Hello, Facediary!
Congratulations on 1000 posts! Because of us hitting this milestone, I have decided to go over flashbacks of the memories we have made as a community, first off, let's go right to the start of the Community.
Start of a CommunityFacediary was created on wix.com, a simple and free website host, thanks to the original owner: purplewolves, it took a few weeks of advertisement to get the first few users on: Octopuppy and Liquidatrous. Then a few days later, Bluestar2 and many others joined. It was the start of a community, at first, everything was simple and easy. Purplewolves hosted her first staff applications and as they went live her and Octopuppy found themselves deciding out of the maturity of users who they would pick. The first staff to be appointed by this system was Liqudatrous.
FPSLater on, new staff were appointed: Bluestar2, and Sealdog, Sealdog decided that it was time for acknowledgement to their users, he announced that they were accepting Applications to be a Front Page Suggester, where a user of Facediary would be chosen to pick out blog posts and forum posts within their requirements to be on the front page. A list of FPS’s inculds:
Sparklilly, Sealdog, and, Bumblebee. This system was however deemed unsuccessful and deleted afew months later, Facediary apologized to the future FPS’s
Facediary HeadquartersOnce Facediary grew, purplewolves decided that her staff needed to be paid for their contributions to Facediary, she released new staff applications in a job section where you could apply for a full paying job, where you would work at the Headquarters.
Semi-Moderators, Chat Moderators, and, Community LeadersBluestar2 having been given the rights to the website as the new Owner decided that it was time that they needed user leadership within the community, with the new Chat system that was implemented, if you helped in the chat continually you would be made a Moderator. They also decided that they needed a Semi-Moderator rank where if you helped around Facediary and engaged yourself in the community you could be given a leadership role as a Semi-Moderator, if these users decided to apply for a staff position one day they would have a increased chance of becoming one. They also made a Community Leaders system, which was like your normal house captain, Facediary would hold an election every year for new CL’s and they would choose four. All these systems were still a thing when the website was deleted early in 2018. Here is a list of all the users who were given this opportunity:
Liqudatrous, Sparklilly, Bumblebee, and a unknown user. (Community Leaders for 2018)
Sparklilly and Bumblebee (Semi-Moderators)
Sparklilly and Fallenstardust (Chat Moderators)
The Administrators accounts being hackedThe Administrators accounts were hacked, including Bluestar2’s where they all had to try and get them out of their accounts whatever was in there and take a break which then many users started helping around the community.
Rank ChangesRank changes were made from the normal Moderator, Background Engineer, Administrator, Team Leader, Developer, Helper, and Global Moderator, to Artist, Moderator and Administrator this also removed the system that the Moderators would be paid for their contributions and it was a free uncharged volunteer position. This brought in a team of new Artists:
Fang (Later to be the Owner)
Littlespark (Later a Moderator)
Seasonal (Later a Moderator)
Seaglimmer (Later a Administrator)
Orcasfangs (Later a Moderator)
A new wiki and forumSealdog decided it was time for a wiki, she created it but it was inactive and taken down once again, and then Fang (A Administrator at the time) made the current forum and everyone moved to that, and when he was granted Owner rights, and decided that the old website would be deleted since no one seemed to be using it anymore.
Selecting staffOnly afew of the staff from the old website created an account on the forum, so, Fang new he needed new staff, he appointed Celestialaska and after awhile he noticed activity from a user name Queen Luna (LunaLaomi) who made a application to be an Artist and was accepted! She was a Artist for a short period of time then skipped Moderator to Administrator, at this time the staff who had created an account from the old website were: Sealdog, Bluestar2, Fang, Seasonal, and, Seaglimmer.
JustADreamJustADream was a user who came from the old website to the new forum, she was a close friend to Fang, and always helped the community, when Facediary was needed a new staff member after Seaglimmer retired permanently, Fang promoted her straight to a administrator.
Staff Appreciation
Many new users to the forum decided to make Staff Appreciation threads, to give the staff appreciation that they deserved here are some of them:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/staff-appreciation-39/ | Staff appreciation by TempestFan
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/appreciation-towards-fang/ | Appreciation towards Fang by JustADream
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/staff-appreciation/ | Staff appreciation by JustADream
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/art-for-seaglimmer!/ | Art for Seaglimmer! By Celestialaska
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/lets-show-gratidite-to-our-admins/ | Lets show gratidute to our admins! By TempestFan
There was also several users from the old website who participated.
