welcome to the forest in 2012; introductions are in order!
good morning!
i hope your 2012 has not managed to suck too much as of yet.
i'm here with some forest reminders now that free-for-all is over. i've noticed lots of new campers lately; hello! i'm one of the rangers here, wtvoc. if you ever wanna ask me or one of the other rangers a question or permission to post off-topic stuff, just click on "contact" across the top of your forest taskbar up there. you can also click on anyone's icon at any time to get to their profile and/or send them a private message!
the forest is a fandom place where people in any supernatural fandoms can come discuss fandom things. the books, tv shows, movies, actors, actresses, fanfictions, merchandise, or any other fandom-related stuff. posts like "my life sucks, can i have advice" or "what are your favorite beauty products" or basically anything not fandom related can be fun, but require permission from one of the rangers (rangers will often post these to get discussions going).
every thursday 9pm eastern to sunday 6pm eastern is our free-for-all; you get to start campfires on anything you want (still no n00dz or profanity on the front page).
we have a quid pro quo rule here- that means "this for that". if you want recs or you want people to read a fanfic or you're shamelessly promoting yourself, you'd better recommend a fanfiction in return or we'll delete your campfire. i try and give people the chance to put a rec in there, but it can happen that your campfire will get deleted without warning. so just have a rec handy, okay? provide title and author, brief summary (the author's summary is fine), and most importantly, a link. also, please know that we have weekly campfires where we'd rather you post your fanfiction pimping so they're all in one place, not cluttering the front page, and not annoying people (who then send annoyed emails to us rangers). you don't HAVE to wait for the weekly campfires. but you should. it's an internet social etiquette thing.
if you want to post links to other fansites (not official websites, mind you), you need to ask permission, unless it's to a fanfiction posting place (like ff.net, unlocked livejournals, twilighted, tumblr, etc.). why? because sometimes we get nasty emails from those fansites who demand knowing why i personally allowed whatever got posted to happen. no, really. it's happened. people get pissed for dumb reasons. if i'm going to take the heat for you guys, i'd rather be in the know about it, at the very least. and if you're trying to promote your own personal contest or website, please do us the courtesy and ask first.
be warned- if you're going to make fun of someone's fanfiction, they're going to find out about it. it happened last week. people were making fun of someone's writing, and the person was here in less than an hour after it went up, feelings hurt and bewildered and begging we take it down. i was not at all amused.
do not, under any circumstances, post links to download stuff if it isn't legal to do so. what you choose to do behind PMs is up to you. i can't regulate that. :D
do not post your personal email anywhere on the website. we want you to be safe and unstalked!
please do not post any pictures that you wouldn't want to send to your boss on the front page. this means no nudes, please. if you do send nudes to your boss, well. you know what i mean. to someone who disapproves of such shenanigans. my rule for allowing that stuff is this: if they'd show it on one of the big tv networks, then i'll allow it. like, a naked butt. but no nipplage or mouths in and around things or stuff meant for hbo, please. why? because there are way more people under sixteen accessing this website than you think, and i don't wanna answer to any more irate parents whose children are happening by the front page.
once inside a campfire? hell, post what you want. people have clicked on the user agreements and know what they're getting into once they click. but nudes in your main campfire? hale no. same goes for dirty words. you know what george carlin has to say about the big seven. please refrain. if you know not of what i speak, go to youtube and type in "george carlin the seven words." and put your headphones on, that man has a filthy mouth. and "tits" is okay. i'm cool with tits.and fart. lol one cheek sneak. i haven't watched this in forever
lemme see, what else. ohhhh, right. personal attacks. don't do that. it's rude and will get you banned. we've done it before, we'll do it again. please note- there is a difference between a personal attack and saying something about a celebrity. they have PR people to address anything awful said against them. you probably do not. and we will defend you from the awful things said to you on this website by banning the offending person. so just don't do it.
on the other hand, you need to understand that there's a difference between attacking someone's opinion and their person. you may say whatever you want regarding your opinion as long as it's not "it's my opinion that you're a bleepity bleep bleep." and yes- i count calling someone stupid or saying "you are acting bitchy" as a personal attack. do not mince words with me or try to get technical. i'm not stupid, and semantics will not save you. we'll just ban you and your IP address.
if you would like to post your fanfiction here, you can apply to do so. our only requirements are that you have at least one completed fanfic posted on the internet (we would like your ff.net link and if you don't have one, please contact one of the rangers privately). no RPF, bestiality, pedophilia, or racial hate. we reserve the right to delete stuff we feel does not adhere to the spirit of ADF. we don't edit your stuff, so get a beta.
and last thing, something we don't really point out. tags! they're those things that appear at the bottom of a campfire. if you click on one, it'll take you to a list of all campfires tagged with that word or words, like "this guy can get it" or "colin firth is the king". guess who came up with those tags
anyway, you can tag your own campfires! just click "add tag" and the list will pop up. you can use whatever you want to tag your stuff. and if you have tag suggestions, let me know.
okay, that's all i got. if you have forest-related questions, ask in this campfire. otherwise, i ask that we make this an introduction post, good for new members as well as you old broads who've been with us since the beginning.
tell us your username, whether you're a ff writer, provide links to your ff.net, twitter, tumblr, whatever. tell us something about yourself! come out of lurkerdom!
oh, and apropos of nothing: downton abbey watchalong next week, y/fy?
my benevolent king and an excuse to use my favorite tag fyt:
