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(05-13-2015, 10:40 AM)Alothia Wrote: Again, just as I've said here before, if you feel like you're getting emotional over something, it's probably best to step away from forums and social networking.
Perhaps people don't intend for it to become bullying when they first post. Sure, they're just venting about stuff. But people have a hive mentality sometimes. And when someone responds to that and adds on, then yeah, it's justified. I should keep doing this. And so they do. Â It's a vicious cycle.
One thing I love about Tumblr is the draft system. I can write something, save it as a draft, and then go back and read it later, decide if it's really what I wanted to say. Most of the time, I realize it was something I wrote in the heat of the moment, and it gets deleted.
I don't know that people go there inherently to start drama. I like to think that people don't. Sure, it happens. Sure, there are those people that will. But I think most people don't go to social networking with the intention of starting something. They just want to vent, want their voice to be heard, and move on. And that's great, as long as it doesn't make someone else feel like poop.
Are there times where I'd like to hold people accountable for their actions on other sites here on the RPC? Sure. But we don't moderate the rest of the internet. We can't. If people hold to the rules here, I can't hold them accountable for what they do elsewhere.Â
I'd just like to ask, again, that people really think about what they're posting and not post in the heat of the moment: here or anywhere else. It's hurtful to other people sometimes. It can be hurtful to yourself. You never know who sees what you're posting. There's really no way of knowing. And if you wouldn't say those things to the person's face, you shouldn't say them anywhere else.
That's my 2 gil on the matter. Take it or leave it.
(05-13-2015, 10:49 AM)Warren Castille Wrote:(05-13-2015, 10:43 AM)TheLastCandle Wrote: The way I see it, the RPC and Tumblr are on pretty equal footing. The main difference between the two is the former has moderators, who can (and let's be honest, frequently do have to) close threads that devolve into various sorts of jerky and/or otherwise negative behavior. -shrug- Choose your poison, filtered or no.
That's a pretty large difference, though. If someone here is a dick and they get shiny green numbers for it, they can still be smacked down in public by an authority figure for being a dick.
That doesn't happen in this hypothetical on Tumblr, it's just an echo chamber. I'd argue that the circlejerking there is far worse than anything similar here, if only because there's no giant list of
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on and on and on. It just perpetuates, with no louder voice to go NO SERIOUSLY, SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT A HORRIBLE PERSON YOU ARE. There's plenty of fine people and cool dino porn on tumblr, but there's also a colossal amount of unwarranted self-importance who feel the need to help police the community.
I'm quoting myself because I think my post got lost on the last page. It's a cycle on tumblr. There's no dislike. No way to really say that you don't agree with something, because you'll get lost in the void or shot down because of that same sort of hive mentality.Â
I think we just need to self-police more...which is a lot to ask, but it's what we need as people.
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