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I'm just wondering in a general question. I see people are always coming up with new threads about RL decisions...Would you trust the people on the NS forum?

This forum is just mental masterbation and any application to reality may result in blindness or hairy palms.

The reason people talk a lot about sensitive RL matters here is that no one here can hurt them.

Anyways, the answer is that the vast majority of people on here I don't know well enough to trust or distrust particularly. And the ones who I have talked to enough to get an impression of understanding them...well, I still don't really know them as people.

So there we go.

Trusting people from a position of anonymity isn't too hard.

I guess the trust comes when the Mods ask you to meet up in NY with Random Strangers...

internet folk are generally nice people really, doubly so on this small forum where ass hats would be quickly driven out

I guess the trust comes when the Mods ask you to meet up in NY with Random Strangers...

large mobs tend to be friendly if your a member :)

I guess the trust comes when the Mods ask you to meet up in NY with Random Strangers...

It's not an official "we, the mods, ask you to meet up in NY."
There's a history of NS meet-ups from all over the world. It just happens that Erastide, who has been to a few of them, is a moderator, and has suggested one for New York.

Those who wish to take the risk and come, can.
Those who feel it's too risky and prefer not to come, that's fine too.
Those whose parents (rightfully) would object on the grounds that they are too young to hang out with strangers who are much older ought to consider why their parents think it's a bad idea.

No, I don't trust them at all.

They all say they are 19-year old Scandinavian gorgeous blondes with big boobies, but reality is showing something slightly different.

SNIP

surely this is all part of the mod conspiracy to tag us for future study ;)

They all say they are 19-year old Scandinavian gorgeous blondes with big boobies, but reality is showing something slightly different.

however when a guy claims to be a complete loser (this is the internet) I tend to believe them...if I'm wrong it doesn't really matter

It's not an official "we, the mods, ask you to meet up in NY."
There's a history of NS meet-ups from all over the world. It just happens that Erastide, who has been to a few of them, is a moderator, and has suggested one for New York.

Those who wish to take the risk and come, can.
Those who feel it's too risky and prefer not to come, that's fine too.
Those whose parents (rightfully) would object on the grounds that they are too young to hang out with strangers who are much older ought to consider why their parents think it's a bad idea.

No need to get so defensive, just a joke

Would you trust the people on the NS forum?

Many of them, yes--at least at the minimum, to give me honest advice founded in their knowledge and experience.

I certainly wouldn't speak of my personal life without the shield of anonymity, though.

I'm just wondering in a general question. I see people are always coming up with new threads about RL decisions...Would you trust the people on the NS forum?

Go back to bed, and try to wake up again. I can't believe you asked that.

surely this is all part of the mod conspiracy to tag us for future study ;)



however when a guy claims to be a complete loser (this is the internet) I tend to believe them...if I'm wrong it doesn't really matter


You can 'play' being a loser, no?

And I think it still matters. Suppose, one guy is 'playing' he's the biggest miserable loser since the start of mankind. And he's doing this very well for months. Maybe you or other people start to have some pity or other feelings. He's in your head when you're off the channel. When later turns out that the loser is a happy, rich, healthy and wise man then you'll be mad. He betrayed your feelings!

Why should losers have privileges above young gorgeous Scandinavian girls with big boobies anyway? Why should we trust them more?

No need to get so defensive, just a joke

:rolleyes:

That's not defensive. "OMG IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE RAPISTS, YOU MORON, HOW OLD ARE YOU, TWELVE?" would be defensive.

Not a chance. Maybe if I were to get to actually know someone I'd trust them. As it stands I can count on one hand the total number of people on NSG with whom I've trusted my first name and that includes my wife.

The problem, of course, is Internet anonymity. You can't really know who that person is on the other end.

Not a chance. Maybe if I were to get to actually know someone I'd trust them. As it stands I can count on one hand the total number of people on NSG with whom I've trusted my first name and that includes my wife.

The problem, of course, is Internet anonymity. You can't really know who that person is on the other end.

You can keep up an appearance for a short while, but sooner or later your real self shines through.
I wouldn't trust any of you to store a large amount of cash for me, but if there was a meeting in a convenient location, I would probably go. Meeting a large group of people in a public place is not so scary (and actually quite fun).

