alsih2o said:
No, nothing wrong there. What is wrong is people saying there right to read only what they want is more important than someone elses right to post what they want.
Big difference. I think what Crothian is referring to is people who have an attitude that everyone should only post what THEY find relevant or interesting, and that all else is a waste. The implication is that one persons interest or angle is useless because one reader finds it useless.
I don't recall anybody actually saying that. Since it seems that I was unclear about my point, I'll clarify.
Your right to say what you want is not really the issue. On most fora, only the mods and admins have any real power to censure anyone. Censorship, though, is not the issue. Nor is ethics. It's purely an etiquette thing. If you don't care about that sort of thing, that's fine. Yet, don't be surprised if people tell you that you're being obnoxious. A very extreme example:
Poster A starts a thread that asks, "I want to run a mystery game. Can you give me some hints about how to run this scenario?"
Posters B thru F respond constructively.
Poster G then replies: "All that is in the DMG. Besides, mysteries suck."
Poster H: How can you say mysteries suck?! I've been running mysteries since 1st edition, and my players have been having a blast! If mysteries suck, it's because the GM sucks.
Posters J thru M debate about whether mysteries make for good campaigns.
Poster A wonders where the thread went.
Basically, I'm going by the principle that "your right to swing your fist ends at my nose" but applying it to a broader context. That's all. What I raised are not divine commandments. They are not a challenge for you to defend yourself. I'm not saying that people who do these things are bad, evil, nasty people and should be punished. I approach a lot of the things I listed in my first post with the same amount of irritation as I do someone cutting me off in traffic or tailgating me. It doesn't make me go ballistic, but it does color how I view that person and respond to them.