dirk5027 opened this issue on Feb 22, 2002 ยท 54 posts
MikeJ posted Sat, 23 February 2002 at 12:08 AM
Is it acceptable to attempt to act as the Voice of the Community? Is it acceptable to seek to infiltrate every thread just to make one's presence known, while often saying nothing? Is it acceptable to demand that people state their questions and/or comments in some specific, pre-defined way, in spite of the fact that many don't properly understand the nuances of America-Speak? Is it acceptable to take every opportunity to try to show everyone else how they are wrong? Better yet, is it personally acceptable (to one's conscience) to continuously make an ass out of oneself so publicly? What exactly is "acceptable"? Especially when you have a troll/non-troll patrolling evry thread, just waiting for the opportunity to flex his self-assumed muscle. The self-appointed troll in question will be willing (and more than hapopy!) to tell you what's acceptable. But then again, no one likes a troll. AND, I would imagine that out of all demographic groups, arteests are probably the least likely to respond favorably to someone else trying to "lead" them along the correct path, irregardless of the exact nature of that path...