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artists_bewareYou've Been Posted to Artists Beware... Now What?
Artists Beware can be a powerful place. With thousands of members and readers, that is a lot of people who will see your name. It is completely understandable the stress, frustration, anger, worry, and anxiety having a beware posted about yourself may bring.
However, many times it is not the actual post on its own that will ruin a reputation. Instead, it is how the artist or commissioner reacts to it. This post is here to help you figure out what to do if you end up here, and sincerely want to smooth over your newly ruffled reputation.
First thing's first... DON'T PANIC. The absolute WORST thing you can do is respond while you're emotional. Get a hold of yourself, walk away and calm down before coming back to defend yourself.
If the beware is a result of genuine wrong-doing (even if accidental on your part), don't make excuses, or try to guilt trip the OP with your problems. People will see right through it and it will definitely lower their opinion of you. It makes you sound insincere in wanting to fix things when you come off as if you are looking for sympathy or to get out of your responsibilities instead.
Be respectful and polite, it will go a long, long way. Many times, people earn business if they handle a problem gracefully and with tact. In turn, the opposite reaction will net you the opposite result, and I'm sure you don't want that.
Do not ask/demand/blackmail/hint for the OP to delete the post! I can't stress this enough. It makes you look shady, and people WILL take note of it. If things are resolved, we have a 'resolved' tag specifically for that, and the OP can update their post to reflect the resolution. Deleting the post is unnecessary and contradictory to the purpose of AB as a whole, as well as disrespectful to the userbase. Do not do this. It will most likely end in getting both you and the OP banned, and the post will merely be reposted anyway.
DO NOT send your friends/SO/whoever to fight your battles for you! This is one of the worst things you can do. You WILL be judged to an extent by the company you keep, and if someone you know comes in frothing at the mouth in defense of you, cursing and raging at the members, it will be theirs AND your reputation that will suffer for it. Try to avoid 'whiteknights', and understand that you yourself coming in and being respectful and honest with an explanation, apology, and resolution will do far more for you than your friends ever could.
Ultimately, your goal should be fixing the problem and earning that Resolved tag. After all, if you messed up, why wouldn't you want to try to make everybody happy by fixing the issue? Keep that in mind at all times when you are replying.
When defending yourself against genuinely untrue claims, do what you can to show proof as politely and calmly as possible. If the OP is downright lying, or omitting information, and you can prove it, AB will react appropriately.
Understand that AB isn't a group of dramallama meanie jerkfaces who want nothing more than to see you suffer. The members of AB work with the information they're given at the time, and they will be honest, even if it's not something you want to hear. But if you've made a mistake and are genuinely apologetic, you will be surprised how helpful and sympathetic the members will be. Treat them with respect, and they'll do the same for you.
Never pull the 'I have a life' excuse. Everybody has a life. Rarely is anyone's life so busy that they can not do what ended up getting them posted here, and if it is, you shouldn't be taking commissions/getting commissions/whatever to begin with. If something does come up, update them personally! Don't leave them in the dark or expect them to search for information. Fulfilling the agreements you make, whether you are a customer or an artist, should be an important part of your life and sense of character. If it isn't, well, that's probably why you're on AB.
Okay. Just keep this in mind, then. Don't freak out, be respectful when replying, don't send your friends or SO to whiteknight for you and don't demand the OP take down the post. If you genuinely want to fix things, behave like it, and you'll be fine!
If I missed anything or anyone has anything to add, feel free to do so!
Artists Beware can be a powerful place. With thousands of members and readers, that is a lot of people who will see your name. It is completely understandable the stress, frustration, anger, worry, and anxiety having a beware posted about yourself may bring.
However, many times it is not the actual post on its own that will ruin a reputation. Instead, it is how the artist or commissioner reacts to it. This post is here to help you figure out what to do if you end up here, and sincerely want to smooth over your newly ruffled reputation.
Okay. Just keep this in mind, then. Don't freak out, be respectful when replying, don't send your friends or SO to whiteknight for you and don't demand the OP take down the post. If you genuinely want to fix things, behave like it, and you'll be fine!
If I missed anything or anyone has anything to add, feel free to do so!
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Just a quick question
Date: 2014-04-23 05:59 pm (UTC)I'm not sure if this gets me put on some permanent list or not, but I'm very interested in joining 'Trusted Artists' and I'm not sure whether that's feasible or not given this old report. If you have any advice or insight about it, I'd love to hear it.
