We're so fucking disappointed in basically all of you.
They say your true colors show in times of hardship and that is sure as fuck true. We have been watching you all be genuine assholes and that's not okay.
Let's start with the new wiki. You all have been attacking them and accusing them of random horrible things. You've been acting like "Oh, because they're not this wiki they automatically are extremely bigoted and awful and will treat me like shit". Like give them a chance. And you jump on them for every little fucking thing. That wiki is still a work in progress you know. And if they lock or delete your post, guess what? It isn't to target you! Every single fucking time we've seen you all complaining about that, they have had a completely legit reason to do so. And wow, how dare they do something different than this wiki? Guess what? A lot of what they're doing is pretty good! Banning off-topic makes it easier to moderate for one thing! It's not bad! Not allowing a bunch of microlabels on this wiki? Also makes it easier to moderate plus basically less than five people use every term on the wiki! They aren't being exclusionary! They aren't calling us invalid! This is coming from someone who uses microlabels btw.
Now for attacking Fandom. Guess fucking what? It still isn't okay! How do you expect them to listen to and respect us when you're all throwing a tantrum because the wikis getting deleted! Guess what? They probably thought long and hard about it! Not to mention some of the things allowed here, like sharing triggers and shit, is dangerous as fuck! They don't wanna get caught up in that! They're just doing what they think is best for the company and the community and have talked with LGBTQIA+ people. "But why not from the wiki?" Because this! This is why! Which brings me to my next topic.
"Why wasn't our wiki consulted?" This! This is why! Everyone acts so immature about anything and it's been proven time and time and time again! They're a company; why should they consult a bunch of children who are going to act like this and start attacking them? "Why weren't our mods chosen for the wiki?" Because we are children! We are fucking children! Moderating a wiki is so much fucking stress! It has destroyed some staff members' mental health before! Not to mention sometimes we all act immature and are all inexperienced. Why? Because we are children! Us included! I am not mad they didn't choose me one bit.
And, you know, maybe there's a reason this wiki is being shut down by Fandom. It's a hellhole and a danger, although we're trying to fix what we can. Some members' mental health have been destroyed! Some members are shared to share their opinions for fear of being attacked! The constant sharing of personal information we have to deal with! The constant heavy vents weighs on everyone! We're children; not therapists! This is no fucking safe place! A safe place would make us feel safe!
Also Fandom isn't fucking targeting us. If you broke the goddamn fucking guidelines with your wiki, they are going to delete it. It's that fucking simple. This is their website so of fucking course they have to manage it and can't let you get away with everything! You're not being silenced. You're not being targeted. They could literally not care fucking less about you in particular as long as you follow the goddamn rules.
Not to mention this is not a fucking excuse to break every goddamn guideline on the wiki so calm the fuck down and follow the guidelines! Stop making anti-Fandom pages! Stop making posts about the damn new wiki! Stop making posts attacking every goddamn thing under the sun! Just stop it! It isn't that fucking hard to just not make that shitty post! Please just stop!
God, no one is handling this well. Just take a breather. Take a break. If you can't stop yourself from doing something stupid, put your device down and walk away. If this is fucking with your mental health, put your device down and walk away. That easy. You're making our work 100x harder and quite frankly embarrassing us. We want to expect better from you. We really want to. But we can't! We honestly aren't surprised! So either grow the fuck up or learn to keep your mouths shut. Seriously.
This wiki helped me so fucking much before I became involved in the discussions and since then I have become unhealthily obsessed and honestly I think it is harming my mental health. We are so close to quitting. We can't take this. Can you guys do the right thing just this once? Please? Just calm down and act mature?
I'm not saying to sit there and take Fandom's bullshit. Because I get why you're mad. But there are better ways to go about this! Like the petition! You are making our cause seem so goddamn awful by acting this way. There's no fucking way they're going to listen to a bunch of rude af, tantrum-throwing children.
This hasn't brought the community together. If anything, we're all falling apart and turning on anyone that makes us mad. I hate this about the wiki. You all want to act like this is all one big happy great place, but it isn't. It's horrible here. Most the users on here a toxic and hateful. We're not saying we're perfect. We're not saying we've never fucked up and said something mean. But at least we fucking acknowledge we did something wrong! God, if we didn't hate DNIs, we would have DNIed half the wiki by now!
The merge actually was a great idea on Fandom's part. They wanted one, unified source of knowledge. That makes sense. But we think they just didn't want to deal with this hellhole of a wiki and its bullshit anymore. And we don't blame them.
So attack us if you wish. Demote us even. But we urge you to ponder this. Think long and hard about what we've said. You're all young so we still have hope. You can be better than this. You can all be better. So please just try to make changes within yourselves and be better. Despite it all, we love this community and want the best for it.
We're truly not sure if we want to stay. We'll make an announcement if we decide to leave. But no matter what, good luck.
-The Cringe Collective(they/cringe)
Mostly written by Rowan(sand/sands) and Etana(they/them)