I don’t agree with that really. Any unimaginative idiot can get warnings. To me, it’s the same distinction I talked about in the OP with the two different kinds of pittings.
What do you mean, “those pittings”? If we were in a different forum I would take off the gloves and give a proper response. :mad:
There was just a thing on TV last night about Morrison and the Doors. Yes, major douchebag.
Is there anyone here with more enemies than a “nice guy”?
Those pittings for people who are not following forum rules and guidelines - (think etv78). The other kind is for people who follow the rules, but work people into a frenzy.
That’s kind of exactly what I meant 
So, wait: sorry, I don’t want to make this about me, but are you saying that I’m basically a nice guy, and, kinda…ew…??
A lot of people don’t read or post in The Pit regularly & they’ll probably never know (or maybe care). Probably everyone in IMHO is going to check The Pit now to see if there is a thread about them,
unless there’s a link to one that you want us to look at.
Well you know what they say, if the hat fits… 
It’s considered bad form to open a pit thread and not inform the person of interest about it. Generally, one does that in the thread where the offense has taken place. But, of course, there is no rule enforcing that behavior and sometimes a person is Pitted for offenses that occur over time and in several threads.
A member might post something like this in GD:
You’ll find my response to that post here.
Where “here” is a link to the Pit thread.
There’s also the problem with posters whose brains have been so eaten away by syphilis that they must pit someone, anyone, in a desperate, crazed attempt to make the burning go away. I know that’s pretty much been the case with every single person who has pitted me.
Here for a moment I was about to Pit you ------- but that explanation makes perfect sense. Hey! That could be the secret! Stop making sense! :smack:
I’ve been here since 2003, with a daily average post of over 10 for most of that time, and I’ve only been Pitted 3 times as I recall. One was entirely deserved, one was the result of another poster getting his panties in a bunch (we worked things out and are on quite friendly terms these days), and one backfired massively on the person who tried to take me to task.
The vast majority of the posters here have never been Pitted. More than that figure have never been warned. But when your post-count gets past a certain indeterminate number and neither of those things has happened, you might want to examine your life. 
Those bastards! I think you should go ahead and Pit “everyone who’s never been pitted.”
Issue resolved.
I am of the opinion that if everything you say is 100% agreeable to your audience, you’re not contributing anything. We need dissenting voices to keep the conversation around here lively and to lessen the echo-chamber effect.
But I think that’s different than being “Pittable”. Most people get dragged to the Pit when their posts are intentionally provocative, aka “trollish”.
I don’t think I’ve ever been pitted in my 7 or 8 years on the SDMB, but, as others have said about themselves, I tend to stay out of the political and religious discussions. I am mildly surprised that no one has ever pitted me for my frequent mentions of Kesha, though.
Not being pitted doesn’t mean you never say anything worthwhile. It seems mostly reserved for people who subtly troll or are persistent in clinging to a factually-disproved belief.
That said my one big problem with the place is that some people seem to think “insults are allowed in the Pit” is the same as “insults are compulsory in the Pit.”
Do a search for threads with your name in them. You could search just for thread titles, but then you’re at the mercy of the spelling ability of somebody who doesn’t like you, and that’s not a good bet. Once people get down to brass tacks in the actual Pit thread, there should be at least one person who can spell your username right.
Going on 14 years here and no Pitting for me. That I know of. :dubious: