Big text dump of thoughts and reflections.
Howdy, all. I think a good majority of regulars know exactly who I am so there is no need to write a cinematic introduction.
What I am writing about, however, is the name I have [unfortunately] made for myself in the past few months. Whenever someone mentions the name “Space Stranger”, generally the first two thoughts are the “guy with the Woody avatar” and “the ****poster”. The latter of which I am not very proud of as of late.
I have just returned from my second ban on SmashBoards which allowed me to reflect on my actions while using other websites. For the past two weeks, I’ve been hanging out on KYM just doing what I do best: posting memes, talking about television shows/video games, and, of course, ****posting. I noticed that KYM has a specific sub-section reserved solely for the practice which allowed me to resume my care-free posting habits from before. Ironically, this time spent away from SmashBoards gave the ability to lurk from behind the scenes to understand why I’ve received a numerous amount of infractions. Occasionally, I would check back here to look up new posts in my toy and Disney threads, look for PMs that were sent, and general lurking.
The latest thread lock opened my eyes to the moderation’s frustration with the thread’s antics. Reading Hylian’s post, I realized that I’m definitely one of members to blame for the declining drop in post quality. I read my older posts where I provoked the moderation with reaction images, deliberately started ****posting out of boredom, and whined over the rule change in 4.0.
Why am I writing all of this? My second ban gave me the opportunity to see that I completely sullied my reputation as a result of my habits. It’s not very fun to play the bad guy if you eventually feel bad about the actions you’ve made.
As a result of the recent events that have transpired, I’m going to go on a self-exile from all social threads. I know that it’s not necessary but I think it would be rather inappropriate to rejoin regular conversation without atoning for my actions.
While I’m definitely not leaving the site (I’ll be haunting my Disney thread and the Pool Room for example), I don’t think a lot of remaining regulars have the same amount of respect for me in light of the recent lock. Even though I’m not the only one to blame, I’m definitely a major catalyst to the problem.
Thanks for everything, guys. I’m sad that I decided to leave on such a sour note but I don’t want to further jeopardize the longevity of this thread.