New StaffThere was several new staff appointed during the next few months, Including:
❤️~AstarForever~❤️ (Current Administrator)
Brook (Current Moderator)
Shadowella (Retired Moderator)
SimplyObsessed (Retired Background Developer)
StarbornDawn (Retired Moderator)
TempestFan (Current Administrator)
Facediary MemesIn a thread created by Fang, users could make memes releated to Facediary, many users particpate in this, and there has been many funny memes made:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/facediary-memes/Community Counselors Since the Staff team decided that all the leadership roles should be taken away along with the move, they decided to add it back thanks to a suggestion by Bluestar2 in a post on the Private board for staff:
“Do you remember how we had the Community Leaders? Couldn't we do that again? (I think that Community Counselors would be a better name)
Community Counselors are not Staff, they have been candidates for the permission before. They are expected to withhold the rules and reinforce them at any cost. They will be the closet to the staff and will always have the opportunity to say what they want to say on the Staff's opinions and choices.
They have authority over the regular members of Facediary and will spread news straight from the Staff and will be given a extra chance if they decide to apply for helper position.
Now, I want to talk about the Staff. I think we have way to many roles and way to many staff. We need to change some members of the staff team to background roles. I do not agree we need the old Admin, Artist and Moderator roles though I think all we need are Leaders, Curators, and Junior Curators. But unfortunately, we will have to remove some staff. My suggestions for that would be our two Senior Moderators and JustADream, they are very inactive and haven't helped in months.
I think that the staff need to step back from the community abit more, If we go ahead with the idea of Counselors, They need to be able to improve the community and not be drained of power from the Staff. I think that we only need about 10 staff members, since we came back the numbers have sky rocketed. That leads me to my next rant. We have a small community, and I think we are starting to forget that. A small community doesn't need about 30 staff. Nothing really happens anymore i'm afraid. Nothing has gone wrong. Also, Luna, I'm throwing you under the bus but we need you to be alot more stricter then you are with Staff Applications. We need quality.
SimplyObsessed, I feel like you are the correct person to have the final choice on the Staff Applications - After all you lead the team.
Back to the point of the Leader, Curator and Junior Curator thing. Everyone will be assigned a role as their rank. You may be a Leader and be assigned to being the IT person. like Simply you would be a Leader but you would be assigned the team leader job. Understand where I'm
heading?”
Which was implemented and purplewolves gave the permissions to the Junior Curator at the time: AstarForever, who was given the opportunity to lead the Community Counselors, The Community Counselor election involved 3 Users, only one of which was originally chosen: Brook, and then StarbornDawn, FaithisintheWater, Jayfeather894 and many others were added on. This is when they also decided to have houses and leadership roles within them.
Inactive staff removalAt the same time as the Community Counselor system was implemented, Astar was incharge of picking the most active staff to stay as a Moderator, many of the staff were deleted after this:
JustADream, Seasonal, Aquaila, Orcasfangs, Sealdog, Quantiscity, and, Octopuppy.
The staff who continued their position were:
Fang - Leader
LunaLaomi - Leader
Bluestar2 - Leader
SimplyObsessed - Leader
TempestFan - Curator
Clestialaska - Curator
AstarForever - Curator
Shadowella - Junior Curator
HousesHouses were then implemented about a month later, which had much thought put in behind the scenes, the original idea was AstarForever’s but StarbornDawn designed the system and names:
“At my school, we have an awesome house system that I think we could implement into Facediary.
So, there is four houses (The names can be decided on later) and what would happen, if they would all have one House Captian and Deputy.
So, there will be two staff members in each house that oversee the houses, though, it is user-lead. You will be put into one of the four houses, and will be given the opportunity CC or just a normal member to run in the House Captian election, you will create a speech and one of the staff members from your house will put the speeches from their house up in a house board, which will have a poll. The staff members in your house will decide out of the most popular choices who will be House Captian and Deputy.
I think that there should be five boards, one for each house, and a united one where all the actives will happen. Instead of having a post count rank, they will have what house they're in. You can only access your houses board.
There will be house points given out, and at the end of the week you will be informed who won.
