Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-12 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
as the op of the thread, this behavior is not what i was talking about. most of us do that stuff, myself included.

i mean people who add you on plurk when you're in a game together. if (general) you were plotting enthusiastically and eventually lose interest, that's fine.

but instead of keeping me on plurk and letting me continue to try plotting with you when you've lost interest, save us both the trouble and go.

rp shouldn't be a one sided effort. i'm just not wasting my time and effort trying to plan starters. when i see the writing on the wall, i don't tag them anymore.

the overall fear of confrontation present in this community makes it difficult sometimes to tell when someone's actually having trouble or secretly hoping you'll go away. if i get the feeling it's the latter, i pull the trigger.

only half the anons in this thread seem to understand what i meant, sorry if my comment was unclear. "i have a rule not to tag people who flake and consistently ignore me on plurk" should not be such a controversial topic.

Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-12 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
remember that bakerstreet once ground to a complete halt because one deeply autistic anon here threatened to post a spreadsheet of the comm's biggest flakes

smut and gen players can argue all they want over which group is more neurotic but flake insecurity easily beats them both out

DA Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-12 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Man, I hope mecha_sosa got the therapy they need.

Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-12 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
why is the onus on them to unfriend you? if you think this is the case, unfriend them. be done with it.

Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-12 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
> rp shouldn't be a one sided effort.
> if i get the feeling it's (secretly hoping i'll go away), i pull the trigger.

methinks you're exactly the sort of passive-aggressive player ayrt is venting about

Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-12 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah the onus is on you to unfriend people you don't like, that's the whole point.

it shouldn't be on the other person to guess whether or not you don't like them anymore and unfriend you?

Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-13 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
da

why are you guessing? why not reach out to them and say "hi, i've noticed you're not replying to the starters i write for us, it's totally fine if you don't want the cr or don't have time, just let me know so i can know where to put my energy"?

sure it would be great if the other person came to you first but you're not exactly doing anything either. "why should i" is a great excuse if you just want to sit there and fester for months rather than just cutting them off yourself.

Re: UNWRITTEN RULES

(Anonymous) 2023-03-13 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
If you can't bring yourself to unfriend them yourself - and I get it, because there's a couple people like that for me too - you can unfollow them. I highly recommend this. It really cuts out the temptation to keep trying to reach out.