(05-18-2015, 04:32 PM)Melkire Wrote:(05-18-2015, 04:22 PM)Bryn Wrote:(05-18-2015, 04:04 PM)Melkire Wrote: I sent someone a PM earlier today asking them to maybe just add a sentence or two to their post so it was more than just a GIF. I got a response that made me feel like I was being accused of stealing candy from a baby.
I hope you're not referring to our conversation there, Osric. I'll admit that I was upset by the 'Pre-warning Notice' I was given after posting the .gif in the thread I made earlier, but I made sure to put my points across in a reasonable manner.
You did, and I was thankful for that. It was a dialogue, and that dialogue was important enough that I shrugged off that initial feeling, forwarded your response as requested, and came back to ask what I felt was an important question. Your edit made me a little, though, since there was no need to remove the GIF.
I felt like I had to, though. As I said to you and as I stated in my (admittedly pissy - sorry) edit; the .gif summed up my thoughts in a way that I felt didn't need text accompaniment. Since any text would have been redundant and in a gesture of good will, I opted instead to remove the .gif I was given an informal warning for.
I was aware of the forum rules, but made the mistake of taking them by their intention instead of their literal words. I assumed that as:
1. The image post was entirely well-meaning, and in an obvious way,
2. It was obviously posted in a well-meaning thread, which was a conversation among friends,
3. It was directly relevant to a previous post,
4. It was entirely SFW, and,
5. It was in my own thread,
It would be okay to post.
I understand the concern that liberal use of memes, gifs, etc, can be easily abused by trolls. But if and when this occurs, punish the trolls. Why should forum users having friendly, respectful conversation be penalized by a rule because of what a troll might do in the absence of that rule?