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

[Eyes of Nine]

I like the purpose of this thread. Hopefully it will be used as intended.

Currently, I have nothing negative to say about any other threads. But if I DO, I'll know where to go...

 

[Retreater]

Feeling a little disappointed but I am not going to comment elsewhere. Just going to post here and say that I hope everyone is having a good day and maybe you will get some gaming enjoyment this weekend.

 

[Xaelvaen]

Feeling a little disappointed but I am not going to comment elsewhere. Just going to post here and say that I hope everyone is having a good day and maybe you will get some gaming enjoyment this weekend.

Well, the benefit of this thread could also be to talk to fellow gamers on a more personal level. Whatever the cause of your disappointment, feel free to Direct Message me here. Can't say whether or not I can help, but happy to listen.

 

[Eltab]

I've had the unusual experience of composing a really good biting retort to some inflammatory thread ... and a moderator closes the thread while I am one-finger-pecking my way through the text. (I type with one finger on mobile devices, four fingers plus a thumb on keyboards.)
It's like Providence or Fortune or something was protecting me from my worst impulses.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Today I learned alot about individual EnWorlders by seeing what they liked and what they didn't in a thread. I am really disappointed in some of those folks. And really glad the other folks are here because they are saying stuff a lot more eloquently and with more knowledge than I can.

 

[Tonguez]

I really dont see the point of a thread in which I dont say what I didnt say because it wasnt the right thing to say the other time when I didnt say it

 

[Deset Gled]

I really dont see the point of a thread in which I dont say what I didnt say because it wasnt the right thing to say the other time when I didnt say it

If you don't see the point of a thread, why post in it?

 

[Tonguez]

If you don't see the point of a thread, why post in it?

I thought that was the point

 

[Hatmatter]

I've had the unusual experience of composing a really good biting retort to some inflammatory thread ... and a moderator closes the thread while I am one-finger-pecking my way through the text. (I type with one finger on mobile devices, four fingers plus a thumb on keyboards.)
It's like Providence or Fortune or something was protecting me from my worst impulses.

Yes, you were blessed man. We don't need to respond to inflammatory statements online. We should stand against evil in person, of course, but 9 times out of 10, responding online just perpetuates anger. So, congratulations!

 

[Hatmatter]

I really dont see the point of a thread in which I dont say what I didnt say because it wasnt the right thing to say the other time when I didnt say it

When someone responds to a post out of anger or spite in a knee-jerk fashion, there is a brief, transitory experience of pleasure. The pleasure of self-righteousness or giving in to anger, or whatever. Some people really get off on it.

If one instead, posts here and others commend him or her for it, the person then receives the pleasure of affirmation from peers without becoming part of the general negativity that infects anonymous online sites of communication. It can be a means of replacing one (pernicious) "hit" with another (virtuous) hit.