Thread:RedDeathNick/@comment-33167183-20190427031205/@comment-25615841-20190427122833

RedDeathNick wrote: In the olden days, people would scream REJECTED at roles, and this wasn't just a few, everyone did it. So i came back, and i took that to the extreme, but it was meant to be a joke, which i thought would be obvious considering i said "WHY DO I WANT TO CRITISCISE THIS MUCH I CAN'T EVEN SPELL," But for the newer members who don't get the joke since they don't know what "REJECTED" is, they didn't... exactly take kindly... I mean i can't blame them, i mean the role was pretty terrible so i can understand them not taking it as a joke, but either way, major turn off. I don't think they were toxic as much as rejecting was just considered the norm for both reviewers and creators. Of course, for anons who came on the wiki once just to suggest a role idea without enough experience to properly structure or put thought into it, this would not yet be usual and could probably be quite the discouragement. I don't think roughly rating a role was that bad, provided it was paired with a constructive review and not an insta-reject. A short message of encouragement would have gone a long way with some of the newer users, though I never thought it was necessary.

Though I want to disagree on your claim that everyone rejected roles. Everyone saw it as usual, that doesn't mean that everyone did it or agreed with it (see: the multiple user criticisms on the state of role reviewing, EG https://town-of-salem.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:344489). Some people did violently reject roles, but even in 2017 that was condemed. There has never been a time in reviewing history when the aim of giving feedback to a role was to get rid of it as fast as possible, it's always been to spark a discussion and help the creator improve the role (and also increasing your useful edit count but hey).

Well, the culture of rejecting has completely gone by new, and rating roles is pretty much frowned upon. Most reviewers opt for a more unrestrictive form of feedback. So if rejecting was the reason you felt like leaving, the reviewing boards are a lot more.. reserved now :)