(10-18-2013, 05:25 PM)Faye Wrote: Editing to add: The above post reminded me that I hate private RP, which is relevant to the topic. I think it's terrible for the community and a product of xenophobia in most situations.
I know that you said most, but! I'd just like to address this: When I started, I preferred private (I do public now). I have a tiiiiny bit of social anxiety, and I got nervous about RPing with everyone listening in. Now, though, that's subsided. It wasn't so much not wanting others to butt in, it was more a fear of being judged/messing up. Doing things in public can be hard for some folks.
I've also taken RP to private venues twice before: once when someone was being an IC troll, completely breaking the immersion in an otherwise serious scene; once when my character was going to make a very rude remark about a lively conversation behind her, and I felt it could disrupt their RP.
I can also understand private RP happening in Linkshells/party chat/tells when characters are physically apart, since... well, they're physically apart.
