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@blehman
I'm sorry, sometimes even with spelling and grammar checks I still miss a few mistakes. I've fixed them to the best of my ability. Thanks for pointing out my mistakes.
I'm sorry, sometimes even with spelling and grammar checks I still miss a few mistakes. I've fixed them to the best of my ability. Thanks for pointing out my mistakes.
We're a very cut throat bunch but it's never something I feel is unfair. As much as we take a shit on people someone almost always steps up to the plate and says "Yeah, we're dicks. Don't do this and here's a link to the forums." Not to toot my own horn but I usually try to make sure that happens and if no one else does it I will bug I know Elsa usually does too. And if people are overly sensitive about it they probably won't survive around here anyway regardless of their blog quality.
I think the reason we're cut throat is because we try to maintain some level of maturity and professionalism and if you let one slide next thing you know the whole calvary shows up.
But alas I thought this would have something Pink Floyd related. Disappoint, son.
I think the reason we're cut throat is because we try to maintain some level of maturity and professionalism and if you let one slide next thing you know the whole calvary shows up.
But alas I thought this would have something Pink Floyd related. Disappoint, son.
Also, you should tell your friend not to tell people to get a life posting on a site when they're posting on the exact same site. It gets confusing after a while.
And there is this here. Maybe if people wouldn't be so quick to try and post things and actually read what makes up what here, people wouldn't be so harsh. Then again, maybe not. Whatever.
And there is this here. Maybe if people wouldn't be so quick to try and post things and actually read what makes up what here, people wouldn't be so harsh. Then again, maybe not. Whatever.
I try to remember that there are people behind the posts. I try not to be mean (not always successfully), however I have to disagree with you about your friend doing no harm.
When people post wasteful things to the c-blogs it means 2 things;
1. They didn't take the time or care enough to read the basic instructions or to look around the site a bit first.
and
2. They just bumped someone else's blog further down the front page.
In essence, through their lack of interest, intelligence or sheer ignorance they have essentially been "mean" to the community. It's a slap to the face of the regular c-blogging community when posts like that are made.
This is pretty much a self regulated community. If negative comments aren't made, people would continue to fill up the c-blogs with 1 line questions and eventually turning them into a forum. The community blogs are NOT a forum and people have to learn that. The learning may be harsh but your friend had 3 possibilities - read the site and learn (in which case they would then simply post proper blogs or possibly even an intro/apology blog), go to the forums and ask, or they leave the site never to return.
The internet IS a harsh place. If your friend had done the minor courtesy of learning about the site before posting, this wouldn't have happened. Dtoid is much kinder than many other sites... and usually any harshness is earned.
When people post wasteful things to the c-blogs it means 2 things;
1. They didn't take the time or care enough to read the basic instructions or to look around the site a bit first.
and
2. They just bumped someone else's blog further down the front page.
In essence, through their lack of interest, intelligence or sheer ignorance they have essentially been "mean" to the community. It's a slap to the face of the regular c-blogging community when posts like that are made.
This is pretty much a self regulated community. If negative comments aren't made, people would continue to fill up the c-blogs with 1 line questions and eventually turning them into a forum. The community blogs are NOT a forum and people have to learn that. The learning may be harsh but your friend had 3 possibilities - read the site and learn (in which case they would then simply post proper blogs or possibly even an intro/apology blog), go to the forums and ask, or they leave the site never to return.
The internet IS a harsh place. If your friend had done the minor courtesy of learning about the site before posting, this wouldn't have happened. Dtoid is much kinder than many other sites... and usually any harshness is earned.
@blehman
Well, can't expect everybody to read that cause I know some people come here believing they know everything and I have talked with him about the no life thing. Since that kind of insult is just point less. I mean everybody has a life. how they choose to spend it is up to them.
@Elsa
I'm just trying and seemingly failing to point out that we are contradicting ourselves. At one point a person can be a total ass and freak shit over somebody's stupid mistake. Then a few hours later be telling some new person that we are a loving friendly community.
Well, can't expect everybody to read that cause I know some people come here believing they know everything and I have talked with him about the no life thing. Since that kind of insult is just point less. I mean everybody has a life. how they choose to spend it is up to them.
@Elsa
I'm just trying and seemingly failing to point out that we are contradicting ourselves. At one point a person can be a total ass and freak shit over somebody's stupid mistake. Then a few hours later be telling some new person that we are a loving friendly community.
It is a loving, friendly community.
All that it asks if for you to not suck. Really. That's it. Don't suck.
All that it asks if for you to not suck. Really. That's it. Don't suck.
@neomimic... we're not contradicting ourselves though. If someone shows even the slightest consideration by reading the site and posting a halfway decent blog, we ARE a loving friendly community.
When someone shits on our living room floor... we're nasty as all hell.
When someone shits on our living room floor... we're nasty as all hell.
I don't understand why a simple "Oh, well this actually belongs in the forums section of life. Try not to make this mistake again." is replaced by a "go fuck yourself." It may be my negative outlook on everything and everybody in life, and I know being nice to morons gets old and annoying as hell but even shit can be cleaned up...if you know how.
