Official Year end message to all kpopsource users & Happy holidays! (1 Viewer)

[Tiffany]

Hello everyone,

I guess this is the first time I am doing this, just wanted to write a short thread since I have never done one I think. We have grown so much over the years & that blew my mind, many staff joined and retired that I lost count & not to mention all the lovely users that joined us. We have over 1.1 million messages on the board with just 3.5k users & 77k threads. Let us continue this until the year 2100!

I know I have been slow to implement stuff users suggested but I am going through them one by one & discussing with the team most of them, they will be slow to implement as most of us have real-life obligations, look at how we unveiled the cards system, that took almost 2 years of planning & making the initial cards, the system was not available yet but most of the cards were already made. I'll try to speed up what we have planned.

I also want to thank the countless members who contributed their ideas to progressively changing ks into what it is today, its really hard work maintaining ks daily as certain parts are manually done, such as assigning badges, cards, frames & many more, we could have gone the easy way and used a shop system but I feel like that would take away what ks truly means, a community, with that in mind, please understand the staff members doing it, they are constantly doing everything manually with no monetary incentives & only has the community in mind when doing this, abusing/saying means things about them cause your badges didn't get accepted is frankly quite disheartening. None of us here are doing it for monetary gains. Even with ads, we are earning just enough to pay for the server cost to ensure you get a fast & stable experience when browsing the forum.

There has also been an increasing number of reports regarding user conflicts between each other & although I am not part of the mod team, I feel bad for them handling these reports; I get it, not everyone can be friendly with each other & disagreements are bound to happen. I know that this is how the world works, but I'm just hopeful that the forum will always be positive 100%.

I just hope users that join us can forget about their conflicts in other places and just have a fresh start here instead of bringing their conflicts to this forum. It's just me reading the reports, and I get affected in a way that is not healthy & feeling dreadful about opening some reports. Our mod team deserves to be happy and have fun logging into this forum instead of feeling what I felt.

Please try to make ks a positive place, that has always been my goal in making this forum, I wanted to share that positive experience with everyone & that goal has never wavered. I hope everyone will have a great time during Christmas & the new year.

Happy Holidays,
Tiffany

 

[shika]

happy holidays unnie, such a nice and informative message and happy holidays to everybody else, and those who don't celebrate- have a good year-end and enjoy the winter !

 

[Yili]

your message is so great, ryujin
you're doing an amazing job as tech admin and mother of the site and we couldn't ask for a better person to be in charge of us all
i hope to stay on as staff and be able to help lots of people have fun with their love of kpop

 

[OnlyCalB]

Thanks for everything you do Ryujin.


I agree with everything you've said. Let's keep KS a positive place.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

Thnx, Ryujin. for this msg n for creating/making KS come into being in the first place with those who helped from the beginning.(i only know a little as i wasnt here from the beginning n im not sure any are still active here rn).

yes, i hope too for more peace on KS n everywhere n tat KS goes on until 2100, at least.

happy holidays to everyone n happy new year in advance too.

 

[uran]

Thank you dear you are doing great sweetie

 

[ramonda]

Thank you Ryujin
We appreciate everything you do for KS

 

[sunghooked]

Many thanks to you and the mod team! Have a good Christmas yourself, and stay healthy and safe!

 

[SHlNEE]

Hello everyone,

I guess this is the first time i am doing this, just wanted to write a short thread since i never done one i think. We have grown so much over the years & that blew my mind, many staff joined and retired that i lost count & not to mention all the lovely users that joined us. We have over 1.1 million messages on the board with just 3.5k users & 77k threads. Lets continue this until the year 2100!

I know i have been slow to implement stuff that users suggested but i am really going through them one by one & discussing with the team on most of them, they will be slow to implement as most of us have real life obligations, look at how we unveiled the cards system, that took almost 2 years of planning & making the initial cards, the system was not available yet but most of the cards were already made. I'll try to speed up what we have planned.

I also want to thank the countless members who contributed their ideas into progressively changing ks into what it is today, its really hard work maintaining ks daily as certain parts are really manually done, such as assigning badges, cards, frames & many more, we could have gone the easy way and used a shop system but i feel like that would take away what ks truly means, a community, with that in mind, please understand the staff members doing it, they are constantly doing everything manually with no monetary incentives & only has the community in mind when doing this, abusing/saying means things about them cause your badges didn't get accepted is frankly quite disheartening. None of us here are doing it for monetary gains, even with ads we are earning just enough to pay for the server cost to ensure you get a fast & stable experience when browsing the forum.

