Past Forum Experience
I don't usually join mlp forums as soon as I see them, but the reason for that is because of personal experiences. So many to count, and yet some I have rather enjoyed. Since I'm not allowed to name which ones, I will simply state my experiences below:
The first forum I joined turned out to be fun as the days went past, even made some great friends. But eventually every good experience comes to an end, especially when it involves a member or two trying to push my buttons on purpose. It turns out that one member saw my opinion as offensive, which I stated that a gaming journalists need to be aware that this profession requires some sort of passion to really write a good story or two(also that the person who wrote the one I read recently was a bit uneducated as to what the job implied).
Sure, it was bit overboard, but I was being honest about it. But that opinion didn't give that person the right to bring one of my fics into a topic in which it was irrelevant to. That set me off, and I lost all sense of reasoning I had left. This led to me getting 125 warning points(which I would have worked off), but my Asperger's led to me getting more upset than a normal person would be. Them saying I went on a righteous crusade was a bit much, it was more of a expression of my feelings, then a revenge rant. But then again, who keeps track of those things anyway?
And then came a time where I had unwittingly posted a suicide prank video, when I meant to post a link to another one. I never said I laughed at the joke, but the idiot who decided this was the best way to get back at people who trolled others with threats. But I do admit it was my fault for not paying attention to what link I had copied, too late now, I guess. But now on to the next charge, Plagiarism. This involved me posting images I thought were ones I made myself, but had convinced myself they were indeed mine.
Me and the admin talked about it, and still I persisted in my claims, not even thinking about it once. So you see... I have learned from my mistake and make sure from now on that I only submit art of my own creation, much better now I suppose.
Next we have the charge of Abuse and Toxic behavior, not sure how that came to be, but oh well. I'm never abusive or toxic, that would imply that I harassed or tried to make someone else uncomfortable or worse... Though I suppose it may or may not be true, anyone's guess. This happened again after a new event in which I was verbally assaulted by another member, but won't say who due to policy. He soon apologized thereafter, but it seemed my reason left me again; getting me another count added to the point meter. That's about all I need to say here for that.
Now we move on to the main issue, the ban itself. Sure, it was only two screw ups, but nothing to get me kicked off for. The one thing some of the staff of forums need to know is: Nobody's perfect, we all have those moments where we slip up and do something we regret later. As of today, I have decided not to respond negatively to such insults, and rude behavior.
For this is my promise I will keep, and never will I ever break it.
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