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I'll try to answer as many as I can, though I'd like to ask for all to limit the questions to 3 so others would get a chance of getting answers.

Leon is actually stationed all over Barton Town. He's the first NPC that greet you back in 2003 when users join Gaia (anyone has the original "comic" with Leon and Rina?)

GGN will have two updates, first one to make navigation better and have better integration with forums, second is more feature related, to introduce guild houses, messaging systems and more fun features related to that.

GGN isn't low on our priority, it's on par with forums. Many changes are just done on the backend which makes it not crash from site growth. What's upcoming will be more geared towards front-end features.

"Metalic_Noodles"
Yes, I'm here again.

GGN questions
1. Why have you stolen even Leon from the GGN? WHYYYY??? (Him being used to post announcements with nothing to do with the GGN, and nothing in his post or signature advertising the GGN.)
2. How will the GGN get their summer fall update if not even one Developer is working on the GGN now?
3. Please don't make the GGN into clubs. (To fellow smartasses- Yes, this is a legit concern.)
4. Thank you for fixing the GGN posting/voting error instead of just leaving the revised error that had a link to the thread in it. heart
5. Has the fabled 'to-do- list of the GGN' even been made yet? Or has that list been made and you guys are just waiting until an arbitrary date to set a dev(s) on it?
6. The GGN mostly just needs a few things. As a whole we aren't asking for a rewrite, or even the forums/posting to be updated like the regular forums, just a few things. Guild PMs is a biggy, since friends@gaia was taken out, we can't even use our work-around. Charging per member is what I think would be best, like 5gold or 10g per every member the PM is sent to. I think we want this enough to not care for a long while, that we can't send to just crew, or just members. 10gold per person seems a bit much, I favor 5gold, but if 10g is what you want to discourage over use and spamming, then that will be fine, you may even be able to get away with 20g. If this would take too much, then could you at least please give the GGN more attention in the other parts of Gaia? The spotlight doesn't stand out, nor change much, no formal announcement in years, and our NPC is doing random announcements without even text it it's signature advertising the GGN. It really won't take much to make us happy, we just want proof that you still acknowledge us as part of Gaia.
The GGN could even be used the trial run a new version of friendslist/mailing list PMs. (As suggested by Chibi faery)
7. Why is the GGN such a low priority on your list?
8. If you have the time, please read this Journal entry. It expresses the GGN's feelings extremely well. http://www.gaiaonline.com/journal/?mode=view&u=1311155


Not-so-categorized
1. Have you guys ever considered rereading the Ask the Admin threads after you close them, like the next day, and answering questions that were skipped over? Either in an announcement or just another post in the thread, since I'm rather certain admin can post after they lock a thread. Or just a list of answers on the first post of the new ask the admin thread?
2. These threads are AWESOME, who thought of them?
3. Are the wild things based on the Golden Compass bears?

4. We can't right click and tab the items in the drop-down menus anymore, any chance this will be fixed? Soon? When? Do you have a deal with Microsoft to stop supporting Firefox properly?
5. I've been wanting to say this. Thank you Gaia for having the PM completion pages (the ones before you are redirected, after you delete messages) use plurals when you delete many, and non-plural when only deleting one. I think it's awesome that you guys spent to time to make both, instead of one that only works one way way or the other. Thank you. I know that since it does work people aren't as likely to notice it, but it does and I'm greatfull you put that extra effort in.


Staff
1. Directed to all of Gaia's staff: How did you know that this is what you wanted to do?
(Thank you to crazy spork i am and Sagger-AT3 who have already told me! heart )
 
     
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We actually put a lot of emphasis on ethnic diversity on Gaia. Though at the same time, we're trying to be authentic, meaning that we have characters with understanding from what we know about a certain culture, etc. Our diversity is limited to our knowledge.

Today Gaia is a site mainly occupied by US users, and we as staff are mostly US also. Though we actually do plan to make Gaia more accessible to the rest of the world. The plan is to have a few staff members that natively know about other cultures and countries to help us out, as opposed to us pretending that we know, or we'd just end up screwing up.

"Erebus Haze"
ey Lanzerr!

Something's been bothering me as of late. Diversity on Gaia (as in art and all that) seems to not exist, at least not openly. Now, I've made a 2 threads on this that I hardly upkeep trying to make this a bit known as what I think is a bit of a problem to the Staff.

Questions:
Why is diversity at all lacking in terms of color? I'm not asking for a bunch of black people; just more of the human rainbow, like Asians and Indians and those from the Caribbean and South Asia and EASTERN Europe and....well, you know what I mean, I hope.
Isn't it a bit duplicitous to claim the site will start to move towards being more global and then have 4 white people as soon as you login/make an account (not counting the acceptable anime girl)?
What about diversity in teenage cliques: not to say you guys are making everyone dress their avatars preppy but where's the balance there?


Don't think I'm being rude; I'm just trying to find out why the site I love is just....being so...... I can't even explain properly.

[Question 2 Will be asked shortly, as it has slipped my mind sweatdrop ]
     
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