commissions. You can find this in the side bar in the community. If you want your commissions post added there, you must a mod and request that it gets added there, as the commission post category will only be able to be edited by mods. One thing I must note about this, is that if you do want your commissions added there, it has to be through a blog. We cannot add wiki’s to the post category. Please keep that in mind when ing a mod about getting your commissions placed in the category.

Note about PayPal commissions:

> If you are going to be using PayPal commissions, please that we are in no way responsible for any transactions made between the commissioner and the buyer.

> For the safety of the buyer, we request that PayPal commissions must be done through G&S.

Most of you may have noticed a big change in mod groups already. One of them have closed. Event Corps was a good group while it lasted, and while it was sad to see it close down, us s thought it was for the best.

However, there is also some good news! The survey suggested that we included a member list for each mod group, so you community can know who is in which group and how many places are open in the group. We have decided that this suggestion was needed, so we have added a member list to each mod group information wiki. These will be updated everytime a new member s/a member leaves the group.

The mod dungeon is a chat where the mods have been meaning to host events to keep the communication between the team and the community. Many of you stated in the survey that you don’t feel like we interact with the community enough. We agree, we can do better.

The mod dungeon will be getting a refurbishment, and will become the new and improved “Mod Café”. In this Mod Café, the mods will be communicating more with the community , and we will even be hosting weekly events in there! Stay tuned to find out more about the Mod Café and what is to come!

Many times, of the community have been asking about titles. We are aware that titles are a fun thing to have, and everybody loves to gain titles. Whether that’s through mod groups or contest prizes. We have also had it suggested to us to open a title shop, where people will give amino coins for titles.

We are happy to announce that a title shop is in the making! You will be getting the title shop you all want! Stay tuned for the Title Shop! Prices and rules will be included with the title shop when it drops!

We would all like to thank you again for being amazing of this community! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them below!

Edits made by Britt

Cover art by pi0w0pi on twitter