[ Admiral Suzie ]
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[ Admiral Suzie ]
EDIT: Next time someone says this is a phase and it's going to go away soon doesn't know what they're talking about. The GCD you once knew and loved is gone.
-shrug- Expecting that the GCD will stay like this forever without change is pretty unrealistic. It's been through prommie-wannabe fests and flame wars before, and it has been out of it too. It's not a GCD habit, it's a fact of life. Nothing is ever constant. I really can't see that people would be complaining and acting the same way today as they will three months from now.
Especially around Christmas time. That's when everyone gets all together, lovey-dovey and gift-giving and stuff. >>;
We shouldn't have to wait for Christmas for that feeling to be here, that's the problem. Somehow users have gotten the idea that it's ok to be a d**k, when it's not.
But I look at 4chan, and I don't see the hostility, like I do here. Even though it's much larger than Gaia. I dunno why there's such a difference but if Gaia ever became like 4chan then I probably wouldn't mind so much.
I don't mean the bad things about 4chan, any one who opens their eyes can see the good of that website.
I'm not saying that because these phases happen people are allowed to be jerkfaces. But you can't expect people to be happy all the time either. Sometimes it
seems like GCD is going through a lot of hostility right now because a number of individuals are being real pissy and meanies. I'm not saying it isn't, but because there are a lot of people being real jerks right now, doesn't mean that everyone should get an attitude change.
And I'm not saying we have to wait until Christmas to be nice. It was just an example that the GCD isn't like this all the time.
And you can try to compare the hostilities in Gaia with hostilities in other sites like 4chan, but it's not fair to say 4channers are nicer than Gaians because the two websites are very different in their own way, which may have contributed to the hostilities within their own community. I can make a guess that part of the reason why Gaians are so hostile are because of our avatars. Unlike most other forum communities, we have an avatar that represents our monetary e-wealth, making users compare their e-wealth with others and using that as a base for elitism and whatnot. But that's just an observation.
It's just like life. People are jerks for no reason, and they think it's okay. Sometimes it feels like there are more jerks in the world than usual, sometimes it doesn't. It's the reason why we have bad days/weeks/months/whatnots. If jerkfaces exist in the real world, I don't see how it's a surprise they exist in Gaia too.