Hey besties. We gotta talk. I hate to be sticking a mod note here so soon after we open the new main but this is important.Ā
Iām breaking this up into a lot of small text blocks because of people who have a hard time reading walls of text, i promise its not as long as it looks.Ā
Weāve been noticing a lot of people going ignored in the big group chats lately. And I know that itās not intentional, but the big chats are meant to be a conversation. Theyāre for talking to everyone in the chat. This is primarily about the in character big chat and the dash, but the ooc chat is important too.Ā
If youāre trying to talk to one person, slide to a dm, so no one feels like a one on one conversation is pushing their comment aside.Ā
If youāre trying to talk to a small group of friends and might ignore someone popping in thatās not part of that discussion because youāve tunneled in on it, make a group chat. the only rules we have for group chats is that if itās more than 5 members, we ask that a mod be included even if itās just as a spectator in case of any incidents that need assistance.Ā
if you pop in to say something but the last person who spoke hasnāt been answered, reply to them, then say your thing. even if you donāt know about what theyāre talking about.Ā
The occupants of the hotel all live in the same space, they know each other, theyāve seen each other in the bars, restaurants, hallways, etc.Ā
Thereās no reason not to act like your character is excited for someoneās new music, merch drop, new pet, etc. Thereās no reason to completely ignore questions that havenāt been answered. Your character is capable of a simpleĀ āthatās so cool!āĀ ācongrats!ā āwhatās that? can you tell me more?ā or evenĀ āIām not sure, but I bet @/other character would know!ā all of those are things that keep conversations going and make sure people feel included.
Unless your characters have beef for some reason, which thereās not that many negative plots going on in this game, no one should be going ignored.Ā
This is not exclusive to any one or handful of characters. Everyone in this group has been guilty of this at some point in time. Even us as mods are guilty of it. We know. But even us mods have felt ignored in our own game from time to time, and several people have brought this to our attention. This is not an exclusive issue.
Iām not scolding anyone, and Iām not mad at anyone. But I am here to ask you all to be a little more mindful.Ā
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