My apologies, and other things.

[Coco Pommel 669]

I don't where to put this, so I'll just place it here.

 

On this forum, I've had the strange compulsion to act like a cranky doodle donkey, and spam a little bit. I have no idea why. I usually act better than this, but I've gone around throwing biased opinions and acting like an ass. I know this doesn't mean much, but I'd like to apologize for how I've acted, even if I'm the only person who thinks I've acted badly.

 

Hmmm... This topic has little meaning to it.

 

I got it. To add something to this topic, why don't you guys tell how you think of yourself on forums. Like, your history of how you've acted on forums, and on the MLP Forums?

 

I joined my first forum at age eleven. Presumably, I used improper grammar, and knew no meaning of forum rules and guidelines. Within a month, I was banned from the first forum that I was on. I joined another forum that I posted on for two and a half years. I was good enough to become a co-administrator, but I still had some antics and shenanigans that caused me to become banned because of a conflict between me and another mod and his mother. That was over three years ago. After then, I slowly began to step up my act, use better grammar, and contribute in a better way to the next forum that I was on. I still go on there, but there are a few flaws with it (like every forum).

 

But for a year, I left forums and social networks, because my mind was in a mess. When I returned to forums, I still had some problems in my life, but I was able to make friends on that forum that I went on and make topics that wouldn't get locked (meanwhile, I played around with other members out of compulsion, because, well... it's fun. But I never played around with them in a mean way.). On that forum, everyone who knows me thinks of me as a relaxed, mature individual.

 

I registered on this forum in January, and I'd have to say, even though this place has its flaws, it's still good. I'd have to admit, I've acted oddly on here. If I've given off an intimidating vibe, then I apologize. I honestly don't act like this, and lately, I've tried not to. Many of the members seem nice.

 

I've gotten to know no one except one person, though we haven't talked in a while. I would have have used the chatroom, but I'm not into chatrooms for various reasons. The MLP Forums needs to allow people to get to know each other better. I just feel so distant from everyone. Maybe we could have a general chit-chat topic where people could talk with each other without spamming.

 

-How is your history with how you've acted on forums, and your experiences on them?

-How have you acted on the MLP Forums? Explain your experiences on this place.

 

And again, I apologize.

Edited April 10, 2012 by Axis

[Swordfishtrombone 384]

Ah, this is the first real forum I've ever dedicated alot of time to. I would like to think people think of me as mature, fair and cool. But I don't know anything until someone lets me know something about it. So I don't know really.

[Twiliscael 3,960]

I vent my anger on the internet.

Yesterday i made a mean, biased, totally wrong comment about females.

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

You were never an Ass to begin with!

 

You have no reason to apoligize there your apoligy is un-aceptable!

 

Your flaws have made you a great forum member that we all know more than you think we do. We are a big family that forgives each other and you are part are it too.

[Jokarr 70]

around the forums i just give my honest opinion on the threads and people say im nice lol i get a little out of control at times. i was in the chat all the time and since its gone i have no other way to vent my anger and let out energy lately. lol so ive been posting everywhere and hoping for someone to talk to.

im truly addicted to this place and i love it to death! if you wanna meet new ponies talk to meh!!

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

I've been on five forums. In chronological order (with respective post count, quite indicative of my usership:)

The Escapist Magazine.com - 11757 (December 2007 - February 2011)

Hooked on Railroads! - 43 (May 2009-August 2010)

Accursed Farms - 2102 (March 2010-Present)

Kerbal Space Program - 4 (April 2010 only)

MLPforums.com - 708 (inclusive. December 2011-Present)

 

If we throw away my passing interests in KSP and Sid Meier's Railroads (I never was much part of those forums but I still adore both of those games) I've posted nearly 15,000 times since late 2007. That's an average of three per day for one quarter of my life, and I would estimate that each of those posts would be about 150 words.

 

That means ignoring the fan-fictions and schoolwork I've written, my biblography is estimatably over 2,000,000 words, or equivalent to three whole King James Version Bibles.

 

It is logical to assume that with that much literary experience, I would come to grasp a certain weildliness with words. To be sure I am not the most masterful wordsmith but I like to pride myself with a confidence and firm grasp of ability, knowing that I can make up words that make logical and literary (if at least figurative sense). Such as "weildliness".

 

It's been years since I've pretended to have an alter ego or original character which I imagined myself conveying through; since late 2008 I almost always say what I mean as if I were a person speaking face-to-face. I say that with a certain exaggeration since I am not nearly so well-spoken in real life, because I cannot create the level of prose which I am most comfortable with in real-time. I also studder and often will speak too quickly or not at all depending upon the weather and if ducklings are swimming counter-clockwise nearby.

Despite that I "speak" through "written" terms via typing, I nowandays make a very certain point that I convey myself clearly and thoroughly. This is due to:

1. Years of experience of people getting caught on confusing odd-isms and nitpicking ambiguity to the point that messages are lost.

2. People taking sarcasm seriously because not only is it impolite to not include [/sarcasm] tags, [/scarcasm] tags look idiotic and that's why there's no consensus on their use. Wrongful use of sarcasm either by the writer or the reader has all too often caused forum drama ad nauseum and I'm just so sick of it all I could cry[/hyperbole] so I elect not to use sarcasm unless it is blatantly obvious that it's there even without a given tag.

3. Although being thorough with your ideas ensures people know what you're like, how you think and your opinion entire on matters, it is the bane of wanton discussion and the flow of conversation so that topics flow from one to another. It turns the melted butter of chatting into the cut ice of theses. This is a sacrifice my opinions pay and others are free to dispute me on whether or not my posts should be so replete. But I will quote G.K. Chesterton in how I think of almost any thread:

 

"It was perhaps an incautious suggestion to make a person only too ready to write books upon the feeblest provocation."

In summary I think of my posts as informative and witty above average, at the expense of simplicity, unless exceptions apply.

The challenge is being so self-conscious that I do not condescend other users with pedantry of improvement. -They can improve themselves if they witness a high standard first hand. Or first-hoof, as the case may be.

[DashingRainbow36 264]

This is one of the only forums that I have joined, and its really my first...kind of. When I was dealing with bad anxiety and depression, I joined a forums just for that so I could find answers, and after it was all taken care of I was done with it. I have had two threads locked and deleted on this forum, one was about drugs and alcohol (I started that one) and the last thing I remember was posting something drunk haha and then the next day it was deleted. The other forum was about gay marriage and someone hit too much of a personal note with me so I got out of hand, wich I'm honestly not ashamed of and will still stand by what I said there.

 

This forum is nice however. I have been on here for a good amount of time, and decided to join to see what kind of community the bronies were like. Even though I absolutly love the show, I dont post in any show disscusion threads, only here because I like raw disscusion and ramdom topics.

 

I have now gotten to the point where if things get heated between me and a fellow member, I let them have the last say in whatever we are talking about and simply reply with "okay", "word", or "alrighty". It basically means im done and I want the conversation to not go any further. We both state our claims and leave it at that. It seems to be working quite well.