As you guys know I am here pretty much all day through the week. I have Lush running as I am taking care of my work, I use it as a little "escape" if you will. I will make a few posts then head back to 'real life', then come back again.
I got to thinking one day, if you could give someone a little tip (etiquette advice) to better manouvre through our great little community what would it be?
I would suggest to the Lushers out there, if you have someone tell you that they are very busy. Chances are they are just that - very busy and don't have the time to chat with you. It would be in your best interest to leave them be...
Another one would be to not "poke" someone more than once. If they don't respond to the first "poke" there is no need for a second or third one. By then you are just pissing someone off.
So Lush in a world where we treat others on how we would like to be treated. What advice would you give to our fellow 100,000 + members out there?
Read the person's entire profile before sending a friend-request or assuming anything.
I'f you're a newbie, jump right in, but don't wear your feelings on your sleeve.
If you're not a newbie, don't be a zero-tolerance dickhead to newbies.
Good thread topic, Dude...
Definitely agree with everything that's been said above...
My bugbears are TXT SPK - I just can't stand it (of course you will know that already if you've read my profile) - of course, plenty don't mind it, I guess I'm just intolerant... (it comes with old age, hahahah)
I also don't like it when people just launch straight into sex talk, especially from people I've just accepted as friends - It's just not polite...
It's also worth bearing in mind that Lush is a great community - we make friends here and we TALK to each other - so, if you're mean or rude to someone, they will probably be telling their friends... It pays to be polite and manners cost nothing...
I also
All of the above and in addition, if you post a story and write about it in your status, I don't see the need to send an email and then an online message directly asking me if I have read your story. That is just plain awkward!
Don't try and treat this site as a dating place or for random hookups. I made this mistake when I was drunk, learned my lesson and never did, nor intend to do it again. Also along the same lines, don't force yourself upon people. Yes, it's an erotic stories community, but there's no need to assume some people are here just for filth, some just want friendly chat and this should be respected.
My biggest pet peeve is people who either dont read my profile or even worse, they do read it and ignore my requests.
And I basically agree with what has already been said, althought the text speak really doesnt bother me as long as you dont go overboard with it
Like the others, I prefer that you read my profile. I took time to fill it out for a reason. AND please don't poke me and have nothing to say.
The biggest: Please do a forum search! There are so many repetitive threads that its starting to make my skin crawl to see another "should I have a threesome/fuck or pass thread."
If you add someone as a friend, you should be willing to have a conversation with them at some point. So many times I've had people add me and then been completely ignored by them until I eventually delete them.
Just kind of respect each other I guess.
(If I don't reply to a chat request, (and I hardly ever do,) it's because I'm busy.
If I can't respond to on-line messages (or continue to respond) it's because something's come up. Just like I'm telling you! (I'd never be rude enough to just leave without an explanation...)
Don't talk to more than one person at once. Just don't.
Always respond to private messages.
When you can, thank people who comment on your stories. (I confess, depending on how much I'm working I don't always do this lately...)
Never judge people. Someone could be having a bad day, be just not in your moment or simply have more/less time than you do right now. That someone could be you! Don't take it personally! (It's never worth fighting over, yet some people do....)
xx SF
SORRY AL, I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THAT.... WHAT DID YOU SAY???
Oh, another thing...
If your status is set to 'online', then you can expect to have people IM you and I don't think it's fair to be rude to them or ignore them.
If your status is set to 'away', then you can expect the person to be busy and perhaps not want to chat, or get back to you quickly...
If you are set to 'hidden' or 'stealth' then you shouldn't expect to be getting IMs or chat requests...
Sometimes I forget to log out and I'll come back to a screenfull of IMs - I tend to try and respond to them all, even if it's just to apologise for not responding...
I would suggest that you separate the stories here from the authors. Don't assume that because someone has written a hot story, they're prepared spend their Lush time getting you (a perfect stranger) off privately.
Read a members profile. Respect it.
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