You can keep up an appearance for a short while, but sooner or later your real self shines through.
I wouldn't trust any of you to store a large amount of cash for me, but if there was a meeting in a convenient location, I would probably go. Meeting a large group of people in a public place is not so scary (and actually quite fun).

If there were an NSG meetup in my area I'd probably go, since usually the people you would need to be careful around aren't the same ones who attend such events.

You wouldn't get my credit card details, but I might tell you something I wouldn't tell a complete stranger.

I'm just wondering in a general question. I see people are always coming up with new threads about RL decisions...Would you trust the people on the NS forum?

Would you trust the answer to that?

There's a paradox lurking around here somewhere.

The problem, of course, is Internet anonymity. You can't really know who that person is on the other end.

thats why god invented the MSN links thingies on our profiles :)

You wouldn't get my credit card details, but I might tell you something I wouldn't tell a complete stranger.

...you would tell a complete stranger our credit card details?!

thats why god invented the MSN links thingies on our profiles :)


Bah nobody ever messages me :(

No, I don't trust them at all.

They all say they are 19-year old Scandinavian gorgeous blondes with big boobies, but reality is showing something slightly different.

:rolleyes:

I'm just wondering in a general question. I see people are always coming up with new threads about RL decisions...Would you trust the people on the NS forum?

on average, I'd trust people from NS as far as I could throw them... overhand... with my left hand... up hill... against hurricane winds... and measuring where they stop moving... while they were tied to 20 lb weights.


of course, I did say that was the average... :D

:rolleyes:

Well I'm there was atleast one person who may of met the specification? ...In the Hairless Kittens mental image of us all atleast.

Bah nobody ever messages me :(

I can poke you from a distance?

As far as I can throw you.

>_>

<_<

0_0

Enough to say that your deaths will be quick and painless once I take over the world. ;)

Well I'm there was atleast one person who may of met the specification? ...In the Hairless Kittens mental image of us all atleast.

Yeah, which, I guess, doesn't amount to much, in HK's or our minds.;)

I guess the trust comes when the Mods ask you to meet up in NY with Random Strangers...

...never to be seen again. The Mods are running an organ harvesting racket.

...never to be seen again. The Mods are running an organ harvesting racket.

And I heard HK is at the top of their list.:eek:

Don't come. We don't want you. Too... puny.

;)

I don't trust people I don't know.

I don't trust people I don't know.

There's a little adage they taught in the infantry:

"Have a plan to kill everyone you meet"

Not that you actually kill everyone you meet, but you have to be prepared to do it, in the event that they turn out to be quite unfriendly.

I can poke you from a distance?

If you're gonna poke me you'd better buy me dinner first, at least.

I'm just wondering in a general question. I see people are always coming up with new threads about RL decisions...Would you trust the people on the NS forum?

There are posters here whose judgment I believe is incredibly sound, and trustworthy. You have to know your sources. I mean, LG suggesting I do something versus say Alien Born suggesting that I do something as an example. LG has sound reasoning, but said reasoning is based on being a clown who has a love affair with nudity and mud. Because I know that, I can filter his advice :D

When you've been here a while, and debated with others rigorously, you start to see who you tend to agree with, who actually thinks things out, and who is just a raving lunatic with a very thin grasp of reality.

So yes. Some people on NS I would trust very much, in terms of giving me advice...not in terms of just doing whatever they suggest. That's just stupid, in real life or online.

About as far as i can throw it...

hmmm i trust the people of NSG to not look up the little bits of info about myself that i have given out over the years and use it to find my house on google earth so they can come kill me in my sleep.

no other trust is required.

hmmm i trust the people of NSG to not look up the little bits of info about myself that i have given out over the years and use it to find my house on google earth so they can come kill me in my sleep.

no other trust is required.

:sniper: *prepares*

hmmm i trust the people of NSG to not look up the little bits of info about myself that i have given out over the years and use it to find my house on google earth so they can come kill me in my sleep.

no other trust is required.

WAIT! You din't want us to find your house...