There has also been an increasing number of reports regarding user conflicts between each other & although i am not part of the mod team, i feel bad for them handling these reports, i get it, not everyone can be friendly with each other & disagreements are bound to happen. I know that this is how the world works but i'm just hopeful that the forum will always be positive 100%.

I just hope users that joins us can forget about their conflicts in other places and just have a fresh start here instead of bringing their conflicts to this forum. Its just me reading the reports and i get affected in a way that is not healthy & feeling dreadful of opening some reports, our mod team deserves to be happy and have fun logging into this forum instead of feeling what i felt.

Please try to make ks a positive place, that has always been my goal in making this forum, i wanted to share that positive experience with everyone & that goal has never wavered. I hope everyone will have a great time during Christmas & the new year.

Happy Holidays,
Ryujin

 

[RandAlThor]

Thanks Hoping for a great year for ya!!

 

[daesuki]

thanks ryujin!! <33 we all appreciate everything you've put into ks! many more happy years to come

 

[brekker]

thank you so much for the message and for all your work.
all the best to you and your family!
merry christmas and a happy new year, hopefully with a lot of good releases of the favs!

 

[Areum]

 

[Heartbeat]

Thank you all for your hard work! Stay healthy and happy!

 

[Soogi]

thank you for all the work you do to keep this forum running so well~!! happy holidays

 

[Yachii]

Thank you for all your work.

 

[Haiku]

thank you so much <3 you and the rest of the staff work so hard to make this place enjoyable for the users... It will almost be a month since I made this account. I'm glad to already meet so many incredible users here. I thought that I might be done with forums, but I think I may have found a home here. I'm glad you emphasized on the importance of keeping the positivity going, because that's definitely one thing that makes this place stand out for me.

Happy holidays :) Hope kpopsource continues to grow in 2022 ~

 

[Boyo]

Thank you for your message. All the staff members do their best and you guys make this forum an amazing place.
Happy holidays to everybody!

 

[ADORA]

Hello everyone,

I guess this is the first time i am doing this, just wanted to write a short thread since i never done one i think. We have grown so much over the years & that blew my mind, many staff joined and retired that i lost count & not to mention all the lovely users that joined us. We have over 1.1 million messages on the board with just 3.5k users & 77k threads. Lets continue this until the year 2100!

I know i have been slow to implement stuff that users suggested but i am really going through them one by one & discussing with the team on most of them, they will be slow to implement as most of us have real life obligations, look at how we unveiled the cards system, that took almost 2 years of planning & making the initial cards, the system was not available yet but most of the cards were already made. I'll try to speed up what we have planned.

I also want to thank the countless members who contributed their ideas into progressively changing ks into what it is today, its really hard work maintaining ks daily as certain parts are really manually done, such as assigning badges, cards, frames & many more, we could have gone the easy way and used a shop system but i feel like that would take away what ks truly means, a community, with that in mind, please understand the staff members doing it, they are constantly doing everything manually with no monetary incentives & only has the community in mind when doing this, abusing/saying means things about them cause your badges didn't get accepted is frankly quite disheartening. None of us here are doing it for monetary gains, even with ads we are earning just enough to pay for the server cost to ensure you get a fast & stable experience when browsing the forum.

There has also been an increasing number of reports regarding user conflicts between each other & although i am not part of the mod team, i feel bad for them handling these reports, i get it, not everyone can be friendly with each other & disagreements are bound to happen. I know that this is how the world works but i'm just hopeful that the forum will always be positive 100%.

I just hope users that joins us can forget about their conflicts in other places and just have a fresh start here instead of bringing their conflicts to this forum. Its just me reading the reports and i get affected in a way that is not healthy & feeling dreadful of opening some reports, our mod team deserves to be happy and have fun logging into this forum instead of feeling what i felt.

Please try to make ks a positive place, that has always been my goal in making this forum, i wanted to share that positive experience with everyone & that goal has never wavered. I hope everyone will have a great time during Christmas & the new year.

Happy Holidays,
Ryujin

She said short thread
Anyways thank you for all your hardwork