MOD COMMENT
Date: 2014-04-23 06:36 pm (UTC)Re: MOD COMMENT
Date: 2014-04-23 07:05 pm (UTC)He does mention in the post that I repaid him. I also offered to send him the badge when he was repaid but he refused.
Re: MOD COMMENT
Date: 2014-04-23 08:04 pm (UTC)Re: MOD COMMENT
Date: 2014-04-23 08:52 pm (UTC)Re: MOD COMMENT
Date: 2014-04-23 08:56 pm (UTC)Re: MOD COMMENT
Date: 2014-04-23 09:01 pm (UTC)Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-18 12:38 am (UTC)Re: Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-18 12:41 am (UTC)Re: Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-18 12:44 am (UTC)Re: Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-20 04:48 am (UTC)Re: Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-20 04:52 am (UTC)Instead, I recommend reporting harassment via whichever site it's happening on. I assume furaffinity? You can open up trouble tickets for that kind of thing.
Re: Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-20 05:01 am (UTC)Re: Help Please!
Date: 2015-04-20 05:34 am (UTC)I'll go through the bewares and screen anything that brings up your name that we might have missed.
Touchy Subjects
Date: 2015-12-29 07:33 am (UTC)I like the idea of this website/system you have going here. (Shame I didn't find it sooner...)
May I please have a private messaging system for one of the Moderators/Operators here? - This is because I need to ask questions that are on a rather touchy subject to do with "Artists Beware".
I hope to hear from someone soon!
Thanks,
Sparky
Re: Touchy Subjects
Date: 2015-12-29 11:18 am (UTC)Our various modes of contact are on our profile page:
http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/profile
Wyldfire7
Date: 2016-03-28 09:47 am (UTC)I do not know where to find the person in question. I have been searching but found nothing. Please reply as soon as possible, thank you.
mod comment
Date: 2016-03-28 10:10 am (UTC)Posts are never removed from the site. We will, however, mark them as resolved once the individual cases have been. To find whom has put bewares up on you, you're free to look at your tag:
http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/tag/artist-wyldfire7%2Ffr0stbi3
RE: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 12:03 am (UTC)Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 01:10 am (UTC)http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/tag/lost%20contact
Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 03:35 am (UTC)Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 03:40 am (UTC)That said, what you can do is, after making every effort to get a hold of them, you can comment on the beware post itself (which you should do anyway, as maybe it'll ping their email and alert them that you're looking for them) and add that you have been attempting to get a hold of them. Then if people read the post later, they'll see you there making an effort.
Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 03:43 am (UTC)Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 03:42 am (UTC)Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-03-29 03:45 am (UTC)Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-04-26 08:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 12:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-27 02:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-27 03:28 pm (UTC)Re: Art theft, character theft, and defacing copyrighted ar
Date: 2016-08-09 10:10 am (UTC)The comment section of our community is not an appropriate place to leave this information. Artists_Beware is a transaction community that requires proof. If this person is not making any kind of profit from this, then it doesn't quite fit into our focus.
Your comment will be screened. If you would like to make a valid post to this community feel free to look over our rules and use the "post to community" button at the top of every page.
mod comment
Date: 2016-08-25 06:42 pm (UTC)Your comment will be screened, which makes it invisible to everyone but you and us. Please do not delete it.
RE: mod comment
Date: 2016-08-25 07:08 pm (UTC)Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-08-25 07:12 pm (UTC)artists-beware.livejournal.com/profile
Re: mod comment
Date: 2016-08-25 07:17 pm (UTC)I'm sorry.
mod comment
Date: 2016-08-25 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-31 11:29 pm (UTC)I just thought you'd like to know that LJ's servers have been moved to Russia.
http://lynnenne.livejournal.com/285076.html
A lot of people are moving over to Dreamwidth.
How to post a beware on mobile?
Date: 2017-03-25 08:48 pm (UTC)Re: How to post a beware on mobile?
Date: 2017-03-25 08:52 pm (UTC)RE: How to post a beware on mobile?
Date: 2017-03-25 08:53 pm (UTC)You can also request the desktop version of the site, on which the post to community option will be at the top.
However, you won't be able to see this option at all unless you've joined the community first!