Holy shit! All these zots!!
I have very mixed feelings about this.
I'm very glad to see that the mods will essentially be cutting down on the rampant elitism going on in SG.
Yet... Am I even partially to blame in some form or another for contributing to elitism? The "post you phone number" thread/group can easily be seen as such. I'd like to think that no members of that group have offended any other member. I would be very very sad if such a thing happened. I have felt the bitter sting of being looked down upon by people with higher post counts and longer membership. But I just started some stinkin thread, I had no idea that it would take off like it did! I certainly did not start the group, nor do I participate nearly as much as I should.
I'm only really worried about... well... will the stricter forum rules prevent threads like mine, in fear of somebody getting offended? I've only seen good things stem from that, well... I like to think that I'm not completely unknown in this community. And I made some friends (well, really only one friend, SarcasticMenace
) because of that. Other than my playing WoW with other SG members, which didnt end up all that well, I probably wouldnt have any friends on my friend list whatsoever.
Maybe I'm longing for some popularity/recognition that I've never had before. I've always been so content with being unspoken. This will definetly require more thought, and something I might have to cope with.
So should I be upset that this "spring cleaning" is occuring? I've already seen well known and respected members be banned. Some that I have never seen do anything wrong. In fact, the only thing I saw them do, was disagree with moderaters. But does my "fuck authority" attitude somehow intervene with me rationally approaching the situation? Am I being irrational? Do I think that the moderaters are on a power trip? maybe... Am I sick and tired of FreakPirate threads? maybe...
I cant talk shit about moderators or members, because that would make me a hippocrate. I despise what the mods are trying to put an end to, but I somehow dont like the way they are doing it. I'm even slightly afraid to post now, for fear of the zot.
Then I think to myself... this is a fucking porn site. I come here to beat off.
I have very mixed feelings about this.
I'm very glad to see that the mods will essentially be cutting down on the rampant elitism going on in SG.
Yet... Am I even partially to blame in some form or another for contributing to elitism? The "post you phone number" thread/group can easily be seen as such. I'd like to think that no members of that group have offended any other member. I would be very very sad if such a thing happened. I have felt the bitter sting of being looked down upon by people with higher post counts and longer membership. But I just started some stinkin thread, I had no idea that it would take off like it did! I certainly did not start the group, nor do I participate nearly as much as I should.
I'm only really worried about... well... will the stricter forum rules prevent threads like mine, in fear of somebody getting offended? I've only seen good things stem from that, well... I like to think that I'm not completely unknown in this community. And I made some friends (well, really only one friend, SarcasticMenace
) because of that. Other than my playing WoW with other SG members, which didnt end up all that well, I probably wouldnt have any friends on my friend list whatsoever.
Maybe I'm longing for some popularity/recognition that I've never had before. I've always been so content with being unspoken. This will definetly require more thought, and something I might have to cope with.
So should I be upset that this "spring cleaning" is occuring? I've already seen well known and respected members be banned. Some that I have never seen do anything wrong. In fact, the only thing I saw them do, was disagree with moderaters. But does my "fuck authority" attitude somehow intervene with me rationally approaching the situation? Am I being irrational? Do I think that the moderaters are on a power trip? maybe... Am I sick and tired of FreakPirate threads? maybe...
I cant talk shit about moderators or members, because that would make me a hippocrate. I despise what the mods are trying to put an end to, but I somehow dont like the way they are doing it. I'm even slightly afraid to post now, for fear of the zot.
Then I think to myself... this is a fucking porn site. I come here to beat off.