The NSFL Media Problem

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It just should have its own place and a different grading and payout since articles like that are not as difficult to pump out as something that requires research.

Arguable. And tbh kind of offensive, since you're cheapening the creative work of plenty of people. Myself included.

I've literally spent hours researching things to write a more realistic, compelling character. But because there are no tangible numbers, you assume it's "easier"? Even if I didn't research, the idea that research is inherently harder than creativity is a slap in the face of any fiction writer on the planet.

Users are allowed to write whatever they want when they want and I fully support that.

Then why are you suggesting discouraging it by reducing the payout for some types of media? Or implying that some forms of media shouldn't be paid out?

Even then both would get paid, as I stated

I never claimed otherwise. My argument is that you are cheapening some forms of media unfairly.

Another thing you mention is the wikis which I never said should be touched so I won’t really even bring that up since that debate has nothing to do with anything I mentioned.

But it does. We currently pay out *more* for wiki articles than media posts... wiki articles which include character narratives. So if your proposal were to be implemented, it would be directly at odds with the current wiki payout structure. How is that reconciled? The wiki and the media section are inexorably intertwined.

Like I said, I'm not opposed to the idea of an overarching rubric... I just don't see how you can come up with one that's fair and unbiased. Any system in a role-playing game (and let's be real, this is an RPG) that penalises creativity/expression is a bad one.