About the Pseudoficto/Antificto regulation on this subreddit
This is already present in the rules, but this need a further explanation, of what I consider to be pseudoficto/antificto behaviour and how this is going to be regulated on the community. I'm aware of the controversy of this post, but, this is a necessary post.
The ficto community as a whole is quite diverse, with different points of view and way of thinking. Not all fictos act or think in the same way, therefore the existence of the great amount of communities, both here on Reddit and in other platforms. Some platforms having their own demograhics and opinions about this lifestyle and other fictos. (For example, Tiktok is a no-go zone for non-sharing fictos, I've seen so many bad experiences of many non-sharing fictos on that platform)
I decided to create this community with the main goal of reutinting and giving a safe-space to both the non-sharing fictos and the serious fictos. And both have a positive correlation between each other tbh.
After this brief introduction, I will explain this topic furthermore.
1. Pseudofictos
Those users who claim that are fictos when they truly aren't. The reasons of why they do this are many, some do it because of malice, others, because of confusion. I will explain the types of pseudofictos I managed to identify.
- The Infiltrators: Those users who join a ficto-community with the solely purpouse of collecting information, generally with bad intentions (like finding vulnerable people they can harass or blackmail). This people are the most dangerous threat for any ficto community. This is why I'm always recommending to never share any kind of personal information and to have an account exclusively dedicated to this places.
- The Haremists: Those people who like to collect partners like they were objects. First, I have to highlight this is not an attack for poly fictos. In fact, I've seen so many serious fictos that are poly, and they love their S/O(s) with the same amount of affection and commitment as many monogamous fictos do. After clarifying this, I have to say that there is a pattern when a ficto exceeds a certain number of partners, they tend to become a haremist (if they were fictos in the first place). There is a difference between loving a character, liking a character and lusting over a character, and I don't really think that a person who has more than 20+ partners is serious and committed with all of them. This is why I decided to have 3 partners as a limit in this community.
- The Casual/Seasonal Fictos: Those users who "fall in love" with a character for a very short time, generally from a source that is somehow famous and is broadcasting at the moment. When this source ends, they tend to forget their S/Os quite fast and they "fall in love" again with a new character. I wouldn't have any problem with them, but I realized that many agressive dupes are from this type. This is why I can understand the fear of having your S/O source becoming more popular or having a new season, since the odds of encountering new dupes are very high.
- HugBlanketing: A variaton of the casual/seasonal ficto. Those who claim to "love" a character only to feel better for a short time, only to forget their partners when they have the opportunity to have a "real" partner with them. S/Os aren't objects that can be collected or used, they are special since they are our partners, our beloved ones. A serious ficto will never see their S/O as an object, never.
2. Antifictos
Those users who are blantanly opposed to the ficto-community and it's ideals.
- Haters: The most common one. Normies, shippers, people who doesn't understand or emphatize with our lifestyle and (mostly) never will. And considering how much judgmental society is with everyone or everything that act or think different than what they consider as "normal", they will attack it and ostracize it. This is the main reason of why I decided to have a Restricted subreddit, so I can make sure to avoid this people entering this community as much as possible.
- Ideological Antifictos: A controversial topic. I can include many fictos who (willingly or not) act in a way that is opposed to the main ideals of this community. For example, those fictos who say that your S/O will never love you, that "canon" is law and you should leave your partner(s) if they are in a "canon ship", or when you are experiencing a soulbond they say that you are "crazy" and need "therapy". Or even those who belittle their partners comparing them to their "real partners", and advocating other users to behave like them. I could understand all of these attacks coming from a normie, hater or shipper, but from someone who says is ficto, is quite annoying tbh.
This is all I have to say for now. Any pseudoficto/antificto behaviour detected in this community will be banned . I hope I didn't make any of you uncomfortable with this post.
Wishing you the best for you and your partners!