IDPet said:
I think the problem will start when someone mention an active artist in the site with a comment rude about them, then the artist could get angry or sad with the comment.
Sure they could o.oc
I'm realizing there might be a cultural element at play here, with how many of you are going 'but it's Mean'. Yeah, dude. We're mean creatures. And I don't just mean humans in general, I mean Us, who congregate with our shared interest in taking someone's brain and scrubbing it with industrial cleaner.
"But I wouldn't Do-'
I should hope not, and also, how would you?
But you are Thinking it. And that's cool, so is everyone else, in some way, sometimes.
It's better to let it out in a civil and controlled way than any alternative I know. The standard you should hold yourself to is not Mr Rogers. That's aspirational at best.
And you are not going to tell me you live in such a paradise where the mere notion of Mean Thoughts had been purged from your psyche. I played Wild Hypno Town.
When you have 'em, say 'em.
basically this. it's rude to talk about someone who's listening
My mama taught me people who don't tell you when you are full o shit to your face are doing it behind your back.
I didn't believe her at first but she's never been wrong.