Yeah, this is the first community I have seen that goes out of its way to help people and genuinely care, something that can be really difficult to do on the internet when its all just words on a screen. Fail blogs might get some flak but never do we ostracize the person to the point where they aren't welcome back. With a fail blog, I don't cuss them out (unless it intentional jackassery that contributes nothing). At the most, they get a sexy picture of Swat Kats fan art. It's a two way street with the C-blogs, you follow the guidelines laid out, you don't get flak but post a fail blog and it will be called as such. That doesn't mean we hate you. Far from it.
Actually there is nothing wrong with sucking, as long as your intentionally sucking and sucking to such a high degree that it is humourous.
I don't understand why a simple "Oh, well this actually belongs in the forums section of life. Try not to make this mistake again." is replaced by a "go fuck yourself."
Waaaaay back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and y0j1mb0 was but a lad, people tried to be nice to people posting one sentence questions in the cblogs. They were (usually) prompted to "go fuck themselves, we'll post where we want." Gradually, through y0j1mb0's teenage years, "please try the forums for discussion posts" gave way to "fuck a dick you fucking fuck."
Waaaaay back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and y0j1mb0 was but a lad, people tried to be nice to people posting one sentence questions in the cblogs. They were (usually) prompted to "go fuck themselves, we'll post where we want." Gradually, through y0j1mb0's teenage years, "please try the forums for discussion posts" gave way to "fuck a dick you fucking fuck."
@Occams Electric Toothbrush
>.> Actually I've gotten a lot of hate mail telling me to GTFO which I never actually have done..
@Belhman
I think I've reached the point where my brain has exploded....
>.> Actually I've gotten a lot of hate mail telling me to GTFO which I never actually have done..
@Belhman
I think I've reached the point where my brain has exploded....
If people just took 30 seconds to read the basic rules, there wouldn't be any problems.
I still think Niero should force you to read the blog TOS in popup form before you sign up - it's already right there when you c-blog!
I still think Niero should force you to read the blog TOS in popup form before you sign up - it's already right there when you c-blog!
I know I've been successful when people mispell my name. Bleh: Ruining the internet for other people for... I dunno, several years now.
I agree wholeheartedly. Yet I shall quote the 2 out the 3 rules of the internet I can remember: Don't Bitch, don't bitch about bitching. My advice, just don't let it bug you. Easier said than done, I know, but people on the internet are assholes generally, and I think we have it pretty good here, with a few notable exceptions of course
@Sculptice: Lame about hate mail but the majority of the regular poster/commenters don't send hate mail and encourage people to post, even the fail blog posters. Except Blehman but he holds the cosmic key so we let him do his thing.
Again, with all due respect, if our reaction to a failblog scars you so horribly that you need to cry about it I just don't see you making it.
My first few blogs were failblogs or subpar until I found my footing. Your mindset shouldn't be childish like "Hmph, these kids aren't nice! I'm not playing with them anymore!" You need to keep trying until you find your footing or if your blogs are forum post or Tweets join the forums or join us on Twitter! There's tons of us on Twitter talking about everything.
I can say from experience this community is loving. It's like my second family. And it's because of that tightknitness that we're protective like we are. We all paid our dues, took our criticisms, and did our 1 minute of reading the rules to gain the love this community offers. Everyone here has been good to me. When I was going through hard shit in my life people here reached out their hand. And when I was confused or lost people here offered, offered, to show me the right way. Because of this community I have a career to look forward to and friends to joke around with while I trek the friggin' country friendless until I settle.
I don't know what you want. We point people in the right direction and we give them advice. We just don't treat them like 4 year olds. If it hurts your feelings good luck surviving on the internet or anywhere. Dtoid is incredibly caring, that's we don't put up with shit.
I get what you're saying I do. I felt that same way when people took a shit on me on 1Up, GameSpot, and a few others. But when I came to Dtoid I sucked it up and persevered. I took advice to heart, I kept blogging and writing, until I got my footing. I haven't been a part d this community for even a year and I can safely say this community is wonderful. You just have to not suck. We, unlike behemoths like GameSpot and IGN, take that very seriously and to heart. Any other site would ban people for the shitty blogs I've seen. We just tease you for a bit.
And frankly I'm not buying your whole hate mail thing. Sorry. I'd need to see that before I believed it. I know (most) of these people and nobody cares enough to go out their way to hate someone who makes a crappy blog.
Oh and emphasizing what Occams said we hate the individual. Nobody here is look at someone who has failblogged and saying "Oooh, I fucking hate that guy." Otherwise I never would be so accepted.
My first few blogs were failblogs or subpar until I found my footing. Your mindset shouldn't be childish like "Hmph, these kids aren't nice! I'm not playing with them anymore!" You need to keep trying until you find your footing or if your blogs are forum post or Tweets join the forums or join us on Twitter! There's tons of us on Twitter talking about everything.
