Hello!
Goodness it's been a long time. Because much has happened, I will do my best to keep this notice as brief and concise as possible (although it is a little lengthy, please and thank you to those that bare with me).
First, an apology for being so absent. My physical and mental health has been deteriorating significantly over the past several months, capping a few months ago and was severe enough to where I had to take a rather sudden and lengthy hiatus to heal myself after I got very physically ill from built-up stress, and stayed ill on and off for over a month before I left. (Please don't worry though, I'm feeling a bit better now!!)
I'm sorry that I left everyone in the dark without much notice, especially with the general lack of response I had the few months prior as well, but such is the way of depression and declining mental health and fatigue. I just didn't have the energy being the only person maintaining this group to handle the group, personal issues on here, and several important irl issues. I haven't been able to add another admin to the group to help me run it, as I simply don't have those permissions in the group's administration settings, otherwise I would've by now.
Secondly, thank you to the people who sent me NOTES DIRECTLY about the full folders. Granted, I wasn't able to see them since I was absent on a health hiatus, but you all have done contacting me correctly so I thank you. Noting me is the BEST way to get a hold of me.
PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ANYTHING GROUP-RELATED ON MY PERSONAL PAGE. With the nature of how large this group is, there have been many cases where people just comment whatever on my own personal page directly and not note me like it says on the group's front page, and many times my page was overrun with group-related things. Enough to where customers and even friends felt intimidated and didn't want to talk to me.
I hide the comments on my page that are group-related after responding to them to have them note me, not because they're rude - in fact it's usually quite the opposite most people are polite, but again, it's because of the reasons I already listed. I will not have my personal space overrun by thousands of people and friends feeling like they cannot speak to me XD
Continuing off of that- please DO NOT spam the group's front page with "This folder is full" - if one person has already commented it, I can guarantee that I haven't seen it yet, and someone has most likely already properly NOTED me that the folder is full and needs to be replaced. Otherwise, it's just MORE work having to go through and respond to all of them, then hide those comments, etc.
Worse, it got to where people started advertising their work in the group's comments. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. THIS IS CONSIDERED SPAM. BE PATIENT. It USUALLY is fixed within the day.
I can understand that this was primarily because of nearly all of the folders being filled, so I did not give a strike to anyone because of this. I did however hide all of those comments as well as the "[x] folder is full" ones because they were so numerous that it truly was spam. In the future though, you WILL be individually reminded that inappropriate advertising is against group rules.
Lastly, new folders have been added!! I've replaced many of the more popular ones (ie- Digital, Traditional) and ones that were likely to be almost full. Again, THANK YOU to those that properly notified me of this!! Typically I would be getting back to you and replacing the folder within the day, most times within a few hours unless I was at work when the message was sent.
TLDR:
1) Sorry for being so absent, I was getting so mentally and emotionally ill that it bled into my physical health badly enough over several months to where I HAD to take a personal leave very suddenly. I wish I could've posted a proper notice for hiatus but I just couldn't at the time. I really am sorry about this and do not plan on leaving so abruptly again anytime soon. (Please don't worry about me though, I'm feeling a bit better now!)
2) Thank you in advance, but I CANNOT add another admin, as I've stated many times before. I don't have that permission in the administration settings and cannot give it to myself. Otherwise I would've by now. But thank you to those who have offered before and surely will offer again anyway.
3) THANK YOU to those of you who NOTED me DIRECTLY about folders!!!! DO NOT spam-comment "this folder is full" and DO NOT advertise your artwork in the comments because the folder is full!! Please be patient. I will typically get it replaced very shortly and this was a fluke experience
4) Many folders have been replaced and are fresh! Feel free to submit away <3
Again, thank you to those of you who have been patient and kind while I was gone, and especially those who took the time to properly notify me. I don't plan on leaving again anytime soon.
Thank you for being such a wonderful community, you all make it worth my time and energy managing this massive group for you all <3
Glad to be back,
Vulpy
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