QUICK! Cancel the parade!

I trust them (or some of them) to respond with wisdom and/or humour, though I'm not really one to reveal lots of personal information with which they could reply to. I probably wouldn't go to a RL meet up as I've never had the impression of a long-lasting connection with someone I've known online.

I would trust you guys 'till the end of the world. *Hugs everyone*

Oh, and I think the Earth is flat. :D

*stretches out arms to a moderate distance*

That much.

Trust the community? Or trust individual members?

I lurked here for a good while before making my own account, watching my room mate enjoy a certain brand of distant fondness for her fellow forum members, delighting in debate with not-quite-strangers and the general public.

I wonder if trust in the individual sense is equated with simple familiarity--Would you meet in a public place with Alien Born, even if you disagree with his politics? (Poor guy. I wonder if he gets tired of being held up as a marker for the extreme any context.)

As far as trust of the community, forgive me, but I'd trust this forum over the others I frequent. The legion here is a little less extreme, and a little more intellectual, and I wouldn't hesitate to attend a gathering that at least began in a public place, especially if I was with a friend.

"Trust", what is this "trust" you keep referring to?

Unless it's an article written by an informed expert, I don't really trust anything I see on the other side of a computer screen. Of course, I don't trust anyone I know in real life either, so I might not be the best judge of these things.

I wonder if trust in the individual sense is equated with simple familiarity--Would you meet in a public place with Alien Born, even if you disagree with his politics? (Poor guy. I wonder if he gets tired of being held up as a marker for the extreme any context.)


Given that I live in Brazil, I guess most people would like the opportunity to meet me in a public place.

And no I don't care about being held up as an extreme, just a little puzzled as I am not particularly extreme, however you are entitled to your opinions of me, based on what I have posted or on what others have said, or just plucked out of thin air if you should so desire.

As to trusting this community - I trust it as much as I trust any other community - which is not at all. I trust individuals, those who have not proven themselves to be unworthy of trust. Yes that means I start from a position of giving the benefit of the doubt, but betray my trust once and you never get another chance.

I wonder if trust in the individual sense is equated with simple familiarity--Would you meet in a public place with Alien Born, even if you disagree with his politics? (Poor guy. I wonder if he gets tired of being held up as a marker for the extreme any context.)


he doesnt have google earth does he!?

As to trusting this community - I trust it as much as I trust any other community - which is not at all. I trust individuals, those who have not proven themselves to be unworthy of trust. Yes that means I start from a position of giving the benefit of the doubt, but betray my trust once and you never get another chance.

Ditto.

And I lay claim to using AB as an example of some sort of poster. So hands off you upstart Unified Prosperity!

Ditto.

And I lay claim to using AB as an example of some sort of poster. So hands off you upstart Unified Prosperity!

Hands - what hands? I didn't feel any hands.

Hands - what hands? I didn't feel any hands.

I cut them off at the wrist.

I have met someone from here. Actually, I sort of set him up chatting with my RL friend before he moved here for school, and they've been together for 3 or so years now.

However, we were in a region doing a lot of off-site political RPs, and when you're witha group of people for a year or two, it's really hard NOT to trust them.

Relationships form when personal disclosures are made. So the more you chat it up, the more you will naturally trust people.

I trust the people on here to a limited degree. I mean if someone wanted to meet me at a coffee shop from here that was local I would go to it ^^;

I'd trust on an individual basis, as has been mentioned by several other posters. Be that as it may, I probably wouldn't trust past recommendations for food or something, I haven't been around long enough.

:rolleyes:

That's not defensive. "OMG IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE RAPISTS, YOU MORON, HOW OLD ARE YOU, TWELVE?" would be defensive.

Jeez, don't get so defensive about being defensive.

We have to take every NS nation at their NS word. That they are who they say they are. That they are as they say they are.

In the General, International & NS forums.

That said, we can still beleive anything is possible.

As President Ronald Reagan would say, "trust but verify".

The only problem is, in this case we can NS trust but we cant NS verify.

NS is why we can discuss, argue, debate, share and RP our different views with each other.

MJA

Jeez, don't get so defensive about being defensive.

*spanks Dinaverg*