I can say from experience this community is loving. It's like my second family. And it's because of that tightknitness that we're protective like we are. We all paid our dues, took our criticisms, and did our 1 minute of reading the rules to gain the love this community offers. Everyone here has been good to me. When I was going through hard shit in my life people here reached out their hand. And when I was confused or lost people here offered, offered, to show me the right way. Because of this community I have a career to look forward to and friends to joke around with while I trek the friggin' country friendless until I settle.
I don't know what you want. We point people in the right direction and we give them advice. We just don't treat them like 4 year olds. If it hurts your feelings good luck surviving on the internet or anywhere. Dtoid is incredibly caring, that's we don't put up with shit.
I get what you're saying I do. I felt that same way when people took a shit on me on 1Up, GameSpot, and a few others. But when I came to Dtoid I sucked it up and persevered. I took advice to heart, I kept blogging and writing, until I got my footing. I haven't been a part d this community for even a year and I can safely say this community is wonderful. You just have to not suck. We, unlike behemoths like GameSpot and IGN, take that very seriously and to heart. Any other site would ban people for the shitty blogs I've seen. We just tease you for a bit.
And frankly I'm not buying your whole hate mail thing. Sorry. I'd need to see that before I believed it. I know (most) of these people and nobody cares enough to go out their way to hate someone who makes a crappy blog.
Oh and emphasizing what Occams said we hate the individual. Nobody here is look at someone who has failblogged and saying "Oooh, I fucking hate that guy." Otherwise I never would be so accepted.
@Xzyliac
See the problem is that its not bugging me. I really only thought I would point out my views of what I see. Seeing how I guess I let my point of view make me seem like somebody who cannot take some criticism I shall just lay here and raise the white flag of defeat. I apologize for not seeing the true motive behind the words of people. I just wish for some people to remember that they are human and do make mistakes.
See the problem is that its not bugging me. I really only thought I would point out my views of what I see. Seeing how I guess I let my point of view make me seem like somebody who cannot take some criticism I shall just lay here and raise the white flag of defeat. I apologize for not seeing the true motive behind the words of people. I just wish for some people to remember that they are human and do make mistakes.
I'd definitely like to actually. That kinda shit should definitely be reported personally to Hamza. Especially if it's making the rest of us look like dicks.
Yeah dude, if someone is sending hate mail, that shit's not cool, man. At least we rag on people out in the open, if you have to hide behind the wall of private messages then fuck them.
I'll keep that in mind next time Xzyliac, and find my footing. I can persevere, im just a short tempered person that cant stand having a simple question answered by something as crude as "GO FUCK YOURSELF". I only get on here every once in awhile just to see whats happening, so of course i dont take notice to the rules.
The hate mail.
Dear fag neomimic,
your a complete fag. you really think the wii is the ultimate gaming system? I swear you should have your ass kicked just for thinking that. in fact im gonna give you five reasons on why you suck at everything.
one. you suck cock
two. you have no damn friends fag
three. the wii is shit just like you
four. nobody fucking cares about your fag wii system so fuck off and ever return to destructoi d
five.wii fanboys should die and be burned in a pile of horseshit
so never post another damn thing on destructoid. your a total wii fag who has no life.
This thing came back to my second blog post i guess? I don't remember but it was about my Wii thing which is something of a joke. I realized it was childish typing so I never payed to much attention to it but here you go.
Dear fag neomimic,
your a complete fag. you really think the wii is the ultimate gaming system? I swear you should have your ass kicked just for thinking that. in fact im gonna give you five reasons on why you suck at everything.
one. you suck cock
two. you have no damn friends fag
three. the wii is shit just like you
four. nobody fucking cares about your fag wii system so fuck off and ever return to destructoi d
five.wii fanboys should die and be burned in a pile of horseshit
so never post another damn thing on destructoid. your a total wii fag who has no life.
This thing came back to my second blog post i guess? I don't remember but it was about my Wii thing which is something of a joke. I realized it was childish typing so I never payed to much attention to it but here you go.
Anything that blatantly slanders homosexuals like that is like, an instant ban. Agreed with Xzyliac.
@sculptice... what Xzyliac said. There is a "report abuse" link at the bottom of the page. Don't be afraid to use it.
You don't need to put up with shit like that. At least people like me and everyone worth a damn will converse with you. Call the shark in.
As a commenter on both of the blogs you reference, I am an enigma shrouded in mystery. However, I am glad you pointed this out as it kind of clears up the policy a bit. We can be fairly abrasive and unforgiving but we are well intentioned. blehman beat me to the aptly named survival guide, but there is a warning when you sign up if I remember correctly. This is generally why we firebomb failblogs and forum posts.
@TriEdge333
You seem to have gotten a disproportionate dose of the fire and I can see why it would be off putting, but feel free to try again and if you haven't, do an intro post. If you look around there are usually some good examples, and if you do I can almost guarantee a better reception.
@TriEdge333
You seem to have gotten a disproportionate dose of the fire and I can see why it would be off putting, but feel free to try again and if you haven't, do an intro post. If you look around there are usually some good examples, and if you do I can almost guarantee a better reception.
