KMOS92 posted:If you don't mind me asking, what is the difference between the two? I don't visit The Shitlist often because I worry I'll end up taking it too seriously. Is The Ponyland just when The Shitlist calms down and nobody's Shitlisting each other? That's what I assumed it was.
I don't mind you asking at all!
The best definition of the Shitlist is this one: it's a thread where users go to settle the score when a discussion turns into an argument between them. Like an admin said: "The purpose of the Shitlist is to keep the shit out of other threads and have it concentrated in that one area." If you think someone if behaving like a moron on the board, you shitlist them instead of arguing with them in other threads.
Now, The Shitlist was always meant to be serious business; it was never meant to be fun of playful. When people started having too much fun in the Shitlist, we started renaming the Ponyland in derision. But we noticed that the Ponyland was more popular than the Shitlist and that the Shitlist started to lose its function because of it. So finally, we decided to "separate" the two from each other. From now on, the Shitlist will be exclusively serious business and we will keep having some great pony fun here instead.
I hope it makes things clearer for you!
