The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

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[Ryujin]

Is it baffling to anyone else that when an expert in a field tells people they're wrong, they still feel the need to argue? Because it's baffling to me. Not in cases where there are multiple experts who disagree, rather an expert and laypeople. The chance of the expert being right is far, far higher than the chance of the layperson being right. Let it go, you're just wrong.

Especially so when the person who created the work is being told that they don't understand the work. Yes, I've seen it happen. More than once.

 

[Ryujin]

When you find out that you're the only currently working moderator of a forum with tens of thousands of users, and the admins have disappeared. Hell, I'm on vacation for the next 3 weeks and have no intentions of minding the shop that makes other people money, alone, as a volunteer.

 

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When you find out that you're the only currently working moderator of a forum with tens of thousands of users, and the admins have disappeared. Hell, I'm on vacation for the next 3 weeks and have no intentions of minding the shop that makes other people money, alone, as a volunteer.

when you come back

 

[Ryujin]

when you come back

My reaction will be more like...

 

[CleverNickName]

I'd take a different approach...

 

[Ryujin]

I'd take a different approach...

I wouldn't have known if two issues, that specifically required admin input, hadn't come up. One was about a charity post. I posted in the mod area to ask for guidance and got no response for three days. During that time there were views of the thread by two other mods, but no posts. I know the member personally so, ultimately, told him to go ahead and post.

I have, on occasion, been known to be somewhat liberal with the use of the ban hammer, but only when richly deserved

 

[overgeeked]

Especially so when the person who created the work is being told that they don't understand the work. Yes, I've seen it happen. More than once.

Weirdly, I find that a bit more forgivable in relation to art. Especially if we’re talking RPGs. You get really close to the thing you’re making and someone else seeing it with fresh eyes can be startling. “But it says X, right there.” No, it says Y, but X is sort if implied. “Oh, crap.” I’ve seen that way too many times to count.

 

[Ryujin]

Weirdly, I find that a bit more forgivable in relation to art. Especially if we’re talking RPGs. You get really close to the thing you’re making and someone else seeing it with fresh eyes can be startling. “But it says X, right there.” No, it says Y, but X is sort if implied. “Oh, crap.” I’ve seen that way too many times to count.

What I've tended to see is someone opining on the intent of the writer/designer of something, when they're talking to the writer/designer.

 

[prabe]

What I've tended to see is someone opining on the intent of the writer/designer of something, when they're talking to the writer/designer.

I personally would find it nigh-impossible to argue against an author being the best authority as to their intent. I would be inclined to say they aren't, in discussions of the text--sometimes people mean to say one thing and say another.