Community Report: July 21 - July 28, 2025
This report covers forum activity from July 21st to July 28th, 2025. During this period, the community generated 38 new topics and 314 posts. The most active members of the week included @suen, @RuletheWaves, @Axiom, @without_name, and @polony, who led discussions and engagement across the forum.
The week’s discourse was overwhelmingly dominated by a widespread and passionate backlash against a newly implemented tablet management system, referred to as “易控.” This single issue sparked organized student action, satirical critique, and extensive technical troubleshooting. Alongside this central conflict, rising seniors shared their experiences with the intensive summer preparatory session, while a consistent stream of creative writing, philosophical musings, and lighthearted humor provided a multifaceted view of community life. The tension between mandated, restrictive technology and the empowering, user-driven tools discussed on the forum became a salient, underlying theme. #CATEGORY:卮言
Highlights of the Week
The sudden rollout of the “易控” system on school-issued tablets triggered immediate and forceful criticism from students. A dedicated thread titled 太唐了，单开易控更新吐槽贴 (ref) became the primary outlet for frustration. Users lamented the restrictive new user interface, with @Lilith calling the new homepage and disabled lock screen “煞笔” (moronic) and “丑了吧唧” (ugly as hell) (ref). The system’s instability was a common complaint, humorously captured in a post by @acetaffy who threatened to “defeat” the constantly crashing program like a video game boss (ref). The policy’s ineffectiveness was also noted, as members like @Axiom and @cnboy pointed out the absurdity that the new rules were simply compelling students to use their personal devices instead (ref), thereby circumventing the intended control entirely.
In response to the deeply unpopular changes, a significant student-led initiative took shape. User @without_name organized and collected signatures for a 请愿书 (ref) demanding a reversal of the new policy. They expressed surprise and gratitude as the number of signatories grew beyond their initial expectations (ref). The effort culminated in the petition, signed by over a dozen students, being formally submitted to a teacher, who reportedly promised to pass the feedback upwards (ref). Following the submission, @RuletheWaves provided constructive advice for future efforts, suggesting the inclusion of demands for clear, advance notice of any changes and dedicated time for data backups (ref). The extensive feedback was also compiled in a shared Yuque document, which quickly gathered over 99 comments (ref).
Frustration with the administration’s new rules also found an outlet in creative satire. A thread started by @suen, 创作几篇学业办老师小时候的故事 (ref, became a canvas for sharp-witted commentary. @polony contributed a series of brilliant vignettes, imagining an “Academic Affairs Office teacher” as a child, being punished for using a non-approved pen (ref) or having their brain disabled due to a “whitelist error” (ref). The humor was layered, with @Jerry2625 adding a pun that equated taking apart a pen with “脱管” (escaping management) (ref. This satirical pushback highlighted a perceived disconnect, with @RuletheWaves quoting a school official’s statement that their management was already “open and tolerant” compared to other schools (ref, a sentiment that clearly did not resonate with the student experience.
Beyond the tablet controversy, the realities of academic life for rising seniors were a major topic of conversation. The 关于暑期适应性学习的讨论帖 (ref) served as a diary for many. @Axiom provided a detailed account of the first week, noting the pressure from talented new classmates, the relief of less stair-climbing, and a surprising appreciation for the “丽华快餐” (ref). The thread also sparked a micro-drama about a student from another school known for running in the hallways (ref, ref). The general sense of exhaustion was palpable in threads like 困 (ref, where a user blamed the building for draining their energy, and 一些些上高三的感想（被迫版） (ref, reflecting the overwhelming nature of the new schedule and workload.
A vibrant hub of creativity flourished through a recurring collaboration between @suen and @Creative. In a series of posts, @suen would provide an imaginative prompt, and @Creative would respond with structured, poetic, or analytical content. This dynamic produced fascinating results, such as a multi-part poem expanding on the idea that 霧是山的起床氣 (“Fog is the mountain’s crankiness upon waking”) (ref, a philosophical breakdown of a minimalist three-word poem about life (ref, and a humorous analysis of a complex 谐音梗中梗 (“pun within a pun”) (ref. This partnership also explored creative definitions for animals in 我是水母 (ref and contemplated whether a story could be told using only emojis in 純 Emoji 可以成為一篇小說嗎？ (ref.
