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Friday, September 7th, 2007
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9:42a - What interests me about the fights in fandom_lounge...
If we strip them down, these fights have gone like this:
post -> Warning that the post may not get the desired response -> IS IT AGAINST THE RULES? -> Statement that it would get a better response in a different community -> IS IT AGAINST THE RULES? BECAUSE THE RULES DON'T SAY IT IS, SO STFU. AND YOU'RE NOT A MOD. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL ME ANYTHING. -> flamewar
The operative point is not that much of anything is technically against the rules (including, for example, ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) staroverthebay's cat posts). Because, obviously, there aren't a lot of rules in fandom_lounge.
It's just that the environment in other communities tends to be more welcoming to certain sorts of posts. On fandom_discuss, you're not (simplified) allowed to derail the discussion in comments-- which everyone does in fandom_lounge all the time. In shywank, people are just not going to be as snarky.
Actually, no one ever starts out saying that the post is against the rules of fandom_lounge. I'm curious if the flamewar would erupt if people didn't immediately become defensive about what's in the rules/community info.
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