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Monday, January 12, 2004
Pet Peeve
I'm taking a short break from my regular Otaku Awards updates to mention something of concern.
If you look at my last update (specifically, the comments), you'll notice that two myOtaku members posted advertising in there.
Although we don't really have a set of rules for myOtaku...I believe that if you're going to comment in someone's Otaku Life, your comment should at least mostly relate to the subject of the post. In other words, you shouldn't use comments to simply say "Visit my site!" At least use the Guest Book for that stuff, rather than cluttering up comments.
I noticed that articulosdecuera essentially ignored my comment on his site. I warned him not to go around posting spam in people's Otaku Life comments. The same is true of some other members. Although articulosdecuera has been the latest person to do it on my own page...there are plenty of people who have done it here or elsewhere.
At this point, I want to be as clear as possible. People who go around spamming in others' myOtaku sites are at risk of having their accounts deleted. Your account certainly won't be deleted right away -- not without some advanced warning. However, it's important not to ignore warnings/suggestions from myself or Adam.
When Adam talked about including music on myOtaku sites -- and making sure that they aren't automatically set to play -- he was talking about basic courtesy. Obviously listening to music on someone's site should be an option for the visitor.
In the same way, comments should reflect common courtesy between members. Of course, I can delete comments that are offensive or inappropriate, within my own site. That's definitely an option for me. But at the same time, people can easily press "stop" if someone's myOtaku begins playing music without their permission -- neither of those abilities cancels out the need for a basic courtesy, though.
So, in the spirit of fairness, I would ask all myOtaku members to take these issues into consideration. If you really want someone to visit your site, please use the Guest Book function. If you're going to use Otaku Life comments, you should be commenting on the subject of the Otaku Life post. If you throw in a reference to your own site too...that's fine. But at least make your comments somewhat relevant to the discussion at hand. I don't think that's too much to ask.
Has anyone else been frustrated/annoyed by this kind of behavior? I'd like to hear whether or not you guys consider this to be an issue.
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