It looks like the decision has been made. It's a shame. I liked that page and not for the obvious reason. I genuinely got a lot of laughs out of it. As its fairly obvious what it contains, not linked to on the main wiki much, and easily avoided, what's the problem with it? Maybe I'm just unusual in that I was only occasionally weirded out by something there.
I loved Troper Tales too. Again, maybe its just me but I love hearing stories of other people's lives as I find them to me entertaining, humorous, and/or insightful. And reading applications of tropes to real life helps me to do the same and gives me a new way to view my past.
I would've expected a few people to want them deleted, but not this many! I fear that TVtropes is losing its personality and humor by gradually becoming more formal and less personal. I can understand the desire to become less "injoke"y, more accessible and more organized. And of course, removing troll/flame bait. But I also think that they're toeing the line of "too far" and risking the loss of the charm that made it so much better than the Other Wiki (to me at least).
[Hyperbole joke] At this rate we'll have to start adding "citation needed" to every page. [/hyperbole joke]
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It looks like the decision has been made. It's a shame. I liked that page and not for the obvious reason. I genuinely got a lot of laughs out of it. As its fairly obvious what it contains, not linked to on the main wiki much, and easily avoided, what's the problem with it? Maybe I'm just unusual in that I was only occasionally weirded out by something there.
I loved Troper Tales too. Again, maybe its just me but I love hearing stories of other people's lives as I find them to me entertaining, humorous, and/or insightful. And reading applications of tropes to real life helps me to do the same and gives me a new way to view my past.
I would've expected a few people to want them deleted, but not this many! I fear that TVtropes is losing its personality and humor by gradually becoming more formal and less personal. I can understand the desire to become less "injoke"y, more accessible and more organized. And of course, removing troll/flame bait. But I also think that they're toeing the line of "too far" and risking the loss of the charm that made it so much better than the Other Wiki (to me at least).
[Hyperbole joke] At this rate we'll have to start adding "citation needed" to every page. [/hyperbole joke]