Why People Are Canceling NaNoWriMo: My Take on the NaNoWriMo Forum Disaster

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

Комментарии • 31

  • @RED-hj7mv
    @RED-hj7mv 2 месяца назад +2

    So here’s the thing… I’ve never done NaNoWriMo before and this is my first year. I’m really excited to try, and I’m going to use the site. I don’t plan on participating in the forums since I don’t like social media a ton anyways. I’m really just using it to track my words as a way to motivate myself. I get that there have been issues, but like you said, there’s issues everywhere. I’ve been raised to be very cautious online and never use my real name/give information anyways.
    Best of luck to all those writers out there and stay safe!

  • @KazuyaDarklight
    @KazuyaDarklight 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks for the summary! I returned to find things in ashes but no one was explaining what had happened.

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  6 месяцев назад

      @@KazuyaDarklight yeah it was a mess!

    • @tombstone7577
      @tombstone7577 5 месяцев назад

      @@patrick_nilanus too. We are deciding not to use it anymore. But to find an alternative 🤔

  • @alkimia1791
    @alkimia1791 3 месяца назад +4

    How am I only just learning about this 😨Just learned about their whole AI controversy as well

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  3 месяца назад

      It is coming closer to November. Maybe that’s why

  • @milestrombley1466
    @milestrombley1466 4 месяца назад +6

    Nano helped me finish three 50K novels. That sucks.

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  4 месяца назад +1

      @@milestrombley1466 I’ve never finished it 😢 😂

    • @ryansvideogamereviews7380
      @ryansvideogamereviews7380 2 месяца назад

      With any luck the board of directora who stepped in will be able to double down on their efforts to prevent this without ruining the nanowrimo experience.
      Even if a lot of people are quitting the platform as a reaction, the whole thing could bounce back in time so long as nothing else goes disasterously wrong.

  • @Bambibot
    @Bambibot 10 месяцев назад +4

    This whole thing is crazy

  • @fanpandatastic
    @fanpandatastic 4 месяца назад +3

    Ayeeee I know you from your instagram content! I didn’t know you had a RUclips! Subscribed 👍

  • @____uncompetative
    @____uncompetative 23 дня назад

    I tried doing it in 2024 and I gave up when the website wouldn't let me log in day one.

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  23 дня назад +1

      @@____uncompetative that’s annoying!

  • @emacarvalho7889
    @emacarvalho7889 10 месяцев назад +4

    Maybe it's just me because I only started my first Nanowrimo. Maybe , I'm just an Idealist but I don't think that just because there were rotten people there , I don't think everyone should pay the price for just two rotten people. I admit I was very disappointed at first when I read the news but then, I decided to stay anyway Simply because I don't believe it's necessary to cancel something that gives so much joy over a problem that was fixed , though after so many complaints . Nothing and nobody is perfect and life is short.
    Of course there are things you should stay away from things that don't serve you but i have noticed that there were things I wish I knew when I started to write ( at age 11). However, I understand why people angry. But in my eyes , it helped me unblock the writer's block

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  4 месяца назад +2

      For me I think it is easier to just participate without using the site!

  • @lemond2007
    @lemond2007 3 месяца назад +2

    I could never get involved with the whole "nanowrimo community" because I don't vibe with all the annoying wokeshit.

  • @Calibizaro
    @Calibizaro 3 месяца назад +1

    I don’t bother with the forums. I plan on still participating this year because it’s fun.

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  3 месяца назад

      @@Calibizaro I’ll be doing my own variation

  • @Romancefantasy
    @Romancefantasy 2 месяца назад +1

    You dont need a company to help you write in November🙄

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  2 месяца назад

      I do it on my own all the time. This year I challenged myself to write 50k in a year!

  • @sharkpoolbolt662
    @sharkpoolbolt662 2 месяца назад

    I never did the forms or camps; i just did Nanowrimo. I’ll do it this year too. But might stop afterwards

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  2 месяца назад

      @@sharkpoolbolt662 imma try to do it in one week

    • @sharkpoolbolt662
      @sharkpoolbolt662 2 месяца назад

      @@patrick_nilan i couldn’t do that 😝 But best of luck

  • @billgriggs8768
    @billgriggs8768 2 месяца назад

    which forums are still open?

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  2 месяца назад

      @@billgriggs8768 I actually have no idea, I don’t really associate with NaNoWriMo

  • @kingultimus
    @kingultimus Год назад +1

    What is NaNoWriMo

    • @patrick_nilan
      @patrick_nilan  Год назад +2

      National Novel Writing Month. It’s basically a challenge to write 50,000 words in November. There is a site and forums for it run by a non profit, which is what this video is about, but many people like myself just participate on our own!

    • @kingultimus
      @kingultimus Год назад +1

      @@patrick_nilan Oh, thank you so much. Does it happen only in November or they host in other months too?

    • @tree267
      @tree267 2 месяца назад

      JFGI