Comments on: Mods: To See Or Not To See

By: backarch

backarch — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:03:51 +0000

one of my biggest concerns is fragility. there are alot of us women out there, and some men too, that are socially awkward in real life. and for many reasons, from shyness to outright abuse. social networks, like home, are our only venue. our way of trying to find our way back into the social stream. sometimes our ONLY alternative. what bothers me is the lack of policing and the price you can pay for reporting. a report system is fine, but for some fragile mental states, the lack of help AT the moment is frustrating. so you report. the creep STILL keeps going. now, trying to gain a foot hold in interacting with people, your faced with run or fight. run and it just adds to your fragile state. fight, and you could get suspended yourself. just for trying to defend yourself. its kind of like calling the police AFTER the assault. the damage is done, even IF the perp gets in trouble for it, he’s already done damage. it all seems like guy thinking. try being a woman who’s been ‘assaulted’, and see if the way its going holds water. from clothing to the brimstone dancers, home is male oriented. it seems like something is ‘tossed’ in for women as an after thought. ive mentioned male dancers for us, which would be fun. this is not guy bashing, its just name the last time a woman has noob assaulted someone. probably, but rare. and even then, probably was a guy dressed up. yes, home is free, but its a product they’ve put out. the social issue of ‘family’ entertainment on home has gone out the window years ago, what with the big bust clothing, to kicking heads off people in the square, know what i mean? i dont know where an answer lies, but its out there…..somewhere.

By: backarch

backarch — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:03:20 +0000

red heads burn in the summer, its burgundy then. EVE is an online game, a spin off is coming to ps. dust 154 (or something like that. lool)

By: Mnemonth

Mnemonth — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:52:21 +0000

hey where is ur red hair lol jk and what is eve?

By: backarch

backarch — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:20:15 +0000

and yeah, what the heck is that? i HATE spawning at the mall. one alternative is while at a place you like with a freind, get them to send your account an invite when your off. then when you want to come on, click on that invite, it will take you there or at least your studio, which can be a good thing. WOO HOO!!!

By: backarch

backarch — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:16:58 +0000

i know EXACTLY what you mean, hun. a few years ago my kids got me to try out EVE online. i got on, made an avatar, an dived in. the very first place i got to was a mall. people everywhere. sweeet. walked ten feet and bang, someone killed me. wth!! they stood there laughing. so i tried again. same result, with someone else. now it may look defeatist to most, but i figured if they can do THAT to a noobie immediatly, then no thank you bob. never went back. and i know of three friends that have given up almost after two days of abuse. a notable mod would be wonderful. even if thier there and we dont know who, that only works to control us, the ones who know. a jerk gamer that comes on home to mess around doesnt know so doesnt care.

By: deuce_for2

deuce_for2 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:51:37 +0000

As long as they keep spawning us in the same place, I want to post a sign right in front of that spot that reads -- “Making someone feel bad is weak. Making someone feel good is honorable. Which are you going to do today?”

By: Jayson619

Jayson619 — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:20:10 +0000

When all else fails, there’s always a trip available to be made to Asia PlayStation Home for a peaceful relaxation!

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:53:26 +0000

I too wish that could be possible KrazyFace, but I doubt it ever will be. The problem that arises from that idea is that the chances of a mod being in that instance of, say the Hub, right when that particular new person was abused are very slim. Even if they all came into Home everyday during their shifts, your chances of running into one would not be all that good.
Like I said, we are the ones who have the power here to change things. If you ever see an abuse like that report it, even if it doesn’t happen to you. Or go and stand up for the person and distract the offender to you, who can handle it better, and still keep their cool. Then when they abuse you, report it. This is how we will not only show the new person there are good people in Home who care,and perhaps keep a new user, but it will also show the abuser that we won’t tolerate this kind of malice anymore. If we all did this it would shut quite a few of them up I think.
The best way to handle trolls is to act as though they aren’t there and hit the ignore button. But when it isn’t possible, report.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:51:45 +0000

Yeah DaMiGiSan, made me think of Starwars lol.

I can understand your sentiment Burbie, we’re not a buncha kids that need a sitter to break up the fights, but at the same time wouldn’t having just some kind of presence for a deterrant be only a good thing? I mean, I’ve met people who’ve told me they’ve gone into Home for the first time and just happened to be picked on by some random troll, and after said encounter, left and never come back. Now, if a Mod was present at that time and put the troll off, Home would still have that user and potential customer.

I know that’s an extreme case, but I’ve heard of it happening more than once. There are some fragile egos out there, and all it takes is one nasty encounter to put them off for life. Personaly, I’ve only ever seen one Mod in all the years I’ve used Home and she didn’t seem very friendly or approachable either. I guess what I’m trying to say is; It would be nice to just see some kind of help availible, rather than feeling completetly open to attack with just a report button for protection that gives little to no feed-back.

By: DaMiGiSan

DaMiGiSan — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:56:03 +0000

“These aren’t the MODS you’re looking for”, I couldn’t help but laugh when I read that.