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[conuly]

Did I do something wrong?

She asks a question. I answer it, albeit rather tersely. I'm not paid enough to be nice to people, y'know? She replies rather snittily (or so I thought). I point out the error in her statement, and I get called a bitch?

*looks down*

Nope, no fur. Still a biped.

Edit: She also appears to take offense to my answering questions I don't know with "you should check the support area". Well, I'm sorry, but I'm starting to notice that asking questions off of the support area tends to lead you to get a number of erroneous answers. Sad, but true.

(That, or I've been saying a lot of VERY wrong things to people on the boards, a truly scary thought)

Edit: I love you guys, I really do. But, please, can we stop troll-feeding? Sooner or later LJDrama or fandom_wank is going to pick up on it, and those people hate me. Which doesn't really bother me, but I like my actual journal being the first google result again.

Edit again: We're all made up.

Our love. It's so special.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_outtonight/]

I hate it when people overreact like that. God forbid you actually give her correct information on the subject she's inquiring about.

[conuly]

Well. I probably should've, y'know, said something. That was a bit rude.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

And this comes just (literally) minutes after I've decided to get back into support.

I'd forgotten how nasty some of them can be. Oh well.

[conuly]

Some, sure. But it's really great when you do something simple for somebody and they go overboard with THANK YOU! at the end. Or when you realize you can answer your friends' questions simply.

Although my now-pathological hatred of the phrase "hope this helps" is a bit scary. I started yelling at the damn Healing Faerie on Neopets over that....

[panda-cookie.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/news/85751.html?thread=23069943#t23100663

I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. :x

[conuly]

I'd say thanks, but I really just want to know if I was acting wrong. I know she's being bitchy.

[the-cynic.livejournal.com]

This is why I won't answer Support-y stuff anywhere but on the Boards. No sense in getting pissed off at idiots (who are EVERYwhere on LJ).

[conuly]

Yeah, I should do that, but then those poor people would be even more likely to get erroneous information.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*reads*

Sometimes you do come off rude, but in this case? She needs to unwad her panties.

Sheesh.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Also, is it me, or is there a high percentage of complete asstards in the news comments?

[pne.livejournal.com]

Yup. Even without looking.

lj_maintenance is often not much better.

I wonder whether those who post there read the comments; I'd probably go insane if I had to.

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Actually, if you're going to get to the nitty gritty of the word bitch, it wouldn't make you a dog. It'd make you Diana.

[conuly]

Eh?

[leora.livejournal.com]

No, and I commented to her.

She annoyed me.

[conuly]

Hey, that's why, contrary to my request, I am still commenting.

This may be why Those People hate me.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Actually, when I google you, your journal is the first thing to come up, followed by your info page.

[conuly]

But it didn't used to be, it used to be the breastfeeding discussion. And for a while it was a whole discussion of an autism discussion on metaquotes that I barely participated in.

[leora.livejournal.com]

The ex-admin in me is mildly annoyed by some of the followup comments though.

There are two kinds of abandoned accounts:
accounts that were used and no longer are being used
accounts with no entries, no comments posted, no comments received, and aren't being logged into

the former are safe, at least if they have any entries

the latter may one day be deleted and purged.

Some of the latter are even people who signed up for an account, didn't get around to using it, forgot their password, and changed email addresses. They'd like them to be purged so they can have their own username back. Some are accidental creations then abandoned. Brad has discussed the possibility of someday deleting these types of accounts with a system of warning people to log in if they want to keep the account.

However, currently no such system exists and they are clearly not going to be deleted. But I wish people wouldn't state permanent policy decisions so broadly that it ignores the different types of abandoned accounts.

[conuly]

*nods*

That's why I don't say "it's not going to change", just "if it did change, the FAQ would change, and we'd hear about it. Until it does change, please go read the FAQ".

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

You were being helpful; she was being an idiot.

If you let idiots get to you, then they win.

Unless you assassinate them.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_outtonight/]

I hate it when people overreact like that. God forbid you actually give her correct information on the subject she's inquiring about.

[conuly]

Well. I probably should've, y'know, said something. That was a bit rude.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

And this comes just (literally) minutes after I've decided to get back into support.

I'd forgotten how nasty some of them can be. Oh well.

[conuly]

Some, sure. But it's really great when you do something simple for somebody and they go overboard with THANK YOU! at the end. Or when you realize you can answer your friends' questions simply.

Although my now-pathological hatred of the phrase "hope this helps" is a bit scary. I started yelling at the damn Healing Faerie on Neopets over that....

[panda-cookie.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/news/85751.html?thread=23069943#t23100663

I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. :x

[conuly]

I'd say thanks, but I really just want to know if I was acting wrong. I know she's being bitchy.

[the-cynic.livejournal.com]

This is why I won't answer Support-y stuff anywhere but on the Boards. No sense in getting pissed off at idiots (who are EVERYwhere on LJ).

[conuly]

Yeah, I should do that, but then those poor people would be even more likely to get erroneous information.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*reads*

Sometimes you do come off rude, but in this case? She needs to unwad her panties.

Sheesh.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Also, is it me, or is there a high percentage of complete asstards in the news comments?

[pne.livejournal.com]

Yup. Even without looking.

lj_maintenance is often not much better.

I wonder whether those who post there read the comments; I'd probably go insane if I had to.

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Actually, if you're going to get to the nitty gritty of the word bitch, it wouldn't make you a dog. It'd make you Diana.

[conuly]

Eh?

[leora.livejournal.com]

No, and I commented to her.

She annoyed me.

[conuly]

Hey, that's why, contrary to my request, I am still commenting.

This may be why Those People hate me.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Actually, when I google you, your journal is the first thing to come up, followed by your info page.

[conuly]

But it didn't used to be, it used to be the breastfeeding discussion. And for a while it was a whole discussion of an autism discussion on metaquotes that I barely participated in.

[leora.livejournal.com]

The ex-admin in me is mildly annoyed by some of the followup comments though.

There are two kinds of abandoned accounts:
accounts that were used and no longer are being used
accounts with no entries, no comments posted, no comments received, and aren't being logged into

the former are safe, at least if they have any entries

the latter may one day be deleted and purged.

Some of the latter are even people who signed up for an account, didn't get around to using it, forgot their password, and changed email addresses. They'd like them to be purged so they can have their own username back. Some are accidental creations then abandoned. Brad has discussed the possibility of someday deleting these types of accounts with a system of warning people to log in if they want to keep the account.

However, currently no such system exists and they are clearly not going to be deleted. But I wish people wouldn't state permanent policy decisions so broadly that it ignores the different types of abandoned accounts.

[conuly]

*nods*

That's why I don't say "it's not going to change", just "if it did change, the FAQ would change, and we'd hear about it. Until it does change, please go read the FAQ".

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

You were being helpful; she was being an idiot.

If you let idiots get to you, then they win.

Unless you assassinate them.