Many seeing this article may be aware of a hostile exchange between myself and Dragoneer.
After a day of thinking over the actions I took and the means under which I took them, there was no real value in how the emotional situation of Glaide’s passing came to light. That information is personal, and at this time raw, and the tweet that was used to promote this story was unnecessarily snarky and demonsterous given those personal situations Dragoneer was dealing with.
There were more ethical and professional ways to go about doing this, and this was a moral failing on my part. We would see a cop that got evidence without a warrant as unethical on the rules under which they should operate, and similarly the way this was brought to light should be seen in that same light.
In the interest of ensuring that this action does not go unheeded, I will be putting into place that I will not be writing any articles to publish under my name until I read through one college level journalism ethics book from cover to cover, and review my back catalog for points where I had faltered in that. If I can’t be bothered to do this work, I should not be bothered to write here.
This was my decision, while GreenReaper did contact me about the article it was mostly a copy paste of the Flayrah webpage on editing. Which to be fair, is fine given that I was too quick on many articles to hit the submit article and not wait upon peer review. If I had done so in this case he would have noted the obvious citation needed to the indication that there was any connection between FurAffinity’s buyback and FurAffinity United’s closure.
Impatience is not a virtue when it comes to putting things down as a matter of record. Especially given the story of the buy back was already two weeks out.
I need to reassess the directions I intend to go, and get back to providing a service to the fandom and not a grievance. I used to cover obits in the fandom, and that has been deralicted over time as I became an editor. The fact I was unaware of a FA:U staffer’s passing and the plausible impact it could have had shows the amount of disconnect I have grown over time on this subject matter.
I will continue to edit the articles of others including bringing the monthly Digging up Positivity segment (under the anon tag since it is Mr. Meerkat’s content). Just none will be written by myself until that review of myself is complete.
In the meanwhile as far as some furry new organizations I would recommend, I find that Global Furry Television has been doing a great job in informing their audience with a modicum of professionalism. I think in time we will have more people doing good work, which is great should some of us falter in that duty.
Somewhere along the past 4 years as an editor my emotional intelligence has eroded, particularly in the past year. We sometimes see gatherings and conventions as a want and not a need. But my first convention was in 2011, and I think that once I had started to see people, with the joy and hard work and dedication they put into these things, I became less cynical about the world and was able to understand some of the difficult decisions and trials they had to deal with with more respect and candore.
It’s too easy to forget as time goes on and the only interaction you have with people is through wire that these are people dealing with difficult decisions, and the last thing they need is someone giving the appearance of at best being cold to their trials, and at worst dancing on their grave.
Forgiveness is not asked of, it is earned, and I will spend the next few months doing what I can to earn it. Either I fail and leave the future of furry news to another, or succeed and come back better for it.
Thank you for your time and support of the past decade.
Many seeing this article may be aware of a hostile exchange between myself and Dragoneer.
After a day of thinking over the actions I took and the means under which I took them, there was no real value in how the emotional situation of Glaide’s passing came to light. That information is personal, and at this time raw, and the tweet that was used to promote this story was unnecessarily snarky and demonsterous given those personal situations Dragoneer was dealing with.
There were more ethical and professional ways to go about doing this, and this was a moral failing on my part. We would see a cop that got evidence without a warrant as unethical on the rules under which they should operate, and similarly the way this was brought to light should be seen in that same light.
In the interest of ensuring that this action does not go unheeded, I will be putting into place that I will not be writing any articles to publish under my name until I read through one college level journalism ethics book from cover to cover, and review my back catalog for points where I had faltered in that. If I can’t be bothered to do this work, I should not be bothered to write here.
This was my decision, while GreenReaper did contact me about the article it was mostly a copy paste of the Flayrah webpage on editing. Which to be fair, is fine given that I was too quick on many articles to hit the submit article and not wait upon peer review. If I had done so in this case he would have noted the obvious citation needed to the indication that there was any connection between FurAffinity’s buyback and FurAffinity United’s closure.
Impatience is not a virtue when it comes to putting things down as a matter of record. Especially given the story of the buy back was already two weeks out.
I need to reassess the directions I intend to go, and get back to providing a service to the fandom and not a grievance. I used to cover obits in the fandom, and that has been deralicted over time as I became an editor. The fact I was unaware of a FA:U staffer’s passing and the plausible impact it could have had shows the amount of disconnect I have grown over time on this subject matter.
I will continue to edit the articles of others including bringing the monthly Digging up Positivity segment (under the anon tag since it is Mr. Meerkat’s content). Just none will be written by myself until that review of myself is complete.
In the meanwhile as far as some furry new organizations I would recommend, I find that Global Furry Television has been doing a great job in informing their audience with a modicum of professionalism. I think in time we will have more people doing good work, which is great should some of us falter in that duty.
Somewhere along the past 4 years as an editor my emotional intelligence has eroded, particularly in the past year. We sometimes see gatherings and conventions as a want and not a need. But my first convention was in 2011, and I think that once I had started to see people, with the joy and hard work and dedication they put into these things, I became less cynical about the world and was able to understand some of the difficult decisions and trials they had to deal with with more respect and candore.
It’s too easy to forget as time goes on and the only interaction you have with people is through wire that these are people dealing with difficult decisions, and the last thing they need is someone giving the appearance of at best being cold to their trials, and at worst dancing on their grave.
Forgiveness is not asked of, it is earned, and I will spend the next few months doing what I can to earn it. Either I fail and leave the future of furry news to another, or succeed and come back better for it.
Thank you for your time and support of the past decade.