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<blockquote data-quote="Acquana" data-source="post: 2627186" data-attributes="member: 1616">LOLZ INTERNETSEh.&nbsp; Whining happens.&nbsp; Jerkery happens.&nbsp; It's really all about anonymity.&nbsp; As soon as people think they're completely anonymous, they think they can allow their id to run free without guilt or care.&nbsp; Story to prove my point:&nbsp; In my high school computer class I started a notepad file and left it on the desktop.&nbsp; It became a kind of mini-forum, and a handful of people would sneak off to that particular computer during class to post one or two comments.&nbsp; The result was that even though most of us had a good idea who each of the various posters were, we still had a barrier of anonymity that allowed us to say to each other how we really felt.&nbsp; Very often it wasn't as pleasant as what we said to each other's faces.&nbsp; We ended up finding out that a lot of our actual opinions clashed rather violently and none of us were really willing to see past our own noses.&nbsp; By the end of that semestere we really didn't do much else other than flame each other constantly.Honestly, from what I can see (being a SomethingAwful Goon by proxy), most message boards are a lot worse than this one.&nbsp; But like most of the others saying that, I don't hang around Rules.&nbsp; I barely care to memorize the ones out of the books, so I tend to take anyone else's rules with a lukewarm attitude.&nbsp; Certainly not enough to hang around a rules forum. I do like Off-Topic, even despite occasional attention whores.&nbsp; I figure &quot;Eh, so they want a little encouragement or advice.&nbsp; I don't see much purpose in getting irritated about it.&quot;&nbsp; I loves me some Art threads (ah, ha! &quot;Behold my sig&quot; plug here!), and I read a couple of Story Hours.&nbsp; The only ones who usually post in Story Hours are the folks who've spent enough time to read it, so they're rather complimenting.Them's my two cents on EN World.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Acquana, post: 2627186, member: 1616"] LOLZ INTERNETS Eh. Whining happens. Jerkery happens. It's really all about anonymity. As soon as people think they're completely anonymous, they think they can allow their id to run free without guilt or care. Story to prove my point: In my high school computer class I started a notepad file and left it on the desktop. It became a kind of mini-forum, and a handful of people would sneak off to that particular computer during class to post one or two comments. The result was that even though most of us had a good idea who each of the various posters were, we still had a barrier of anonymity that allowed us to say to each other how we really felt. Very often it wasn't as pleasant as what we said to each other's faces. We ended up finding out that a lot of our actual opinions clashed rather violently and none of us were really willing to see past our own noses. By the end of that semestere we really didn't do much else other than flame each other constantly. Honestly, from what I can see (being a SomethingAwful Goon by proxy), most message boards are a [I]lot[/I] worse than this one. But like most of the others saying that, I don't hang around Rules. I barely care to memorize the ones out of the books, so I tend to take anyone else's rules with a lukewarm attitude. Certainly not enough to hang around a rules forum. I do like Off-Topic, even despite occasional attention whores. I figure "Eh, so they want a little encouragement or advice. I don't see much purpose in getting irritated about it." I loves me some Art threads (ah, ha! "Behold my sig" plug here!), and I read a couple of Story Hours. The only ones who usually post in Story Hours are the folks who've spent enough time to read it, so they're rather complimenting. Them's my two cents on EN World. [/QUOTE]

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