:( Who else is unhappy that XP comments are now showing up in the post?

[pawsplay]

Having given it a spin, I definitely am still not a fan of inline XP comments. Apart from missing the quiet asides, I think it changes the feel of the conversation. I don't think EN World has turned into hyena-land or anything, but it does seem a little less neutral.

 

[covaithe]

If it's worth anything, I still feel pretty strongly that these comments have no place in In-Character threads for PbP games. Reading old threads where I gave someone XP for well-crafted roleplaying, and now it sticks out in the thread, interrupting the narrative just when it was at its best, makes me cringe. I wish I could take that XP back. I wish I could refuse XP that others have given me on my own in-character posts.

 

[jaerdaph]

If someone is actually doing something like heckling in an XP comment, please report the post in which the comment appears (and note for us that the problem is the comment), and we'll deal with it. That's an inappropriate use of the system.

This reminds me, Morrus - I'm going to need two sock puppet accounts ASAP: Waldorf and Statler

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ho ho ho ho hooooooooo!

 

[Nagol]

If someone is actually doing something like heckling in an XP comment, please report the post in which the comment appears (and note for us that the problem is the comment), and we'll deal with it. That's an inappropriate use of the system.

I'm not suggesting anyone is deliberately heckling -- just that comments can be more difficult to rebut.

For a hypothetical (and silly) example.

Someone posts a poll for favourite colours and I post that orange is a perfectly good colour. Xp comment appears and agree that green is an awful colour -- red hues ftw! (Insert your own contentious topic instead of colours -- say favourite fantasy adventure RPG edition).

I have a choice -- ignore the comment and through silence potentially allow it to mischaracterise my views to the readers or I can attempt to clarify my original post. If a reply post leaps to a wrong conclusion, I can quote it and issue my correction. A comment is more bothersome.

 

[Mark]

It would appear that disabling experience points doesn't disable comments and ignoring a user doesn't ignore that user's comments.

 

[Mark]

This reminds me, Morrus - I'm going to need two sock puppet accounts ASAP: Waldorf and Statler

jgbrowning and I used to use those to threadcrap make insightful social commentary.

 

[Nagol]

It would appear that disabling experience points doesn't disable comments and ignoring a user doesn't ignore that user's comments.

I was hoping that it did. Sigh.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I find it very interesting to see what other people posrep.



I like rainbows and unicorns and songs about monkeys.

 

[Nagol]

I was hoping that it did. Sigh.

@renau1g: yep