Personal Feelings on TBT and recent negativity-- how to fix.

[BluebellLight]

I left for a few weeks or so because I kept getting anon hate on tumblr for the bob thing and im just annoying in general and i just kinda feel like the community doesnt like me :/ but I'm giving it one more shot.

 

[Princess]

Thank you for your continued existence, Pally.

Thank YOU for being a reason for my continued existence on the forums <3

 

[Flop]

It's also kind of difficult to be social with new people on IRC if they do this all within about 5 seconds.

[10:08] * Joins: Chibucha
[10:08] <Flop> gasp
[10:08] <+Lauren> LOL
[10:08] <Chibucha> Hi
[10:08] <+Lauren> im gon try do the mirror ones
[10:08] <~Jubs4> what about the scorpion
[10:08] <+Lauren> i think its more fun with friends
[10:08] * Quits: Chibucha (Client exited)

 

[Waluigi]

i dont see much negativity towards me

i suppose im that one painfully average guy who isnt really loved nor hated. But im fine with it that way.

Im glad i havent seen negativity recently

 

[Ashtot]

It's also kind of difficult to be social with new people on IRC if they do this all within about 5 seconds.

[10:08] * Joins: Chibucha
[10:08] <Flop> gasp
[10:08] <+Lauren> LOL
[10:08] <Chibucha> Hi
[10:08] <+Lauren> im gon try do the mirror ones
[10:08] <~Jubs4> what about the scorpion
[10:08] <+Lauren> i think its more fun with friends
[10:08] * Quits: Chibucha (Client exited)

Not really, the chat can move fast at times, but it's not always like that. It's not hard to welcome to players and talk to them. Besides, there are always PM's.

 

[Flop]

Not really, the chat can move fast at times, but it's not always like that. It's not hard to welcome to players and talk to them. Besides, there are always PM's.

I know, but new people tend to join and leave if they don't get acknowledged as soon as possible.

 

[Colour Bandit]

I try to go on the chat but as soon as I log on to it my browser crashes :'( It makes me look like one of those people when I really want to actually talk to people...

 

[Ashtot]

I know, but new people tend to join and leave if they don't get acknowledged as soon as possible.

Quite a few of us acknowledge new people as soon as they come on, so I don't see that happen often.

 

[Glaceon2000]

I left for a few weeks or so because I kept getting anon hate on tumblr for the bob thing and im just annoying in general and i just kinda feel like the community doesnt like me :/ but I'm giving it one more shot.

Please don't leave! You're one of my favorite posters. I'm sure there are more people who like you here too

 

[Flop]

Quite a few of us acknowledge new people as soon as they come on, so I don't see that happen often.

[10:57] * Joins: Merry
[10:58] <Flop> hi merry
[10:58] <Cory> Jubs pls
[10:58] <Cory> Nuke already
[10:58] * Quits: Merry (Client exited)

 

[Yui Z]

I often act like an IRC doorman, trying to greet as many people who come in as I can. =P Mainly because it's easy to think that nobody cares that you're there, and I don't want people to feel like that. Whenever there isn't a conversation that I can actually take part in, I just browse TBT or do whatever I'm doing while it's in the background.

Some IRC newbies might be feeling awfully awkward or unwanted when they enter and a discussion carries on, as if they're invisible or something. At the same time, people shouldn't feel the need to stop a conversation completely that they're enjoying because someone new has entered.

Maybe if we acknowledged the people who enter a bit more (I know people try to, but we honestly can't say that everyone does) and at least say a quick 'hello' when they enter, then they would feel more welcome to join the current conversation.

Something I've also noticed about the IRC, is that the more active users are greeted more. I'm not saying this is always the case because it really isn't, but it's just something that I've started to see a little more recently.

 

[Ashtot]

[10:57] * Joins: Merry
[10:58] <Flop> hi merry
[10:58] <Cory> Jubs pls
[10:58] <Cory> Nuke already
[10:58] * Quits: Merry (Client exited)

That's pretty ridiculous, you can't expect people to greet in less than 60 seconds all the time. Nobody is at fault for that happening.

 

[Cory]

[10:57] * Joins: Merry
[10:58] <Flop> hi merry
[10:58] <Cory> Jubs pls
[10:58] <Cory> Nuke already
[10:58] * Quits: Merry (Client exited)

Oops that was my fault.

 

[Flop]

That's pretty ridiculous, you can't expect people to greet in less than 60 seconds all the time. Nobody is at fault for that happening.

It's just my two cents on the matter of this. I don't think it's an issue with IRC because they never join again. I enjoy talking to anyone, really, but this seems to happen more than I can count

 

[Ashtot]

It's just my two cents on the matter of this. I don't think it's an issue with IRC because they never join again. I enjoy talking to anyone, really, but this seems to happen more than I can count

There's no reason for it to not happen if they're going to leave after less than 60 seconds. There's nothing we can do to fix that.

 

[Yui Z]

[10:57] * Joins: Merry
[10:58] <Flop> hi merry
[10:58] <Cory> Jubs pls
[10:58] <Cory> Nuke already
[10:58] * Quits: Merry (Client exited)

Errm, you know that was me right? I thought I had ghosted myself when my laptop restarted, so I typed the first name that came to my head.

I would've said something, but I was quitting to get back onto my proper account, ehe.

 

[Flop]

Errm, you know that was me right? I thought I had ghosted myself when my laptop restarted, so I typed the first name that came to my head.

I would've said something, but I was quitting to get back onto my proper account, ehe.

WELL THEN

 

[Ashtot]

WELL THEN

Plus, a lot of people join and leave like that because they have connection issues, so that's probably why you see it all the time.

 

[Yui Z]

WELL THEN

Sorry for ruining your evidence. =P I thought the truth would be better anyway ehe.

 

[Byngo]

Well I will agree with Flop that I see a lot of new people leave right away. I'll say hi to a new person, they don't say anything and then leave after a minute. This usually happens atleast once whenever I come in. But who knows it could be regular IRC users with a different username and connection issues??