A few questions I need to ask the community.

Hi, I need to ask a few questions to the community:

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1. Am I a person?
2. Do I hate everyone here?
3. What is my forums name?
4. How old am I really?
5. Can I be a staff member?

Please reply with the best answers possible though these questions really won't matter anyway.

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Asking questions such as these is becoming very popular, but what exactly makes them applicable to knowing the truth about yourself? Asking questions such as "Am I well-known to the community?", "Am I mature?", or even "Am I worthy of becoming a staff member?" is sort of like asking questions such as the ones I have listed, but is also partially things that does not matter at all and finally is not necessary to post.

They are like the questions I have listed because think of it. Let's say that I hypothetically ask a girl if my eye color was blue. It wouldn't be normal, but more so an aberration, in other words going against the norm. What difference would asking her "Am I well known?" make? It wouldn't necessarily bring in the mood you would expect when you ask her, but rather will bring in a moment of awkwardness and such. Same with asking the questions "Am I hated?" or "Am I your friend?". With that said, does it bring awkwardness to the people in the community? Of course it does, why wouldn't it? If you notice some people tend to be like "I don't necessarily see you around, so it's hard to say". In other words, since that person is saying that its hard to say since they don't see that person around, it seems awkward to them that they are even asking the question because the person doesn't ever talk to them, thus doesn't know their flaws very well.

Furthermore, questions such as "Am I well-known?" or "Am I hated here?" doesn't matter at all, and here is why. If you were to ask yourself the questions "Do I really need to be well-known on this server? Does popularity really matter in life?" you would think no. The truth is you don't have to be popular or well-known to be a successful person in this community, the same applies to real life. You don't need to be a well-known member or even a popular member to make friends, as that more-so requires social skills and you don't even need to be well-known to be in a position such as a staff member, builder, or even apply for the position, though you cannot really apply for builder. It's also important to know that you are not the negativity you think you are, for instance you may think that you are being hated on, but that isn't exactly true.

In Continuation, like mentioned above, you don't need to ask questions such as "Am I worthwhile being a staff member?". I don't think I can list any staff member who said that before being accepted. The staff who got accepted actually hardly asked any questions about their application, but rather stuck to what orders were given and relied on the replies of the application filled with constructive criticism to better their application and better-yet their behaviors, if they had any behavior problems. Just know that people don't keep secrets when it comes time to assess your past mistakes and your present flaws and wish for you to fix them for the future. Same goes for constructive criticism.

To conclude, it isn't a bad thing to ask questions to the community, after-all that's what the help section is for. However, it's important to understand where the limit starts and ends. Let's just compare this to a line segment. Say we have this line here:

The center (M) represents where the balance should take place, the right (B) represents when it gets a little too awkward and the left (A) represents when it is too unnecessary. We want it to be plotted exactly on the center line, which is M. However, since we decide to go a little more into the center of M and B, our questions being asked get answered a little too awkwardly. If we were to plot our questions in the middle of A and M, then the answer would be a little bland. In the end, we want our points plotted right at M, as then the answer would neither be Bland nor awkward, but would rather be the mood we are looking for in people.

 

1. Yes
2. No
3. NoahMC
4. 13
5. Thats not for me to decide, but rather administration.

 

1. No
2. Yes
3. SandPie_PenJuan
4. 69
5. Yes.