Rookery: Not Quite Friday

Originally Posted by YellowjacketX

...mother

*crumples to the mat once again*

Originally Posted by Moderator 08

The Rookery is not a violation of Rule #5.

The rookery threads do serve a constructive purpose, and a specifically virtue related purpose at that. They promote socialization within a specific subset of virtue players who desire social interaction of a certain type. While this sort of interaction might not be interesting to those who do not participate, as long as they limit themselves to one single thread per day (which they do in most cases, although occasional confusion or extenuating circumstance arises)There is no issue with them posting in this manner.

As to some of you who contend that the rookery threads push other topics off the front page, that is not due to the prevalence of the rookery threads since they only post one thread daily. If you have your thread view count set at 10, if there are 9 non rookery threads active (that day) they should comprise the other 9 active threads. The fact that there are not active conversations going on is the only thing that allows the rookery to monopolize (so to speak) the active thread real estate.

If you want other active conversations, please start them and participate in them. I personally think that it would be good for the server community to have a greater variety of types of discussion to participate in, however it has to come from the server population. If people are not posting these sorts of threads or participating in them, then they will not find threads to read that meet their interests either.

I personally do not find the rookery threads particularly engaging or interesting, however I respect the rights of all our players to play as they see fit including those who participate in the rookery. Limiting the rookery participants to one thread goes against their stated goals and intent. I highly encourage you all if your desire is to spark more conversation, and suggest you who are interested start a series of conversations you feel reflect your interests and the interests of those like minded.

Why is the rookery genuinely irritating a number of people? I have to read the rookery threads often, and I can overlook them the rest of the time. People who don't have to read the threads go in there and look for reasons to start trouble. It is easy to ignore, so why do people find it bothersome? Simply do not click on any of the rookery threads since they are clearly labeled.


If in the future the situation changes, and there is perceivable harm to the posting community, or if the rookery posters act in a manner that is in actual violation of the forum rules then their posting privileges will be reviewed. Forum rules interpretations do change over time, and at some point in the future this may change. Until then it is highly inappropriate to continue to harass other players for playing a game the way they choose.

Originally Posted by NekoAli

He was a cute little wiener dog, and tasty on a bun with saurkraut.