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** The "No Recent Examples Please" rule added in 2019. Those for it state that many of the tropes that were added under it were frequent targets of misuse and edit wars, and that having this new rule would help organize and cleanup the examples. Others felt that the time limits that were added were too long a wait just to put down an example ([[Broken Base]] and [[Base Breaking Character]] were given a ''6 month'' wait time) and that these new rules further limited what could be put on pages.
** The "No Recent Examples Please" rule added in 2019. Those for it state that many of the tropes that were added under it were frequent targets of misuse and edit wars, and that having this new rule would help organize and cleanup the examples. Others felt that the time limits that were added were too long a wait just to put down an example ([[Broken Base]] and [[Base Breaking Character]] were given a ''6 month'' wait time) and that these new rules further limited what could be put on pages.
** The complete dewicking of [[Internet Backdraft]] in mid-2019. Those for it state that [[Internet Backdraft]] had a long history of being misused for negative fan reaction because of the definition of it being so vague, and that negativity did not belong on TV Tropes. Those against it were upset that over thousands of entries were wiped away based on the consensus of about 20 tropers and pointed out that instead of putting valid entries in their proper YMMV tropes as was discussed, the tropers doing the cleanup simply nuked everything without even bothering to try.
** The complete dewicking of [[Internet Backdraft]] in mid-2019. Those for it state that [[Internet Backdraft]] had a long history of being misused for negative fan reaction because of the definition of it being so vague, and that negativity did not belong on TV Tropes. Those against it were upset that over thousands of entries were wiped away based on the consensus of about 20 tropers and pointed out that instead of putting valid entries in their proper YMMV tropes as was discussed, the tropers doing the cleanup simply nuked everything without even bothering to try.
** Back in the site's older days, most tropes had a Troper Tales section where tropers could share funny little stories about those tropes happening in their day-to-day lives. However, it quickly became ''flooded'' with stories that tended to be either disgusting, bizzare, pretentious, blatant bullshit, or sometimes all at once, and after critical communities merciless tore into it, it was given the axe altogether. Those that remember them are of two minds: there are the optimists who think it had potential and deserves a second chance, while others feel that it's best left forgotten and unmourned, with the very concept being unsalvageable.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: The community's ''obsessive'' love of That Guy With The Glasses/Channel Awesome became this after the website collapsed in 2018, which painted a ''lot'' of its contributors in a bad light for various reasons. Making it even more uncomfortable is a lot of Channel Awesome-related pages being locked and barely updated to reflect on the fallout, which means users can still see tropers openly lusting after sexual predator JewWario/Justin Carmical among other cringeworthy things.
* [[Never Live It Down]]:
* [[Never Live It Down]]:
** Mostly because of Fast Eddie and Fighteer, the staff at TV Tropes have garnered a reputation for being strict, power-hungry, abusive people who will ban anyone for the most mild offenses.
** Mostly because of Fast Eddie and Fighteer, the staff at TV Tropes have garnered a reputation for being strict, power-hungry, abusive people who will ban anyone for the most mild offenses.
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*** With complaining, time limits were implemented for certain YMMV tropes that had this the most, with 6 months being the most common limit placed. Many disliked this change, feeling that the limits placed were far too excessive a wait just to put down an example.
*** With complaining, time limits were implemented for certain YMMV tropes that had this the most, with 6 months being the most common limit placed. Many disliked this change, feeling that the limits placed were far too excessive a wait just to put down an example.
*** For speculation, new guidelines for non-released work pages were implemented. If works didn't meet the "minimum requirements" or attracted too much speculation, they would be locked until their release at best (which could take anywhere from a few months to a few years) or deleted and locked permanently at worst. This garnered complaints for restricting tropers on what works they were allowed to make pages for and for the definition of speculation depending on what the mods felt counted.
*** For speculation, new guidelines for non-released work pages were implemented. If works didn't meet the "minimum requirements" or attracted too much speculation, they would be locked until their release at best (which could take anywhere from a few months to a few years) or deleted and locked permanently at worst. This garnered complaints for restricting tropers on what works they were allowed to make pages for and for the definition of speculation depending on what the mods felt counted.
** Trope name changes in general. Whether it's [[Spoony Bard]] becoming ''Quirky Bard'' or [[Holy Shit Quotient]] being gutted in favor of ''Shocking Moments'', many users feel that it's just another example of the fun being sucked out of TV Tropes. There's a similar sentiment for tropes like [[Dude, Not Funny]] and [[Ear Worm]] being changed to where only in-universe examples could be posted.
** Audience Reaction tropes [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and [[The Scrappy]] have become a ''lot'' more restrictive than they once were. While there ''were'' problems with people trying to cram in characters they either personally liked or hated, it's yet another case of overcorrection leading to characters having to jump through ''serious'' hoops to qualify for either trope now.
** In general, TV Tropes' transition from a relaxed and casual atmosphere to a far more professional one is a sore spot for many an old fan. While most would agree that certain aspects of old troper culture such as Troper Tales did the site's reputation far more harm than good, scrubbing the website of ''any'' fun or personality in trope entries comes off as a major overcorrection leading not just to entries and pages feeling very clinical and robotic, but the website becoming its own antithesis by being just as stuffy and formal as Wikipedia.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: For some, the site dewicking LGBT tropes such as [[Bi The Way]] and [[Badass Gay]] ''reeks'' of this, especially since more insulting LGBT tropes like [[All Gays Are Pedophiles]] and [[Depraved Homosexual]] are still around. It also gets ridiculous when tropes like [[Transgender]] are still up, making the whole thing look like mods are picking and choosing favorites when it comes to which tropes are good, and which ones are examples of [[People Sit on Chairs]].


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