Make different areas Realms instead, but make it possible for someone to move to another Realm via an exit (and ideally, direct/registered teleport). That way everything is separate, profiles will auto-switch because they’ll be different in the standalone Realm - and characters who do stay in Lamplight almost entirely won’t be viewable on About in Sinder.
In fact, I’d argue that Sinder should be the “safe space” Realm rather than splitting off Lamplight, Umber, etc to start with, since this seems to be in large part about what people mostly hanging out in the park want to see. But whatever works.
I’ve got to say, even I don’t think the browser addon idea is realistic (remember that many are on e.g. Chrome Mobile or the equivalent embedded option which won’t allow such things AFAIK). I do think such a blocklist is a reasonable technical request, for the web app.
There will always be more heat because people find ways to trip over stuff they don’t like, or just argue against it from a moral/legalistic perspective.
Part of this is due to the way core technical features have been designed, i.e. the global Awake list, highlighted as an issue last time we had one of these threads and which will become more unsustainable as Wolfery grows.
If we’re going to tell people “this is maybe not the right place for you”, it has to be open to the possibility that those asking for others to be censored are those who leave. I’d say “do we want Wolfery to be more like Tapestries or FurryMUCK, from an acceptance standpoint, bearing in mind the relative popularity of both?”, but as I’ve said above, it could be both and more, separate-but-linked Realms could be a great solution.
This is a great point. As before, separate Realms that you start in, can easily travel to others but have to set up your profile there with a popup of the realm rules might be a solution. A one-time per-Realm onboarding.
As an aside, I get the impression that a lot of the motivation for this topic is coming from players arriving from, say, F-chat, where there’s a clearer delineation of topics/interests, and are not prepared for a world where a lot of people are into things you’re not. For some it’s great, for others it’s not.
Is Wolfery for this theoretical, allegedly large but apparently unmeasured prospective userbase, or the community which uses and enjoys it now?
This argument reminds me of the time Furry Network (remember that one?) banned cub because some popular artist came in off of FA and declared that it had to go, dragging all their Twitter followers into the resulting poll. The kicker: they never actually uploaded.
But again, it’s a false dichotomy - we just need to open up to the idea of separate Realms that are still furry, and try to deal with a looser form of linking, of the level you get from whereare elsewhere. For now, switching profile based on the area may suffice, but this is crying out for a technical feature to establish and auto-switch it, rather than rely on people having to do it themselves. Policy isn’t enough by itself because people coming from spaces that are more permissive (i.e. F-list profiles) will just copy those on without a clear prompt.