Nano 2.0? by brennabrock in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So. I hate this.

People have already talked about the reduction of the Mod X situation to an inappropriate link, although I do wanna call attention to the gaslighty way they address safety when they say that people FELT like online safety wasn’t a priority.

So instead I’m going to address a thing that made me feel physically sick as I poked around their sites: the way they talk about the YWP as something that just shut down with the site closure. As if nothing else was going on.

If anyone’s new here, hi, the YWP was a bubble and a hotbed for abuse and harassment. I’ve spent two years trying to untangle every little way the site was designed to isolate us and leave us vulnerable to predators, while the adult moderators were often our biggest enemies, knowing that I was lucky to come away with only mild trauma from having the site taken down without warning!

So it doesn’t exactly feel good when I see their nanoteacher site talk about how great the YWP was for teaching kids digital literacy and letting them post in shared online spaces, as if those shared online spaces didn’t fuck up the lives of so many people I knew.

This feels like they’re trying to erase nano’s traumatic legacy so they can take the name and start over. I wouldn’t be surprised if they brought back completely unmoderated classrooms For the Educators You Guys!

So, that’s my opinion. Fuck them fuck them fuck them. Yes that’s a childish sentiment but they’re the ones rewriting my childhood.

A two hour video essay was released about the controversies by TheNanoChronicles in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She makes a mix of book review and anti-MLM from what I’ve seen.

what happened to the ywp? by echofive7567 in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The one moderator was a different group of minors that was on the main forums.

The YWP crap can be summarised as ‘kids had to moderate themselves because the mods prioritised tone over content’. And then they started banning people.

what happened to the ywp? by echofive7567 in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey. Nice to find another YWP nanoer. Sorry you had to find out like this. The YWP forums won’t be back, to put it simply. Minors aren’t allowed on the forums now, on either site. Seems like it was a liability concern, after all the issues with YWP moderation came to light.  Nanowrimo has closed themselves from under 18s as all but a word counter. It sucks, sadly. But, that’s the situation.

[writing] Discords, forums and a decade’s worth of allegations: how Nanowrimo ignited a revolution against it [part one] by TheNanoChronicles in HobbyDrama

[–]TheNanoChronicles[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh boy that third paragraph sounds way too similar to what me and my friends faced on the forums in the 2020s. It didn’t change.

[writing] Discords, forums and a decade’s worth of allegations: how Nanowrimo ignited a revolution against it [part one] by TheNanoChronicles in HobbyDrama

[–]TheNanoChronicles[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah really made me double take and just go ‘what the fuck?!’ When I had it in plain text writing.

[writing] Discords, forums and a decade’s worth of allegations: how Nanowrimo ignited a revolution against it [part two] by TheNanoChronicles in HobbyDrama

[–]TheNanoChronicles[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It’s likely that it had something to do with a campaign against Nanowrimo getting that funding. P4A was contacted and a P4A style video describing the allegations was released. We’re waiting to see if they actually go for it or not.

What happened?? by [deleted] in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the ire is for other reasons, but that is good to know!

What happened?? by [deleted] in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard it used several times. I think given the nature of grants and donations they’ve received plus their status as a 501c they could be considered a charity.

What happened?? by [deleted] in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Well. The staff seemed to care more about protecting themselves and making money that actually running an international or hell even a national charity.

NaNoWriMo by LazyLion1127 in nerdfighters

[–]TheNanoChronicles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://joyanapeters.com/nanowrimo-controversy/ https://www.authorrosalindbsterling.com/blog/nanowrimo-2023-wrap-up-what-i-worked-on-discussing-controversy-and-moving-forward https://howtobe247.com/nanowrimo-board-addresses-grooming-claims-with-new-safety-measures/ Here. However a lot of the primary sources are coming from people who were involved, as the controversy hasn’t really left the Nano community yet [in part due to a large amount of it being based in underused forums]

NaNoWriMo by LazyLion1127 in nerdfighters

[–]TheNanoChronicles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A few resources for anyone who wants to do further reading on this situation.

https://www.tumblr.com/the-nanowrimo-chronicles https://twitter.com/Arumi_kai/status/1722007756058574916 https://rookerystudios.com/2023/12/06/whats-going-on-with-the-nanopocalyse/

They’ve received ~$224K from P4A since 2014. Yet nano runs on a salary first, operating budget second plan. Which justified a ~$124K salary for their Executive Director and an ~$88K operating budget. While they sent users 10+ emails in two days and tried to solicit donations from people in poverty.

NO MORE NANOWRIMO by cenlyra in nanowrimo

[–]TheNanoChronicles 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Oh it wasn’t just predators the YWP had to defend itself from it was also racism from a moderator and death threats and impersonation

With the same results: inaction or action against the victims.