Just a short stuff-I-hate post, like others that often appear about many un-named people or types of people. This one just happens to be a Doper. I choose not to enter the [del]Thunderdome[/del] Pit.
It’s just another mundane and pointless thought or two, and I feel I must share them.
I also think I may have had a prophetic vision about them and I am moved to witness it.
After much self-analysis, I have accepted that occasionally I am a jerk, the exhibition of which is an SD canonic no-no in posts generally. But I am also aware of the flexibility of the definition of jerkiness, in this case depending on which SD forums it is applied.
IANAMod (obviously), but if you want to talk smack about a fellow poster, take it to the Pit. There’s a difference between venting about someone IRL in MPSIMS because it’s not a big enough deal/lacks the needed vitriol to put it in the Pit and venting about an active member of the board in MPSIMS because you lack the guts to post it in the Pit where people can potentially call you on your shit.
Honestly, if I saw an MPSIMS thread that did what you described, I’d be more annoyed at the OP for being so passive-aggressively bitchy. It reminds me of people who will tweet/FB update things like
“Nice to know when the chips are down, no one will help you out…” (after they asked someone for some favor and the person couldn’t do it).
“It really sucks to find out that someone you thought was your friend apparently isn’t … #truthhurts” (saw a friend talking to someone the person doesn’t like so it’s a total betrayal and I bet they’re talking shit about me, too!!!111).
“Sometimes I can’t BELIEVE the choices people make! smh” (A young cousin is pregnant by an abusive drug addict and thinks the baby will fix their relationship problems or something).
While I’m here, I might have written in OP that I think multiple mods sing the same tune about what is a no-no, each mod beginning some time after the next.
That might well be the case, but I didn’t intend to imply it, and the correct word might be “canonical.” I’ll check.
If you have a problem with another poster because of something he or she did on the boards, take it to the Pit. If it has something to do with an offboard relationship with another poster, take it offboard.
Minor griping about annoying people in MPSIMS should be reserved for griping about people who do not post here.
Well, of course one can complain about certain types, such as posters who post in Leet or don’t use caps, or whose entire thread is “What do you think about this!!!” (with “this” linking to some YouTube vid or whatever, etc.)
But if it’s specific enuf to ID the poster or virulent to get into a full out rant, use the PIT. Or- just forget about it.