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Yeah, I understand.
On the other hand, though, I think that content creators and authors should honestly be less divided or protected from their own foibles.
It might make the world a poorer place, creatively. Or maybe it would be a richer place. One of the problems I've experienced in all kinds of creation and art is that the "free" market isn't won or lost by the quality of the work.
It is much more often decided by who is the biggest asshole, or makes the most noise, or who has the best/loudest agent. Or, as these things go, who you know.
And there are many, many fine creators out there who simply do not wish to compete, at least not with so much metaphorical bloodthirst that they're willing to step on another human to get there.
Or even just be slightly mean to someone, because their ideology and personal ethics are more important to them than money or fame.
Crowdfunding is starting to change this.
Anyway, I'm digressing horribly.
I think creators shouldn't really mod their own forums mainly because they should be creating. But I'm all for them letting their fanbase know that they may or maynot be schmucks. If they're schmucks then maybe they don't deserve their fanbase.
This comment is probably going to bite my ass in the future at some point when I'm wearing one of my art or music hats and I have a bad day and tell a (theoretical) fan to go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut and/or the moon, because I'm not always as nice of a human as I could be.
There's nothing here!