Ponysquare Refugees

January 19, 2024 1:08 pm

// Greetings! It's been a long while since I touched the fandom. This group has been inactive for a while, but thought I'd share some thoughts regarding Ponysquare. I'm going to keep it general and ma... View More// Greetings! It's been a long while since I touched the fandom. This group has been inactive for a while, but thought I'd share some thoughts regarding Ponysquare. I'm going to keep it general and mainly stick to the positives. Let me get it out of the way and say yes, Ponysquare was filled with drama. Lots and lots of drama. I won't deny that, and also won't deny that sometimes I was part of the problem as well. However, I had a lot of positive experiences from PS as well. Thanks to the many people I met back in those days, and the many RPs I had (regardless of their quality), I had what I thought was a solid character with ever-growing lore. PS also was the foundation for getting me into roleplay and starting my path to improving my RP skills. I also enjoyed the friendships and the connections I made there. I'm generally very anti-social (and still am even to this date). But I had people to socialize with on PS especially since we all shared two common interests: MLP, and roleplaying. I had a lot of laughs there and generally liked the vibes (up until the last couple years of PS, at least). I was invited to join the Ambassador program (staff / PR). Initially, I declined, but after being approached by more staff who wanted me to join, I did. So I was in PR for a while and helped put on events while mentoring other members and speaking on behalf of the members with the head staff. I enjoyed it a lot, at least for a while. But the stress started getting to me, and so was the admin. Let's just say some people didn't like me. And the admin REALLY didn't like me. I guess it was to be understood. I often went against his orders because I didn't like how he ran the community and especially the staff. I'm also an emotionally-driven person, so I sometimes make emotionally-driven decisions. And authority figures don't like that. So I was removed eventually. At that point, I became mostly inactive there. All I really know is that Ponysquare died some time after MLP stopped airing new episodes and the popularity of MLP went down. I don't know if that was the true reason, but that's what the staff there said. I was also on some other defunct sites... iBrony I think it was called or something? PhilomenaMagikz. EquestrianMagikz (I'm not proud of that experience...). Pony Social. They all had their own drama. And to be fair, every fandom has drama. Some fandoms and sites have more than others, and PS definitely fell in that category (and so did the above mentioned sites). Though, in the case of PS and especially EqM, I'm to blame for some of it. It's all history though. After about 2017 (I think) I've taken a major step back from RP in general and the MLP fandom. I only sparingly come by to see what's going on post-gen4 in the fandomverse. Heh, I also made Lovinity into a cute angel human as well for non-MLP role playing. Well, someone from the fandom did technically... he wanted to draw her as a Touhou. And it was just so adorable I decided to create a human canon for her on non-MLP sites. I'm honestly surprised I never came to this site until know or knew about it.

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4/15

Vacant

//Didn't the admin take donation money and run with it? Or am I thinking of another site?

Like 1 January 26, 2024

Lovinity Hearts

// So I hear someone took the donation money, but don't know who it was.

Like January 26, 2024

Glimmer

its so surreal seeing you post here when i remember seeing your profile on ps1/ps2, definitely some nostalgia attached there hahaha. hope all has been well with you irl

Like 1 January 29, 2024

Lovinity Hearts

// Haha, I was never on ps1. I joined after they split into two sites. But yes good to see you too. IRL is a bit wishy washy but I'm hanging in there overall. Hope all is well with you.

Like 1 January 30, 2024

Indiana Hoofs

//i vaguely remember you.....I think...As i was on staff for a while too, to what degree i dont remember, but, yes, it was filled with its many dramas and bad eggs, but, It was also full of good people, ish

Like 1 January 30, 2024

Lovinity Hearts

// Lol I feel that... lots of good people but not quite the best place

Like February 28, 2024

Syncopate Symphony

I loved ponysqyare in the couple years i was there. Even met my best friend, Dusk on there! Aside from a few wierdos, ive never really understood what "drama" people are talking about. Would somebody care to enlighten me? PMs are fine, if you dont wish to open old wounds for people on here.

Like 1 February 25, 2024

Lovinity Hearts

// Honestly I don't remember half of it but I know there was a lot. Aside from the good people there, I've met many bad apples... people looking to cause trouble, ERP with you just for the sake of the E part, and so on. There was also drama within the staff. I particularly butted heads badly with th... View More

Like 1 February 28, 2024 Edited

Petricor

//From what I heard, many things were really bad. Predators running amok nonchalantly because the staff itself knew but didn't want to do anything about it. Terrible leadership and even worse, someone in the staff stole all the funds and ran away with them or something like that. Someone explained m... View More

Like 1 February 29, 2024

Flam

February 7, 2024 8:19 pm

I found a recent twitter post from the old owner of Pony^2. Thought id share. https://x.com/MrDragon_Chris/status/1748834454943002922?s=20

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Lovinity Hearts

// Is it anything interesting? If so are you able to PM me a screenshot? I'm not on X and they require login for everything ever since Musk bought it lol.

Like February 8, 2024

Polo Fastter

January 28, 2024 7:31 pm

(Heard awhile ago there was a funeral for Polo in Ponysquares in the chatroom awhile ago. Was wondering if anyone got screenshots of it.)

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Nitroxus Soulspins

//Wait, what? Who would do that, and why?

Like January 29, 2024

Polo Fastter

(It from when I vanished on PS, apparently people thought I was dead and I was pretty active during the time.)

Like January 29, 2024

Nitroxus Soulspins

//Darn, I wish I could help. Yet, I barely used the chatrooms on PS.

Like January 29, 2024

Polo Fastter

(oof.)

Like January 29, 2024

Indiana Hoofs

//Why do i recognize you too!? dont remember a funeral tho

Like January 30, 2024

Polo Fastter

(usually am a guy.)

Like January 30, 2024

Petricor

October 6, 2023 6:56 pm

//Huh, it's weird to see this place. I didn't really get to know what happened to PS. I was there before it was split into bronysquare and ponysquare, and then didn't go back because... reasons... Can... View More

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4/6

Flam

When PS shut down, i was relatively in the dark when it comes to drama, mainly because i kept my nose out of it. But hearing what others have said, really makes me feel ill about it. I have some good memories about the site, but the bad stuff is definitely really bad.

Like 4 October 6, 2023

Cole Shadows

I RPed in Ponysquare very extensively as a young teenager. It was my introduction to writing and quickly became an escape for me. I had a relative name in the community, and made some of my favorite memories writing some of the cringiest material to ever greet the world wide web. Amy pretty much h... View More

Like 2 October 6, 2023

Petricor

//It does really sound awful. Thank god that place is done for. Too bad the damage is already done. It always saddens me to read testimony of users that were children or teenagers and had traumatic experiences within the fandom. I was already at college when FiM aired for the first time, so of cours... View More

Like October 6, 2023

Commander Zach

//I was slowly splitting away from it all in general. At first happy and fun with better understanding of my own grammar. Remember back then we'd call them grammar na-zis because of how uptight they were about it, really uptight, disrespectful, even trying to tell ya off about it. I made a few of th... View More

Like October 7, 2023

Maxh Vezpyre

I once got banned in PS because I called one of the mods there a "Stinky peepeepoopoo". They did me a favor I think. I often complain about the sensitivity of people but PS was like.... Goku Kamehameha times 50 sensitive egotripping blast. It was funny tho.

Like 3 October 8, 2023

Commander Zach

That actually reminds me the times when the rps I did with some people they'd do characters like that lol. Dragon ball Z pony version.

Like 1 October 8, 2023