Thread:Alzrius/@comment-16774229-20131031212846/@comment-16774229-20131101220746

Yes, that was over dramatic, but I'm an actor. Everything I do is over dramatic by law. But the point I'm making is that the last time there was somebody that had such a different take on how the community operated, it lead to the worst flame war on the forums(to the best of my knowledge). I don’t want it to happen again, and I don’t want you to be the epicenter... My apologies for overdramatizing.

Now I think I understand the point you're making more clearly.(please note that the following statement is made under the assumption that the way wright in your posts is more or less the same as the way you talk causley) I think that one of the biggest problems with any discussion on the internet is that you don't know anyone personally, and thus can have a hard time judging the people you're taking to. The thing is, everyone’s idea of “casual” is different, and what you find casual, I find long winded and overly complicated. I understand that you feel that talking to them in less than your usual manner as “insulting their intelligence”, don’t see how it is. As I said before, while everyone can understand lowbrow talk, not everyone gets the highbrow. But as we’ve run this argument in circles, I don’t think either of us will convince the other at this point. At least not on this particular topic.

And with the whole “burden of comprehension” thing, I feel much the same. I think it’s your job as the speaker to know your audience, and try and communicate in a way that fits the tone of discussion up to that point.

Also, I should bring up about the blog post you made. I think that makes sense, and was the reasonable thing to do. Kudos.

And about your closing statement, I didn’t quite understand it. Either you meant that you don’t care about how we do things here at all, or you think that it’s hypocritical of me to post on your wall if I thought your post was intrusive. I’m assuming the latter, so hear me out. Posting to someones wall, as I said, is the most direct method of communication we have with one another. When Argen posted there, he meant to talk directly to Maki. If he could have sent a private message, I think he would have. To post to a thread on someone elses wall that you did not start is like butting into a conversation two people are having in the corner. They can’t really get total privacy, but that doesn't mean that they would welcome anyone into the conversation.