Names could include: Winterwater, Moonridge, Sealedge, Summerwood”
An election took place shortly after for House Captains and Deputies, at this time, only two houses were implemented: Moonridge and Sealedge because there was not enough users to be put in 4 houses, the users who were chosen were:
Sealedge
House Captain: Brook
Deputy: Fight for YOU
And in Moonridge
House Captain: StarbornDawn
Deputy: LunarGolden.
This system was quickly deleted because of inactivity.
A change in staff ranksFang and Astar decided the ranks Artist, Moderator and Administrator were outdated and unnecessary, and they were decided upon that they would be changed to Junior Curator, Curator, and, Leader, which was later replaced with the current system of, just Moderators thanks to a suggestion from Jayfeather894 here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/history/possible-new-staff-ranks/Bluestar2’s account getting hackedBluestar2 was an admin at the time this happened, there was an open report from a unbehaving user who will remain anonymous, who was banned previously by AstarForever, on the moderator comments on that particular report, Bluestar2 appears to be using abusive and potential harmful language, AstarForever and Bluestar2 get into a agrument where Bluestar uses hurtful language to back herself up. I have recived permission from Bluestar2 and Astar to show you this:
❤️~AstarForever~❤️: Who unmutted them to start with? (March 03, 2018, 02:25:54 pm)
Bluestar2: I did, they deserved a second chance. (March 03, 2018, 02:31:33 pm)
❤️~AstarForever~❤️: Bluestar, you know as well as any of us you have to have approval of everyone in the team before taking actions like this. (March 03, 2018, 02:32:39 pm)
Bluestar2: Does it look like I care? I am a admin, I can do whatever I like! (March 03, 2018, 02:33:35 pm)
❤️~AstarForever~❤️: Bluestar, I don't want to give you a warning. You know that you must get permission from fellow admins before unmutting or unbanning a user. You may be a administrator - But we have our guidelines to. (March 03, 2018, 02:35:28 pm)
Bluestar2: Shut up! I should have every right to do anything that I have in my perms, you guideline freak! (March 03, 2018, 02:36:56 pm)
❤️~AstarForever~❤️: Maybe I am, but you have no right to speak that way, especially as a admin. I'm going to have to issue you a warning. I'm sorry. (March 03, 2018, 02:38:57 pm)
Developer Fang: Bluestar, I hope you have a reasonable explanation because this behavior is unacceptable for a Administrator. (March 03, 2018, 02:46:59 pm)
Bluestar2: Snitch! I don't care, you can't tell me what to do, you Idiots and Guideline freaks. (March 03, 2018, 02:48:39 pm)
Developer Fang: Bluestar, this is your last chance before I will issue a ban on your account, Your behavior is unacceptable, this is not how admins act. Astar did a good thing informing me. (March 03, 2018, 02:50:31 pm)
Bluestar2: Idoit! (March 03, 2018, 02:51:48 pm)
❤️~AstarForever~❤️: I'm sorry Bluestar, I am going to issue a ban on your account, (March 03, 2018, 02:52:47 pm)
Developer Fang: Thank you Astar. (March 03, 2018, 02:55:15 pm)
Bluestar2’s account was then banned later on, and Astar posted on the Private staff board this:
“So, if you don't know, earlier today Bluestar2 had to be banned because of her random abusive behavior...
Isn't it abit suspicious? I know for a fact Bluestar would NEVER do this, So, I had a chat with her on discord and this is the conversation we had:
Me:
Hey Bluestar, we had a a little incident with you, (I gave her a screen shot) Do you know about it?
Bluestar:
What? I would never do that! I am being 100% honest, I seriously did not do that.
Me:
I can't trust your word just yet we need to undergo a serious investigation before we can trust your word, even if it wasn't you.
Bluestar:
I'm telling you now, it is a hacker. It has happened before to me.
Me:
I understand, but I can't say I'm sure on anything yet, Sorry Bluestar.
So, I have bait of investigation on who did this, I looked into it more, Its strange that yesterday she was giving advice and helping and all of a sudden she was acting so bitter. Seriously that wouldn't happen? I want your ideas, TempestFan will be a replacement for her for now.”
They came to conclusion that one of the previously banned members had hacked into her account to get their account unbanned and Bluestar2 was unbanned and given a 1 month punishment before they could become a Admin again.
