susano_otter is not amused by all the people posting what he/she/it determines to be off-topic posting in

susano_otter is also somehow convinced that posting a long list of things that piss them off will somehow magically stop people from doing this. People wank.

They discuss the on-topicness of the post itself. (Again, and probably several more times after I hit the post button.)

S_O: Have you considered the possibility that people who post to this community are customers of this community?

jedi_iwakura: I don't pay this community. I pay LiveJournal and SixApart, kthx.

XD Let's all start a new donation pot here, on the profile page. "PAY NOW TO READ STORIES SUSANO WANTS TO SEE HERE"

People also misinterpret

dorkphoenyx's attempt to be funny, and wank some more about it being on topic.

ETA: Aaaaand now it's hit

stupid_free! (link) *gets out the popcorn*
ETA2: Banhammer! ...and bahleetion. :(
ETA3: I have caps! Part 1 and part 2 of the OP, plus (sadly collapsed) comments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Also a modpost. (thanks,

hallidae!) There are more caps (including one of the actual banhammer comment, which I sadly didn't get) over in the stupid_free link, but I don't know if I'm allowed to direct link them or not.

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The text of the OP, as stolen from someone at stupid_free
(Anonymous)
2007-02-07 10:12 pm UTC (link)

It Is Time Once Again

So I'm here to read tragicomic tales of man's inhumanity to man, where the protagonist is a long-suffering clerk and the antagonist is a wicked or stupid customer.

Now, two facts about this community:

1.The community description and rules make it absolutely clear that these are exactly the kinds of stories that the community is about.

2.It's impossible to join the community without seeing the description and rules.

With these facts in mind, I come here reasonably expecting to see exactly these kinds of stories--which I really enjoy. I know there are other kinds of stories in the world. If I were interested in those kinds of stories, I'd go find those kinds of communities (and I do; this isn't the only community I visit).

Stories I don't come here to read:

+ Stories that start "I have lots of sucky customer stories!" and end "...and I'll come back some other time to tell you about them!" You know what? Just wait until you have actual content, and then post.

+ Comic strips about sucky customers. If I wanted to read comic strips, I'd go read comic strips. Tell me about customer suck you experienced or witnessed, not customer suck somebody else imagined and drew a picture of.

+ Stories where the clerk gets revenge by providing bad service. I'd explain why such stories are made of fail, but if you're posting these kinds of stories, you probably can't be reasoned with anyway.

+ Stories about cute children. Seriously. They don't belong here.

+ Stories about customers who rock. There's a whole other community for that. If I wanted that kind of story, I'd go to that community.

+ Stories where the clerk is having a bad day, so the customers should cut her some slack for giving bad service. You know what? Customers have bad days, too. If you're not going to cut them some slack for being sucky customers, then you damn well better not be a whiny bitch about your own troubles. Suck it up and carry on, just like you wish the customers would.

+ Any story that starts "I know this is OT, but...". Go die in a fire. Seriously.

People come here because we want a certain kind of content. We reasonably expect a certain kind of content.

When you post these non-cs stories, you're being rude and inconsiderate to your fellow community members. You're claiming to be better than the rules, just like an Entitlement Bitch. You're being a sucky customer of this community.

And just like every other sucky customer out there, you will be called on it, and you will see your suckiness posted here, in this community. Because that's exactly what this community is about: sucky customers.

Stick to the topic, or be the topic.

There are examples of each of these kind of stories within the last day or two of this community's posts, just as there are examples of these kinds of stories in any two day sampling of this community. If you think my tale of customer suck is too abstract, I invite you to scroll down a few posts, and you'll have all the OT suckiness you could ever ask for.

That is all.

Obligatory Edit
My post is a classic type of on-topic C_S post: the "list" post or "rules" post.

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	Re: The text of the OP, as stolen from someone at stupid_free esclaramonde 2007-02-07 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	I'm really sad that I agree with this person. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

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