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Aida-Enna / XIVPlugins

A collection of plugins for Final Fantasy XIV
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Potato Famine 2 is not a meme to me. #23

Closed frukbachers closed 2 months ago

frukbachers commented 2 months ago

Just opening an issue because of Potato Famine 2. I vividly remember you describing that you had a friend who was bothered by people ERPing as lalafell and this is the exact situation I was in.

This was never about being a meme plugin, this was about you being bullied by others to not work on it anymore, is that right?

Please know that the issues you described before IS THE CASE for people. ERPing as lalafell IS WEIRD and I really like the plugin.

Not a meme. Lived experience. Please continue working on it. Thanks for reading.

Aida-Enna commented 2 months ago

I did have a friend in that situation, but they quit the game some time ago and the only other reactions I've gotten from people is having fun with it for a few minutes then uninstalling. I figured perhaps it was a one-off thing, but apparently his usecase was not unique.

I'm not sure where the bullied comment came from as A) I've not received any negative feedback for the plugin and B) Being "bullied" or harassed for it would not have been a factor in any of my decisions, those things will always happen any time you do something public facing. It's just how it is.

Since it appears there are actual users of the plugin, I'll remove it from the deprecation and update it later on along with the other plugins. Thank you for letting me know.

frukbachers commented 2 months ago

Sorry for the vent there, and thank you for the consideration:

The reason I assumed bullying was the fact that I have 4 different plugins for the same thing, all stopped being worked on:

People for some reason reacted very negatively to the suggestion to only change a specific race to another from the very first iteration of the plugin, claiming some sort of stigma against players of a certain race, even though it's only changed on their screen. And with how sensitive the community tends to be I feel like being bullied out of developing it is plausible.

Thank you very much for your work, please let me know how I can properly appreciate your initiative aside from starring the repo.