I have been on the forums before, but I started this account on March 16
July 23rd, 2018
youāre right
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i joined july 23rd of 2018, but iāve had episode since ink came out. i canāt remember the exact year though, but then in may of 2018 i joined the episode community and started making art and writing a bit. then a few months passed, i had gained a small following but i was on and off because school had started.
i eventually quit making art in general. i also worked on about 15 stories, all of which never made it past episode one. maintaining an episode account, writing a story, making friends, dealing with the drama and trying to come up with art is exhausting and so time consuming. iāll never put in as much time and effort as i used to, but iām starting to write again. maybe even art, but iām doing it for myself and not other people.
the episode team also doesnāt really listen to their communityās thoughts very often or take them into consideration, no shade but that is how i remember it. thereās also ALWAYS some type of scandal going on, whether itās with backgrounds, stolen art or some wack shit. it gets to be too much, and i kept having to deal with talented artists and writers leaving, so i just left too.
sorry for writing so much lmao
It could be hard for episode staff to keep up. The episode community has grown so much over the years. There are millions of users. I havenāt really interacted with the episode community online so I donāt know much of their problems. What scandals have happened? 
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I joined the episode forums because I was trying to report a story 
And I came up with a random username
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Haha I canāt recall all of it, but I can remember some.
I remember that one day, they wouldnāt allow Episode background creators/editors to have Google docs with their edited backgrounds. That sparked a lot of controversy, and then there was the time that they copied someoneās plot. I think that it was about princess pregnancy or something. Ah yes, canāt forget the time they made a story where they violated their own guidelines. āIn my Bedā I think it was called, it was comical, really. People read it and just thought it had to be a joke based off of the wack ass plot and weird dialogue.
Then, I remember when they said that they were gonna stop editing ink despite that being the majority favourite. Yes, I now understand that it more than likely had something to do with outdated coding, but that was still controversial at the time. People would constantly flood the comments with āUPDATE INKā or something.
The whole app is sort of a mess, which is why I took a break for a couple months. On top of the fact that I was drowning in school work, but still. Itās exhausting having to keep up with everything thatās going on, but I always end up coming back anyways.
no shade lol pls dont suspend me
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I donāt mean just episode team related scandals, I mean the ones in the community on Instagram. There was literally always someone saying racist shit or stealing art and it was honestly so draining to be apart of.
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I stopped following people from episode on Instagram because the online community could be overwhelming. And I realized many accounts were made by younger children. There was no point in arguing because they would just say stuff to get a reaction. And some episode readers were bossy and demanded authors to update sooner. Meila Summers was an author on episode who said she was leaving the community after she finished one of her popular stories because she did not like the community at all. Now sheās writing on another site.
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Itās honestly so disappointing when talented authors leave because of the community or something stupid like that. Youāre right, it is mostly younger children that pressure the author to publish new episodes. Episode attracts mostly young readers, which is why I only write for myself and friends now. Writing is honestly so therapeutic, but having to be pressured to update constantly and episode guidelines donāt appeal to me very much.
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Apparently itās good for promoting your story!
I joined the forums on March 27, 2017. I started playing episode around December 2016. I spent most of my time in directing help and art resource. I was in the process of creating my 1st story. Back in 2017 the forums were very active. Iāve meet most of my closest friends on the fourms.
Then I took a long hiatus from the forums and became apart of the Instagram community. To me it was easier to find more people around my age group on Instagram. I also joined a few Facebook groups. Still the episode community is more active on Instagram in my opinion.
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This is exactly why I deleted it lol, I get sucked in and canāt get out.
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Yea, Iām always on Instagram. Itās real useful for promoting a story.
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I joined March 22 2018
I joined June 30th, 2018! So Iāve been here for a while, most active in 2019. I had been reading since 2017 I think?? If not then, then early 2018 
August 17, 2019. Iām very active on here. 
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