Whoa now Fappy, no need to bring the underground into this. We can talk this down, just... breathe and call them off.Fappy said:*Calls cousin*
Whoa now Fappy, no need to bring the underground into this. We can talk this down, just... breathe and call them off.Fappy said:*Calls cousin*
Very well young one, hear me nowDr. Crawver said:A god has graced us with his presence, fellow escapists. Let us bask in his majesty. Tell us a story of the ancient times, oh merciful lord.ChaosBorne said:and you are but a mere sapling to meHithel said:Low post count but been around since ages on this site. You were mere acorns when I was already an old oak. I think no less of you high post counters with join dates three weeks back.
As someone who's been on this forum since 2007 I can tell you emphatically, without a doubt, that a lot of posters around here do this. A lot of them simply dismiss anyone that doesn't have a ludicrous number of posts. And even then, many around here will dismiss any poster that's not a part of the "site favorite" clique.Dr. Crawver said:So I just want to know, do other people share this problem with me?
Uh, yeah. Simple. You can do two things:any recommendations as to how to try and put my bias's to one side?
No you don't. Stop lying. Everyone knows there is no world outside of The Escapist.Redlin5 said:I have a life outside this site though, hard as that might be to believe... <.<
Click on your profile ( top right of the screen ) and in your profile there is a menu of things to do, one of which is "set your avatar", or words to that effect.gmcat said:And since it was mentioned here several times, can anyone direct the noob to some instructions on setting up an avatar?
This was a good post. I like this post.This is re-great-table said:Hmm, this topic has an air of elitism.
But who cares what I say, I'm just a low post peasant.
Welp, back to plowing the fields, can't eat without crops you know?
If you dismiss me... you miss out on the wisdom that is Flat Cat.Dr. Crawver said:I'm sure everyone's noticed the sudden influx in new members recently with the whole Zoe Quinn/gamergate debacle going on, and it's gotten me thinking about a bias I've always had, but never really discussed.
And that is that I don't trust/often dismiss new members/members with under about 200 posts outright. I know I shouldn't, and I at least try not to, but quite often I see an account with no avatar and only about 28 posts telling me how the entire industry is corrupt, or straw-man situations (don't try to say I'm straw-manning an argument here, my point is about those who do make the silly arguments. I know the gamergate movement has some valid points behind it, even if I disagree with it in general), and it just makes me turn off to far more intelligent points made by newer members.
At the same time I seem to have far more time for points made by some of the much older guard of the escapist (Fappy and Zachary Amaranth come to mind, though there are others).
I know we're all different people, with different opinions, and someone's length of time/frequency to post should not affect what I think about what they say. I just find it hard to actually follow through with this.
So I just want to know, do other people share this problem with me? Am I alone in this? And if I am, any recommendations as to how to try and put my bias's to one side?
I also know, in case anyone wants to point it out, yes I've been around for a silly length of time as well, and yet I post far less than my time spent here would suggest, which makes my view a little hypocritical to the long time lurkers on the site. Still can't help it.
Ok then, might I add it reeks of it?Dr. Crawver said:This was a good post. I like this post.
Though really it does have an air of elitism about it, but also a larger one of how we should curb it. For the most part I've not seen anyone say that being an elitist is a good thing.