Key Insights and Trends
The Devil in the Details: Unpacking “易控” Failures
“类似一份clash配置文件，但是学校菜啊，不会用geosite，导致只能解禁单个域名，Microsoft大多数软件还是用不了”
— @Jerry2625, in “太唐了，单开易控更新吐槽贴”
Diving deeper than just surface-level complaints, users engaged in technical forensics to understand why the “易控” system was so broken. @Jerry2625 diagnosed the issue as a poorly configured whitelist that only allowed specific domains, rather than using broader rules (like geosite), which broke services like Microsoft 365 that rely on multiple authentication and content domains (ref). @Adler added that this likely killed necessary components like reCAPTCHA, preventing logins (ref). This highlighted a critical paradox identified by @RuletheWaves: to use learning apps on a personal device, a student would need the APK from the school, but asking for it would mean admitting they had abandoned the school’s tablet (ref).
A Space for Vulnerability and Emotional Release
The pressures of school life and social dynamics led to several threads of raw, honest emotion. In 感觉最近好累 (ref, @Ecclesia posted a candid vent about the exhaustion that comes from taking on numerous responsibilities out of a sense of duty rather than passion, a feeling that resonated deeply and sparked supportive replies, including a simple, heartfelt “我喜欢你” (ref from @Ecclesia to @dfeath777’s quirky response. Elsewhere, a user lamented that 一到假期发现身边现充真的好多 (ref, expressing a sense of loneliness. @suen responded not with words, but with a poignant Winnie the Pooh image stating, “people come and go, that’s life” (ref, capturing a mood of gentle melancholy.
Poetry, Love, and Philosophy
The forum continued to be a space for sharing profound and artistic expressions of human connection. @nya shared Pablo Neruda’s Sonnet XVII in three languages in a thread titled 这般亲密，你一合眼，我便睡去 (ref, linking the act of sleeping to the thoughts of a secret admirer (ref. This poetic sentiment was echoed by @suen’s post of Pushkin’s poem in 我歡喜你 (ref. These discussions of love and intimacy connected with more philosophical questions, such as in the thread 聊天可以讓你愛上 AI 嗎⋯⋯ (ref, where @nya mused on the nature of love itself, questioning how often even human relationships are truly equal (ref. These varied posts, including links to external articles like 不能說的話，等等 (ref and 聞一，已多 (ref, wove a rich tapestry of reflective thought.
The Rise of Original Fiction and Interactive Storytelling
Aspiring authors found an eager audience on the forum. @MengXIN was particularly active, posting new chapters of an original fantasy story in threads like 好消息：我又更新了，坏消息：是新坑 (ref and 更新了，求求多来点流量 (ref. The storytelling became interactive, with user @MYIHV explicitly asking to be written into the plot (ref, a request the author seemed willing to fulfill (ref. This highlights the forum’s role not just as a place for discussion, but as a collaborative space for creative development.
Campus Life, Humor, and Miscellaneous Gripes
Amidst the major dramas, the forum was alive with smaller, yet relatable, aspects of school life. The 来点梗图 (ref thread remained a staple for humor, with new memes being shared (ref. A new NetEase Games policy sparked practical concerns among gamers, who worried their accounts would be deleted during their high-stakes final year of high school (ref. Minor but persistent annoyances also found a voice, from discussions about the poorly designed desks in the #TAG:预科部 that chafe students’ arms (ref to the comically narrow stairwells in the dorms (ref. Threads on topics as diverse as a TED talk on female pleasure (ref and the experience of eating mushrooms (ref demonstrate the wide-ranging interests of the community.
Forum Meta and the Promise of Better Tech
The conversation around technology offered a stark contrast. While students battled the school’s flawed “易控” system, @suen championed the use of powerful, external AI tools like NotebookLM (ref, demonstrating its advanced capabilities for summarizing documents and creating study aids (ref. In a moment of humorous self-deprecation and technical transparency, @suen also posted in the 🔥維護記錄 (ref thread to confess that the forum’s own automated reports had been broken for weeks. The cause? They had personally hard-coded the old domain name into a command, admitting, “我就是個大傻子⋯⋯” (“I’m such a big fool…”) (ref. This moment encapsulated the forum’s spirit: a user-driven, self-correcting space that stands in direct opposition to the top-down, inflexible systems being imposed upon its members.
Last edited by @suen 2025-07-28T00:22:48Z