Gauge -> RE: hazing new posters (12/4/2014 3:33:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: GoddessManko I don't have debates or disagreements at parties. I don't discuss my personal life or offer advice about relationships at parties. So don't mind if I disagree with the analogy. The analogy is a good one actually. While it is true that you may not discuss those things, your conduct at those parties largely dictates how the other folks react to you. If you are friendly, personable, not a dick, don't demand to get your way and act like a child, you are far more likely to be accepted than if you did act like an idiot. The opportunity to discuss personal things and offer advice if someone asks you, might come up if you are not a childish twat. quote:
I don't have to befriend or be nice to anyone, even at a party, that's a matter of choice for me like everything else. It is a matter of choice for you. However, you don't act foolish and not expect to get called on it either. If you walked in the door and demanded that everyone listen to you and shave their heads, chances are that the reaction you would get would be less than desirable. If, however, you walk in the door and act like an adult and suggest that if everyone shaves their head they might like it... you may well get a mixed reaction. On the other hand, if you just walk in and talk about head shaving being the new trend, people are more apt to listen. Presentation is everything. quote:
I would like to be nice but I don't deal well with blatant disrespect, ever. It's just not gonna happen. Who deals with disrespect well? No one really. People are also less likely to deal with disrespect from someone they do not know than they would from someone that they do know. Therefore, if someone is disrespectful (new or otherwise) on the forums, they should not be shocked that they are getting smacked around for it. To think that the disrespectful person should be nurtured, mollycoddled and pampered is ridiculous, that is not the way the world works, nor should it. quote:
Being a part of a group does not make anyone here an expert nor do people have to "bandwagon" to belong. There is absolutely NO point in time where I feel anyone else has more of a right to be here than I do or offers better perspective than I do. You offer your perspective, I offer mine, others offer theirs, that is what the forums are for. Certainly there are people who think their point of view is the only one, but that is not a community problem more than it is an individual one. If we took the time to join, we earn the right to participate. However the rules of conduct still apply... meaning, if you are a dick about things, you are going to get called on it. quote:
If forum members want people to be friends, they have to actually be friendly, not expect them to kiss ass or lack personal perspective. This comes back to what I said about disrespect. New posters here that act friendly get friendly in return. New posters here who act disrespectful, get their balls stuck in a vice. Don't expect the community to embrace someone for being a dick. quote:
No one asked for coddling. Nope, but the entire thread was started with that in mind: How the community is so shitty to newbies. I'm not going to coddle anyone. I judge people with only one criteria: Are they an asshole or are they a good person? That is my only question I ask myself. If they are in the wrong side of being a dick, I normally tell them to change the way they are approaching things, if they are full blown dicks, all bets are off. I don't take that in my personal life, I sure am not going to take it online. quote:
I can't remember a single time someone has ever requested that or desired to be "friends" with anyone on here who might have unjustifiably hazed them or traded bullshit stories about them based on presumption. Wait, so there is justifiable "hazing"? I remember someone who came on here, flexed their online muscles, and got promptly shot down for it. Funny thing happened, after being shot down, they apologized, changed the way they did things and is still participating in the forums today. Some people listen, some people just want to sit in their dirty diaper and defend their right to do so... it depends on the person, not the community. Look, I understand why this discussion is happening, and to a very slight degree, a damn near infinitesimal amount, I agree with it. The rest of it is buffalo bagels. This community does a decent job of welcoming people, but that the individual presenting themselves is responsible for their own conduct is paramount to the discussion as a whole. If you have any doubts about how that is supposed to work, walk into the middle of a bar room filled with Hells Angels and spit in someone's face and see what welcome you get. If, however, you buy the room a round of drinks, see how differently you will be received. It is all how you present yourself, and how reasonable you are, that will dictate whether or not the community will work with you, or toss rotten fruit at you.
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