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AtlantaG1912 wrote:
Sets containing items made for Black users
I’ve been informed that there has been a recent issue of users buying sets not meant for them. As I’ve stated before, we cannot tell one’s real life race simply through their avatar. This is not a bannable offense; if we were to issue a ban to every user who had a set not meant for them culturally, religiously, etc. We would have to issue bans to nearly the entire website.
This especially has been an issue for non-black users buying sets containing items meant for black users. Everskies is in many ways different from other dress-up games, and as someone who has grown up with the internet and therefore dress-up games all my life, I can with certainty say that this is the first time I have seen this happen. Am I against it? Absolutely not, but we need to keep in mind that most users onsite do not know that it is discouraged to buy certain sets if they don’t identify with that particular group. Not to mention the incidents where I’ve seen user’s lie about their race is countless, and it’s not something we or any other platform can adequately moderate.
For black hairstyles: We struggle with our hair and our rights to wear our hair-styles every single day and feeling represented on Everskies wearing hairs with important significance to us. And let me make this abundantly clear, OUR HAIR AND SKIN IS NOT AN AESTHETIC.
I want to discourage users from messaging those who have black sets and asking for the sets in return. This does not do anything to help the situation at all. If anything, it makes it harder because then harassment mutes have to be issued. I understand that users are upset, in which their feelings and thoughts are completely valid. However, I will entertain no witch-hunting whatsoever.
We’re currently looking into some options to remedy this situation and we would love your input. The two options down below are the ones we’ve talked about within the team;
Make it so sets won’t contain face + hairs
Make all cultural / items intended for POC usage (hairs, faces and other items) available in CC - which would mean these would not be rare.
AtlantaG1912 wrote:
the screenshots in this man: https://everskies.com/club/es-general/forums/general/you-yts-are-getting-on-my-nerves-3143410
Update to include a statement that was issued:the screenshots in this man: https://everskies.com/club/es-general/forums/general/you-yts-are-getting-on-my-nerves-3143410
Sets containing items made for Black users
I’ve been informed that there has been a recent issue of users buying sets not meant for them. As I’ve stated before, we cannot tell one’s real life race simply through their avatar. This is not a bannable offense; if we were to issue a ban to every user who had a set not meant for them culturally, religiously, etc. We would have to issue bans to nearly the entire website.
This especially has been an issue for non-black users buying sets containing items meant for black users. Everskies is in many ways different from other dress-up games, and as someone who has grown up with the internet and therefore dress-up games all my life, I can with certainty say that this is the first time I have seen this happen. Am I against it? Absolutely not, but we need to keep in mind that most users onsite do not know that it is discouraged to buy certain sets if they don’t identify with that particular group. Not to mention the incidents where I’ve seen user’s lie about their race is countless, and it’s not something we or any other platform can adequately moderate.
For black hairstyles: We struggle with our hair and our rights to wear our hair-styles every single day and feeling represented on Everskies wearing hairs with important significance to us. And let me make this abundantly clear, OUR HAIR AND SKIN IS NOT AN AESTHETIC.
I want to discourage users from messaging those who have black sets and asking for the sets in return. This does not do anything to help the situation at all. If anything, it makes it harder because then harassment mutes have to be issued. I understand that users are upset, in which their feelings and thoughts are completely valid. However, I will entertain no witch-hunting whatsoever.
We’re currently looking into some options to remedy this situation and we would love your input. The two options down below are the ones we’ve talked about within the team;
Make it so sets won’t contain face + hairs
Make all cultural / items intended for POC usage (hairs, faces and other items) available in CC - which would mean these would not be rare.
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