I was told that I was being talked about at an off-site board, checked it out, and then posted a question in IMHO to get an idea about how many people thought I was a sock-pupped and why. I had it immediately closed, and shortly after had a note added where I was accused of “blatant attention whoring”.
I wasn’t trying to drag off-site drama here, obviously the people who are reading my posts and linking to them from this other site are posters here, I was just wondering how common this is - whether a good percentage of the posters here are thinking I’m someone I’m else or whether it’s just a vocal minority.
There is a rule… somewhere… about not dragging other message boards here, and not doing anything to start a “board war.” That said, I reviewed the rules and don’t see anything prohibiting what you did. I just sort of knew it was against the rules because I’ve been around awhile. Could someone explain this better than me?
As for the attention whoring, well, it sort of struck me that way, too. I think any thread where you ask people to discuss your merits as a poster are by their very nature self-serving and do nothing for anyone other than you. Plus, calling anyone a sock puppet is against the rules, and you more or less invited those who may think you are one to break that rule.
I wasn’t aware of the sock puppet rule, but I honestly wasn’t wanting a discussion of my “merits as a poster”, I was curious as to why they thought I was someone else, i.e. my writing style, similarities in interests, location, etc.
Regardless of context, I would not expect the moderators of the board to use the word “whore” or “whoring” in reference to it’s (potential) customers. I was a bit taken aback by it, I’m used to a more courteous tone when receiving official messages.
If starting a whole thread about what people think about you in any context isn’t attention whoring, I don’t know what is. If you want to know why people in some other place think something about you, go over there and ask them.
Sorry, but “attention prostitute” simply doesn’t have the same ring to it.
By the way, opening** two self-centered threads** - especially when the second is merely bitching about the first being closed - is indeed attention whoring. Congratulations. You *do *deserve it.
And really, starting one thread asking why people might think you’re a sock, which is shut down as being a bad idea and then opening another thread in the pit about it do make you look like an attention whoring, footwear accessorizing troll. Just something to think about.
In the two threads about you over there, there was only two posts (including an OP) that made a sock guess about you that I could see. The reason for the suspicion was clearly stated: your background and personality just seems too much a “perfect fit” here. Meh. Not very strong evidence and nobody seemed to care.
You are unlikely to get a useful poll of who thinks you’re a sock and who doesn’t- social graces and the rules prevent one side from voting. There’s a reason people make these WAGs over in the snarkpit. You could always go to the horse’s mouth and ask opinions about yourself. (on preview- like hajario said)
There are hundreds of posts with people talking about themselves on practically every forum here, yet when I do it, it’s attention whoring and the rats come out of the woodwork to call me names because of it.
I’m glad this came to my attention before I saved up the money to buy a membership. You can go ahead and ban me now.
Some people are not used to having strong words like “attention whore” used against them in real life, and get upset by them being used in this kind of virtual reality. So perhaps Blanche should have been decribed in more moderate terms, such as “attention-seeking”. On the other hand, if she is going to have a long and happy existence in a forum like this, she does need to grow a tougher hide.
