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spanklette -> RE: Game players (5/7/2007 10:30:12 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LondonGodFather yeah, it's frustrating. I disagree with spanklette though - just because it's the reality of the medium we are communicating on doesn't mean it's right and doesn't mean it should be accepted. Spam and viruses are also the reality of the medium we are communicating on but we don't just put up with them. i try and deal with online players by simply not talking about sex/bdsm very much when i'm first in touch with people... it means that with nothing to 'flick their bean' over most online players vanish of their own accord before they've had a chance to string me along! Sure, I can buy the concept that it shouldn't be tolerated...but how do you propose to stop the behavior on an internet forum? My solution is to accept the reality that this is a medium where many things take place that would not take place in real life. I've accepted that reality, and until an alternate solution comes along that's where I'll stay. What you suggest is an online "utopia" where everyone is safe from the "big bad players", but you've offered no solution along those lines. Perhaps, that's because there isn't one. Your personal solution is a valid one, in fact, it's my solution, as well. But, it doesn't fix the larger problem that players can and do exist. And, sometimes people aren't as nefarious as one would like to believe...they just don't know what they want.
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