Post by Fringe Pioneer on Mar 8, 2012 1:09:12 GMT
Posting in a chat application is not especially difficult to do. The Dan-Ball Forum Chat is not an exclusive circle or member-only club, despite any appearances to the contrary. It's incredibly easy to fit in. If you follow the lead of the more respectful chat users, you will be welcome and will fit in perfectly fine. The fact that so many users tend not to realize this and manage to turn everyone in the chat against you is not a display of how insensitive we at the Dan-Ball Forum are, but of how insufferable the clueless users are.
Smug superiority, true or false, won't get anyone anywhere in the chat. If you act smugly superior, regardless of whether you actually are, the chat users are going to criticize you and make fun of you, because the act is obvious and annoying, not to mention ban-worthy. Any posts that reek of a holier-than-thou mentality are painful to read, but not for the reason the poster might expect. Don't make fun of anyone because you think you are superior - chances are, you are actually inferior if you have to assert superiority. Don't bother trying to be part of us if you think you're above us. This is a chat for equals to aggregate and in which to converse, not a chat for discriminating against others and acting disrespectful. You can only fit in if you think you actually can fit in, and you can't possibly think you fit in if you think you're above us.
Many of you are likely 14 years old or younger as of the time you read this post for the first time: the Internet is the Great Equalizer in that way. Maybe some of you are 18 or older: we have a minority in that age range, too. Regardless of your age, please don't jump directly into the chat unless you want to quickly ask something about the Dan-Ball site: read some of the posts and conversations that happen in chat before posting anything. We ask this of you so that nothing important gets derailed and so that you can appear less ignorant of what's going on. You'll thank yourself for waiting to post.
If you read this post and act in any of the notably undesirable ways aforementioned, you're not welcome here. If you didn't read this whole post, please read the whole post. This is right here, and it describes how you can and can't fit in to the chat. Thank you for your time and especially your patience.
This post is based off the guide by Nmagane. For the less sensitive users who are braver at heart, you can read the unedited, more profane and disrespectful guide here.
Smug superiority, true or false, won't get anyone anywhere in the chat. If you act smugly superior, regardless of whether you actually are, the chat users are going to criticize you and make fun of you, because the act is obvious and annoying, not to mention ban-worthy. Any posts that reek of a holier-than-thou mentality are painful to read, but not for the reason the poster might expect. Don't make fun of anyone because you think you are superior - chances are, you are actually inferior if you have to assert superiority. Don't bother trying to be part of us if you think you're above us. This is a chat for equals to aggregate and in which to converse, not a chat for discriminating against others and acting disrespectful. You can only fit in if you think you actually can fit in, and you can't possibly think you fit in if you think you're above us.
Many of you are likely 14 years old or younger as of the time you read this post for the first time: the Internet is the Great Equalizer in that way. Maybe some of you are 18 or older: we have a minority in that age range, too. Regardless of your age, please don't jump directly into the chat unless you want to quickly ask something about the Dan-Ball site: read some of the posts and conversations that happen in chat before posting anything. We ask this of you so that nothing important gets derailed and so that you can appear less ignorant of what's going on. You'll thank yourself for waiting to post.
If you read this post and act in any of the notably undesirable ways aforementioned, you're not welcome here. If you didn't read this whole post, please read the whole post. This is right here, and it describes how you can and can't fit in to the chat. Thank you for your time and especially your patience.
This post is based off the guide by Nmagane. For the less sensitive users who are braver at heart, you can read the unedited, more profane and disrespectful guide here.
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