Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31615118-20190111165524/@comment-2600:1700:38C0:E350:7443:97E3:CE6C:583E-20190115172441

FU poster again here ( 2600:1700:38C0:E350:D59D:5485:25DB:F846 from yesterday) in case the IP changes today. Sorry but I just can't come up with a kooky name and don't want to go set up a separate email account in order to register. Perhaps I'll start signing my posts Resu Modnaf.

To those who say its too difficult not to respond to posts they consider to be personal attacks because those posts cause them pain -consider this -you only give someone power over you by your own reaction. If you respond in kind or post how hurtful their action was to you, then you reward them for their actions. People post rude remarks because they either a:) deeply disagree with the substance of the topic/post (which rarely seems to be the issue here) or b.) they want to get a rise out of the intended target. Giving them that rise rewards them.

In life there are people who will like you and people who wont. I think most of us know that to some extent but the same holds true in virtual life. There simply are no amount of come backs to change this.

Finally for everyone's consideration -this may be exasperrated by the fact that this game doesn't provide much material for deep interesting discussion. Its addictive ,fun and includes a friend component which drives the desire for players to connect. But seriously, Go Fish involves more strategic thinking than a hidden object game. Once connected to each other there isn't much meat to grab onto so perhaps its natural that small interpersonal drama fills the gap. I doubt adding a moderation will do anything other than move that small interpersonal drama over to what a moderator is or is not allowing.