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Do you feel enraged by something said over the internet? Take a deep breath and think about what you're doing. The internet is inhabited by people; would you randomly go up to a stranger and tell him he's a fuck-up? No? Then why would being on the internet be any different?
So here are the rules, they've been here for a while and they're not going anywhere:
1. If you, out of spite or any other petty reason, attempt to incite anger out of other people for absolutely no reason, then you are an asshole.
That's all you have to remember, the one cardinal rule in both reality and on the internet.
Examples of assholery:
Telling other people Quote
or anything to that effect. I hope this is self-explanatory as any socially aware individual will understand what types of responses these types of quotes will elicit.you make me want to take a shit make your mom eat it and then her shit it out again put my cats shit in
Telling people that their English is bad. It's perfectly fine to be critical, as long as you present the criticism in a way that doesn't make the other person want to strangle your guts out. If I'm struggling to learn English, and someone tells me that my grammar sucks and that I should go die in a corner, that doesn't lend any help to my cause. In fact, all it does is kill my self-esteem and perpetuate a cycle of enemity that I'd rather avoid.So here are the guidelines for correcting other people's mistakes:
If you can understand what the other person is trying to convey, leave it. If the mistake is humorous or if the act of correcting the mistake is humorous, then by all means, correct it. Just don't be cocky about it. If you cannot understand what the other person is trying to convey, but you can tell that it is most likely a question, then make a guess as to what he/she is trying to ask and 1. make an attempt to answer that question and/or 2. ask him/her to clarify, nicely If none of the above cases apply, it is neither your obligation nor in fact your right to make fun of his/her English or to tell him that his English is "shit". The problem obviously doesn't concern you, so move on. Flaming is criticism. It's just not constructive nor useful. If you can't tell the difference between flaming and useful criticism (and even if think you can), then before you make a critical response to someone else's work, ask yourself: If the situation was reversed, and after spending countless hours of labor, you find someone else giving you the exact same speech, how would you feel?Now I usually feel that the depth of such questions should not be pursued, as theoretically, everyone should be able to distinguish between the different types of feelings that these questions elicit. But you know what, after witnessing what has been going on in this forum for the past few weeks, I'm not so sure anymore. So here are the different ways that you should act based on how you feel from asking yourself the above question:
If you feel anger stemming from the criticism's lack of substance or objectivity, you're doing it wrong. If you feel anger stemming from the criticism's lack of appreciation or understanding of your labor (IE: calling the work a piece of crap), you're doing it wrong. If you feel indifferent, then ask yourself this: "Do I know anything about what the OP is talking about?" If you answer no, you're doing it wrong. If you know that you're being an asshole on purpose, you're doing it wrong For all other cases, please carry onYou can't give out unfair criticisms and forcibly expect the other person to take it lying down. That's called bullying, not constructive criticism.
And finally,
"Sarcasm". Now I added those quotes there because, well, for all intensive purposes, I'm not really talking about sarcasm. If you want to be sarcastic, make sure that your sarcasm is subtle. Crude remarks masquerading as sarcasm will only make you look like an asshole and a fool.So here's the simplified version of the forum rules regarding behavior:
Don't be an asshole to other people.
edited 1×, last 12.08.11 06:07:52 pm
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Warning: I will be rating 3/5 or less in noob skins.
I don't know if you noticed, but the 4 and 5 ratings come with the following messages:
