by Just a Person » Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:49 am
by Syberis » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:07 am
Just a Person wrote:Bully Culture. Something that shouldn’t exist but is being pushed in Osiris as something fun. Picking on each other for fun, making fun of each other for fun. For a region that just signed something called the ‘Protecting Our Players Accord’, it seems a little ironic to be instituting something literally called bully culture. This seems completely innocent from the outside, but how is this policed? One day someone is going to cross a line and use the excuse ‘bully culture, it’s all in good fun!’
These put downs of people may seem innocuous, but we don’t know what they are going through in their daily lives. Logging onto a community where they want to feel safe and accepted and being met with ‘good natured bullying’ could have unforeseen consequences and cause harm.
Truthfully in my opinion bully culture is something to be avoided and causes an unnecessary rift that can drive away or isolate new players. It also forms the impression of an ‘in group’, a group of people who can do and say what they want because they are influential in the region and can further isolate new players. I’ve been in Osiris for a while, and honestly the concept is driving me away.
Osiris can take the course they want, but I sincerely hope that it isn’t #bullyculture. NationStates has strived so hard to make progress on this front, please don’t drag us backwards.
Zaolat wrote:WHO THE F*** IS SYBERIS
by USS Merrimack » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:13 am
by RiderSyl » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:16 am
by Ghostfox » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:18 am
by Salvarity » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:23 am
by Syberis » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:34 am
USS Merrimack wrote:Osiris is one of the most welcoming regions I have ever had the fortune of coming across, and anyone in that community and discord would agree. This is a vast misunderstanding of #BullyCulture, and as much as I would love to Onderwall in the defense of Osiris, Syberis covers it very well.
I suggest you stop by the Osiris discord for yourself and see what the region is like.
Zaolat wrote:WHO THE F*** IS SYBERIS
by Just a Person » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:40 am
by Ghostfox » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:48 am
by ShrewLlamaLand » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:06 am
Cataluna wrote:Nice memes, Jocospor and friends. If only you could have pulled a prank this good for April Fools
by The Black Party » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:10 am
Cataluna wrote:Nice memes, Jocospor and friends. If only you could have pulled a prank this good for April Fools
by Altinsane » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:22 am
Just a Person wrote:Truthfully I hid behind a puppet for the reasons in the responses. I didn't think this would go over well, and how do you think it would have gone if I'd went to the admin team? TBH, I'd probably have been ignored.
I have a genuine concern that what starts out as something innocent could turn into the very thing that NS has been fighting for more than the past year. This isn't any kind of smear campaign on Osiris, and I'm sure Lynxi will do a great job. But it isn't 'bullshit', it's a genuine concern.
by Big Bad Badger » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:48 am
Just a Person wrote:Truthfully I hid behind a puppet for the reasons in the responses. I didn't think this would go over well, and how do you think it would have gone if I'd went to the admin team? TBH, I'd probably have been ignored.
I have a genuine concern that what starts out as something innocent could turn into the very thing that NS has been fighting for more than the past year. This isn't any kind of smear campaign on Osiris, and I'm sure Lynxi will do a great job. But it isn't 'bullshit', it's a genuine concern.
by Cormactopia Prime » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:56 am
by Zaolat » Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:23 pm
by The Notorious Mad Jack » Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:51 pm
by Vanquaria » Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:20 pm
by Lord Dominator » Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:58 pm
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