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NihilusZero -> RE: WHY NO POLITE RESPONSES??? (2/1/2010 12:50:14 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lucienne
Odd. I don't think I suggested an underlying reason the points have value. At best, I suggested that the points could be perceived by a newcomer as a status thing but that I didn't think such impressions of "status" had any real power over one's ability to enjoy the board other than what power the individual gives it. (that was the part about being secure and interested enough to carry on without letting the points affect your contributions)
I was referring to your comment where you said:
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ORIGINAL: Lucienne
I don't know that people are obsessed. He has a strong presence on the forum, so it's not surprising that people paying attention to forum dynamics would pay attention to him.
And was actually curious what the mechanisms behind being presumed to have a "strong presence" are. I was actually speaking objectively, about anyone, potentially.
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ORIGINAL: Lucienne
This is funny to me. When I wrote of posters appearing credentialed or favored, I was actually thinking of the people who you assigned points to. This would be another way in which our minds work differently... I don't approach all matters thinking "what does this mean to Nihilus Zero?" From my perspective, your going from my comment about forum dynamics to this analysis of whether or not you are, let's go ahead and say it, an attention whore is a pretty big leap. It's not what I was thinking about at all and there's something delicious in how you keep pulling subjects back that way. I don't want to call you an attention whore NZ, you just keep pulling me back in!
This is a bit of a disingenuous angle to take. It's obvious that the brunt of the recent pages here are specifically to do with me (I asked for none of the attention, mind you; plus, your quoted excerpt above specifically related to me). If I was asking a question that reflected the view of someone in my position, it's not a non sequitur. It would make sense. It's how people normally respond. As I mentioned above, though, I was asking about how the dynamics happen, irrelevant of who they are related to.
I'm not interested in making this about me and genuinely thought you were approaching the discussion with an honest tone. If, however, due to our previous clashes in the past you're still walking into this with the intent of posing questions/comments that invariably lead to a point where you can make the subtle suggestion that this, too, is for attention-whoring purposes, then at least please be honest about it so I will know not to give you the benefit of the doubt that you aren't just baiting me because you continue to think I'm "full of shit".
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ORIGINAL: Lucienne
As usual, I can't agree with your either/or framing. But I am curious why you feel the need to have these musings in response to me after I wrote this:
I now realize the points have fairly innocent origins and the whole enterprise is meant to be good fun.
Because it appears I was under the mistaken impression that you understood I was not defensively arguing or heckling you for the sake of it, but actually interested in discussing the cogwork of the phenomenon with someone who appeared to be offering a sincere angle into that part of the topic.
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ORIGINAL: Lucienne
That is a messy and tedious question. Short answer: yes, an accusation of doing something for ego purposes online can have actual logical merit based on what the person is doing.
Gotcha. I'll leave it at that.
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