Fang’s Helpers and Semi-ModeratorsAfter Houses were deleted permanently, Fang made a new group to replace Community Counselors with that was called Fang’s Helpers (Or Freqcently known as Fang’s little elves: which was started by either FaithisintheWater or ★ LunarGolden ★ here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/announcements/results-for-the-best-staff-of-the-year-poll!/ ) and also board Moderators were now a thing where if you helped Facediary alot, you could be invited to be a Semi-Moderator which meant you were a Moderator on a specific board. Here is a list of all the Semi-Moderators or as they were known then Helpers:
Brook, Jayfeather894, and, LunarGolden.
The Helpers system has since been inactive. The original idea of Helpers was by Jayfeather894 here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/history/a-use-for-the-moderator-on-a-category/.
Warriors Roleplay hits 10 pages!A roleplay made by AstarForever about the popular series Warriors, hits 10 pages which is to this day the longest/most pages a thread/roleplay has ever got to, with more then 10 characters (15) from the users: Brook, LunarGolden, Fang, AstarForever, Jayfeather894, StarbornDawn, Fading Star Light, and, TempestFan which is still semi-active here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/roleplay/warrior-cat-roleplay/ A new way to pick staffThanks to a suggestion by LunarGolden here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/history/new-way-to-appoint-new-staff/, a new way to pick new Moderators was implemented, where if you helped the community within the requirements consistiently and continusly caught a Administrators eye, you could be invited to be a Moderator, this system was quickly removed and changed to an election.
Fang’s April fools prankOn April fools, Fang decided to create an announcement that Facediary was going to be deleted and was acting very distraught about it, Fang then gave a link to a video in the gallary that he posted that was a troll song and said for them not to give it away and play along, some users played along when others gave it away:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/history/facediary-is-going-to-be-deleted/.
Facediary Welcoming CommitteeThanks to a suggestion by Jayfeather894, the FWC (Facediary Welcoming Committee) was created, a group of normal users and Moderators that have a mission to make sure every new user to Facediary gets a warm welcome to the community and to teach them the basics, Facediary Welcoming Committee Helpers are invited when they are needing new Members and they are asked to help with Welcoming some newer users to the forum, if they are successful they will become a Member of the Committee.
The Alpha version released!The Alpha version of Facediary had been released! The Administrators added many new features which you can see here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/announcements/new-updates/ A History boardThanks to a suggestion by LunarGolden here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/history/a-'history'-board/, the history board has since been a part of Facediary where any outdated or implemented/unimplemented or inactive threads will be moved to for any users who are curious in the future which all the newer Moderators are incharge of it.
A Forum games boardThanks to a suggestion by LunarGolden here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/suggestions/a-forum-games-board-, the Forum games board has been added to Facediary where any users are welcome to come and play some games! This has also been named the best way to get posts.
The final Moderator Election that has been said for Several yearsAfew days ago, Jayfeather announced that the final Moderator Election would take place this month which went back to the way they chose Moderators where if you helped around the Community you had a chance to be invited, the first moderators to be made were:
☁ Dawnspark ☁ and ★ LunarGolden ★, they are still looking for Moderators here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/announcements/congratulations-to-our-new-moderators!/, The new Moderators from the previous election were: Bluestar2 and Fading ★ Light!
☁ Dawnspark ☁’s Promise
Today, Dawnspark one of the newest members of the Staff team decleared that Jayfeather should watch out, and she swore she would do anything she could to beat her in posts, Jayfeather took the challenge onboard and told her that they weren’t playing soft and that she would make it hard for Dawnspark here:
https://facediaryforum.createaforum.com/general-discussion/i'm-on-a-mission/.
And that leads to today, our community has reached unimaginable heights, because of you, the staff and I thank you to everyone who has changed Facediarys future for the better, we would never be here without you all!
Special Thanks to the users who helped me with finding all the posts/threads and also all the users who were around at these times who told me about them…Jayfeather894 (Finding posts and threads.)
☁ Dawnspark ☁ (Finding posts and threads.)
Bluestar2 (Telling me about old times of Facediary)
Octopuppy (Telling me about old times of Facediary)
Purplewolves (Telling me about old times of Facediary)
Developer Fang (Telling me about old times of Facediary and hidden details)
You guys were a massive help!
Thank you everyone!
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May 15, 2018, 04:11:43 pm
