Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-1073312-20140816013529/@comment-1309126-20140817110147

The reason why the fictions of older users are 'more powerful and popular' as Monet interprets it is simply because we've been around here longer. There's nothing stopping other users being around for an equal amount of time and becoming as popular as the older things. Absolutely nothing. Look at the Draconid Imperium for example; as a new fiction, it seated itself very well within the older stuff. It's not an idea of a split, it's an idea of communication (which is why miscommunication is the reason this stupid discussion happened in the first place).

From my personal opinion, 'lower tiers' don't grant me any liberty to write what I want in the way I want it to. Other users will feel the same. Disregard my pantheon of Tier 0's, my fiction would be much less interesting if something like the Kicath were Tier 4. Much as the Draconid Imperium/any other Tier 2 or 1 were Tier 4, I bet that those users would not like the idea of 'toning it down' for the sake of interaction. 'Toning it down' becomes synonymous to limitation in that respect. And because of that personal sentiment, I suspect users like Cyrannian or Wormulon wouldn't want to tone it down for the sake of toning it down. You can make Tier 4s and 5s to your heart's content and yes, perhaps it will work, but when it is all said and done, Tier 2s are innately more interesting.

Here is where I think a pivotal point of being here is being ignored;

Audience.

No user can write for every audience on the wiki which is another sole reason why factions exist here and another reason for this debate. I don't write for audiences who want space politics or visions of a better world; my fiction generally warps that entire idea of normality and it is why I am still here. The reason the 'big users' are here is because they lead these audiences and have done so for years.

Using Katar as an example, users who use that scene all write for the Katar audience.

Oluap/Jo/Hachi writes for the Borealis audience.

Monet/Hachi/Imperios writes for the Andromeda audience.

Cyrannian and Dino writes for the Cyrannus/Quadrants audience.

And so on and so forth. It's just one of those many reasons why we're all waving in the air because of miscommunication; you can't write for everyone.

Going on to the point of galaxy owning, galaxy coordination/administration is necessary despite the dislike for it that we're getting here. If every galaxy was free, there would be Tier 1s running rampant everywhere without any quick-response to stop that. Sure, users could point it out but having one coordinator/administrator stop it immediately is far more beneficial.

Trying to make everything user-friendly won't work. People's imaginations are too colourful for it to ever last. Control is necessary.