Saturday Night Social: Overshare Free Edition!
So it’s time once again for our Saturday Night Social. But apparently there have been some issues coming up in the open threads that need addressing. So let’s go over a few things, shall we?
The open thread is meant to be a social thread wherein commenters can shoot the shit on a Saturday evening. It is supposed to be fun and silly. It is not meant to be a TMI free-for-all: we’ve addressed this on the site before, but apparently there are commenters taking advantage of the open threads and using them as a means to spill extremely personal details. A good rule of thumb is this: if you don’t want the entire world to know about it, you shouldn’t post it on a public forum. For the truly personal, it’s probably best to move conversations to PMs or to a Meebo room. Silly stories, recipes, movie clips, songs, basic Saturday night whatever conversation: ok. Body snarking, racist remarks, TMI to the point of uncomfortableness, personal soapboxes: not okay.