I'm a Gaia lover, does that make me dirty? long rant
 

I'm really annoyed with all the Gaia-hate I'm seeing. I know Gaia has a large number of spammers, n00bs, hackers, etc. But you know what? It's the largest community on the internet- OF COURSE there's going to be a lot of predators out there! The more people there are, the more the predators lurk. It's common sense, and it's NOT Gaia's fault. :/

Everywhere I go I see "Man, this is bringing in more Gaians!" "I'm glad this isn't like Gaia!" "Haha, you sound like a Gaian!" I'm sick of it. I really am. Gaia is NOT bad. Great people go to Gaia, great friends. The staff works harder than anyone and tries their best to give the users what THEY want. They don't deserve this stereotyping, this scapegoating.

I swear, if a hacker/spammer/scammer/n00b comes to Mene, what's the usual retort? "gtfo, Gaian!" I'll bet anything it's what most people think. I find it hard to believe that there's not a chance in the world that they could belong somewhere else. When I first joined this site, my friend told me a lot of Gaians went here. And I found that it was true. There wasn't this anti-Gaia hatred everywhere. There was a little "I hope this site doesn't get as big as Gaia" talk, but that was about it. What happened?

And now we have to pass a test in order to post? The test is not hard to figure out- even a n00b would understand it, and answer correctly. It offended me, personally. It's as if you're saying "we won't accept you unless you're like us." I know literacy is preferred, and I know spamming is against the rules, but there are other ways to see to that.

A recent ad my friend saw for Menewsha really offended her and I. She, like me, is an avid Gaia fan. The ad read "Bored of Gaia? Try Menewsha!" What makes Menewsha better than Gaia?

Mene doesn't like people who are rude to others, right? Mene wants to be a great community filled with literate conversations and fun, fair gold earning with events to entertain us. Right now I'm feeling very unwanted on Mene. I feel like you all look down on me because I love Gaia. Thanks, Mene. :/

i just love giaiaonlin ei mean its fun but i am on menewsha because the site aint up for me soo i am just sitting here playing this this tv with a mouse

i am a gaia lover too!


i think this site is okay but i love gaia because i am so used to it and i can get around better. i agree with you 100%

Likewise, I think there's been a lot of misinterpretation of frustration with new spammy users as the dislike of Gaia as a whole. I'm sure there are those users with strong prejudice towards Gaia, but as far as I can tell they're the small minority.

Most users came from Gaia, and a lot still are active there. I'm no exception. :3

Thanks for replying- I feel better now ^^;; I'm still annoyed, but not all "OMFG GRR D:<"

I haven't been on this site very long at all, but I've already seen people disliking and overgeneralizing Gaia and some rude comments about it. I really hope I don't encounter much more. I said some of this when I posted in the topic in general discussion about other avatar sites, but I agree wholeheartedly that more people mean more idiots. Gaia is a good site, and people like it, so it's grown. It's a little tougher to come by the good threads now, but they are there. If Menewsha were as big as Gaia, it would probably be just as difficult.

There's really no need to take jabs at Gaia/being better than Gaia anyway. There's no point; it's just catty and elitist. It seems obvious that those who go to Gaia only and those who go to Menewsha only probably go for different reasons, and there are those of us who might enjoy both. They are good in their own ways and they really have a lot of similarities. I really love s w e e t & SPLENDID's city/town simile!

And again, I haven't been here long, so perhaps I am misinterpreting annoyance for dislike. However, if someone approximates "Gaian" to "spammer" and "chatspeaker", that's annoying, and perhaps people should make it clearer that it's the spammers from Gaia that they don't like, because we are certainly not all spammers. Normally being so new I wouldn't even post in a topic like this, but I can honestly see what Casiana is talking about already.

Before the ad on tektek came out, a lot of negative talk was going around. People were complaining about the invite-a-friend, too. Gaia was discussed in both cases.

Granted I'm not very active in this site, but I've browsed around, believe me I did, because the only way to earn gold here is by posting, so I have to hunt for topics I can relate with. I can't find this gaia hate that you speak of. When I joined here, left for months, returned, there has been no major discussion gaia related till that ad came up. I don't know, if I were to judge from your post alone, I'd think as if all the menewshan do is diss gaia, which isn't what I have seen from the 3 days I've been on here.

And what's wrong with the test? It's not as if we have to answer them for each post, why was it offensive? Did it say that if you love Gaia you're not welcome to post? XD

♥ When I saw a quote from one of the admins or mods from this site referring to the newest registered Gaians as "idiots" and being glad that those "idiots" will lose interest in Mensies and go back to Gaia, I felt offended.

I made my opinions on the site, too, but I managed to do it without stereotyping users. :?


Fortunately, I don't let the actions/opinions of others shape my feelings. If I lose interest in this site, it won't be because of the n00by actions of a few users.

true that but it is hard u only get alittle amount of g and gaia isnt working for me ether so im on here by default

I didn't know about that ad before I joined, either. I probably would've still joined anyway, but it's bad marketing to advertise while insulting a site in the same category as yours that probably has a lot of people who might be interested in yours, but might be deterred because one of their favorite hangouts was insulted before they even stepped on the site.

Yep, it's down currently.

the City-Town simile was really good :D

AznBuNNie: Yeah, it's down D:

Alice Elliot: It's not everywhere, but I've run into it enough.

Users who aren't happy with Gaia may have other reasons other than spammers. I mean right now Gaia is full of problems. The 2% tax has driven some players away, mostly vendors, then the fishing bots that keeps on winning the trophies, people who were unfairly banned(according to them) spammers/hackers/you name it. I buy MC regularly, but now I see ads in the forums since sept. Someone refused to refund payment I paid for art, it's been 2 weeks and the mod I contacted haven't done anything, same thing with one who didn't pay me for art, and that one's been months ago.

I have stopped my artshop because I'm afraid I might get hacked item/gold as payment. Heh, the mod I contacted said I won't get banned but they'll take away the illegal gold/item even if I have drawn art for it.

See? Gaia has some issues, and naturally you'll find discontented users. I haven't seen these Gaia hate you speak of, but I can understand if they're bitter against gaia if they've been unfairly banned or for some other reasons I mentioned. Yes, Gaia is such a big place and understaffed, which is why people ought to be more understanding, unfortunately people likes making a mountain out of a mole hill, but the opinions of such people shouldn't matter, why let them get to you?

People being annoyed with the way Gaia handles some issues is one thing, but insulting Gaian users in general is another. I think that's the problem here. If someone doesn't like Gaia, that's fine. They don't have to use it, and they're fully entitled to their opinion. It's when people start feeling unwelcome just because they do use Gaia that there is an issue. If I had seen some of the things I've seen now before I joined, I might not have, because first impressions count for a lot. Luckily I see now that far from everyone says those things, but still.

I like gaia better than Menewsha, it has more, and it's something we all fell in love with. I don't like that Menewsha made that "tired of gaia?" banner.

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i like gaiaonline! but my server is down for it, thats why i'm here, grr, WHERE HAVE MY MUFFINS GONE?!?!THEY GO RAWR!

Where is this gaia hate that you speak of? Really, I haven't stumbled into it. If it's that rampant it would be easily noticeable, but is that the case here?

Unless I have seen it I can't really say if they have insulted all gaians as you make it. And I have stated here and there that I'm from gaia, I was never given the cold shoulder.