- brrrayday
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- Exalted Member
I'm a serious dude, so what?
Longing for the "old" days (i quote that because 3 years isn't really "old", I wipe my ass with 3 years) is not productive or smart. We should be focusing on turning around the negative behaviors that are degrading Bungie.net and making them constructive. Most of the complaints I've heard about this New Flood group is that they have a lot of posts ragging on specific people. Now, I have to be up front and tell you I'm not a member of that group and, quite frankly, couldn't care less what they're talking about in their forums. My concern is when people get used to that type of behavior and, instead of being constructive, become juvenile on the main forums. When someone posts something stupid, the answer isn't to call them an idiot and exclaim the quickness of their impending ban, but instead to PM them and inform them of a sticky topic that answers their question. I would actually wager that a lot of people that get a blacklisting get it not because of their OP, but because people keep bumping it with dumb comments.
On the topic of these types of threads, I've seen many different interpretations of their impact. I've been an on-and-off Bungie.net user since Myth, and I can tell you for an absolute fact that even in the days of the creation of Bungie.net people were complaining about the system going downhill. These threads are not useful if they are about complaining, instead, we as good community citizens should use them as opportunities to discuss fixes to problems. Obviously, Killed by Pasta was struggling to get a handle about what's going on inside Bungie.net, that's why he titled this thread "A Concern..." and not "I HATE..." or some other variant. It's clear to me that everyone sees a different thing happening that they believe is detrimental to the success of Bungie.net, but the only people that can hurt this wonderful social forum is US. Hanging up on one group, such as the New Flood, just because someone mentions it by name, and then making it the topic, is not a constructive thing and in fact only further singles out the group.
We have to understand that we're all in this together and if everyone pulls everyone else up, instead of trying to tear them down, one day we'll all wake up and be uber 1337. Just remember, the coolest response is one weighed carefully and posted thoughtfully. If you see something and post a response as soon as you feel an emotion you can probably bet that that will not be a very good post.
-brady