How Do You Judge Your Fellow ZUer?

A topic that has been on my mind for a while. I would like to see how we judge each other on here.

Well, how I usually go off is by age. Usually, if I see a horrible, silly, and just plain retarded post, I usually ceck the user's user's page and check his or her age. Anyone under 18 years of age is an obviously sign. Anyone over the age of 18 is either lying, mentally retarded, or both and I have little hope for them in my eyes.

The next thing I judge you guys is by post content and quality. Sure, none of our grammar and spelling are perfect (I seen to have one of the worst best grammar skills around) but if you type in all lowercase, incorrect punctuation marks, replace large words with single letters, etc., another idiot in my eyes who post hold little to no value.

After that, I check the join date. Yes, a little bias and a little shallow but I tell you why about my mindset on that. If I see a combination of my former statements and an join date after 2004, my beatiful "HOPE-O-METER" that is on my userpage when I browse ZU goes down quicker than your parent's stock trades or a whore who's about ready to give you oral. After 2004, ZU seem to have a surplus of children of the special needs kind joining here.

Yep, Snow_Storm is sure one shallow mother ****er.

I tend to judge solely based on post content and little else, because I feel those extra details are, for mundane interactions, by and large inconsequential.

I make an informed opinion about how people act.

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

Well, how I usually go off is by age. Usually, if I see a horrible, silly, and just plain retarded post, I usually ceck the user's user's page and check his or her age. Anyone under 18 years of age is an obviously sign. Anyone over the age of 18 is either lying, mentally retarded, or both and I have little hope for them in my eyes.

I wouldn't say I judge people by age, but I know younger members often have much lower quality posts. Although the opposite is also often true.

The next thing I judge you guys is by post content and quality. Sure, none of our grammar and spelling are perfect (I seen to have one of the worst best grammar skills around) but if you type in all lowercase, incorrect punctuation marks, replace large words with single letters, etc., another idiot in my eyes who post hold little to no value.

Agreed. I can't spell for the life of me (although bing on here has helped me improve), however I a least do my best to spell, or use synonyms. And I never tak like dis less im tryin 2 mak a point.

After that, I check the join date. Yes, a little bias and a little shallow but I tell you why about my mindset on that. If I see a combination of my former statements and an join date after 2004, my beatiful "HOPE-O-METER" that is on my userpage when I browse ZU goes down quicker than your parent's stock trades or a whore who's about ready to give you oral. After 2004, ZU seem to have a surplus of children of the special needs kind joining here.

I can't say I go as far back as 2004, but join date isn' always a good one unless it's very recnt. I for example joined Oct. 2006, however my first post, or even viewing of the forums, wasn't until Jan 2008. So join dates can be misleading.

As sea said, I go mostly by post content. Grammar, how well it's thought out, is it relevant, is it mature, do they follow the rules. Some posts are also more important than others. Intro posts may be early, but I find give a good base of people's personalities. I've seen some really good ones recently, and some really bad ones, but of course, epople can change quickly. SD vs GCC posts also hold different weight for me. Of course GCC is goi to be a little more light hearted, but if a member can't make the transition to being more serious, it doesn't look good on them.

Finally, I tend to judge people by how they respond to criticism, which personaly, usualy comes in the form of a warning/infraction. Some members will take it to heart, other will reply whining that they didn't deserve it, or other people are doing the same thing.

I dunno, most everybody here has said something dumb at one point. There's only one person I want to kick in the throat here and they post rarely.

If they're posting here, I don't like them. That's generally my mindset. There are a couple of exceptions, though.

I judge people based on their grammar especially. Perhaps you don't know, but I'm very annoyed when I see grammatical errors. Of course, I also do some errors, for English is not my native language, but when I see that my fellow Hungarians do such things like "thnx" and so on, I could kill. Also, I judge them based on how they react when you - for example - tell them, because you want to help them, that they did something wrong. Some guys around make such a drama at this kind of case, it's awful. :<

I judge on their posts' quality. Also, If i nkow them, I judge on how friendly they are.

I judge based on a combination of grammar, post content, and attitude.

As Mattocks said, a join date can mean nothing. I've been around here for years but I only joined and started posting this year. I did have an old account, but I've long since lost the password and the email doesn't exist anymore. There are some newer members I've seen who joined in 2009 who have quite intelligent posts and are all-around pleasant people. Judging by a join date is shallow indeed, but at least you factor other things into the account.

Back to what I was saying: attitude. Everyone is guilty of generalizing at one point or another, (including myself) but I have seen some members who constantly generalize about people and ideas. These people aren't even open to viewing other points of view and will look down on a person/group without remorse. I generally stay away from these people and avoid responding to their posts. Sure, it could turn into a long heated debate that goes nowhere except to increase my post count, but the debate would be stressful and it would just make both parties aggravated.

What I mean by post content is that there are people who irrelevantly make short posts in a thread that don't even contribute. I don't like that. To me, it seems like they're just trying to raise their post count. Unless it's the clan forums, you should never see a one sentence post saying "Go away I don't like this thread". I see this a lot and the posts don' even get deleted. I judge these people as generally immature or arrogant and I try to avoid them as well.

I can get along with anyone who is willing to get along with me. To sum it up, I judge based on maturity and the amount of thought you put into your posts.

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Maturity
Optimisim
Humor
Lack of "wall of texts"


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Immaturity
Stupid humor
Being a giant *******
Bad post composition
Reminding me you're gay/atheist/hate republicans in every single goddamn post.

Originally Posted by Notsil

Reminding me you're gay/atheist/hate republicans in every single goddamn post.

I have to agree with this one, it grows tiring after awhile.

Originally Posted by Notsil

Reminding me you're gay/atheist/hate republicans in every single goddamn post.

Dear Notsil,

Please stop reading my thoughts before I have of them.

Sincerely yours,
The Great Panda

I'm not particularly judgmental.

I mean, I won't say that there's some people I don't think less of, but since in the past I've actually become friendly with people I used to have a less-than-stellar view of...yeah.

I judge people by their attitude, and post quality.
I pay attention to how people treat other people, because while this IS the interweb, we're all human beings behind our keyboards. even if you swear you don't treat people badly in real life, it's a sign of your inner character for you to allow that dark side come out.

Post quality is important to me too. I don't mind grammar or spelling errors to a point, as long as you can get your idea across and contribute to the discussion.

I like to try observe a person's posting over time before I judge.

I mostly judge people if they use text talk. Dear God I loathe people who use it, they can at least try to use good grammar. (I suck at grammar but try)

I pay attention to the post quality and grammar. I'm not so picky on spelling since some people aren't the best at it, but if your grammar is just plain awful, I'll facepalm. If I see run-on sentences, I won't be happy. D:

Text talk is also a big issue for me. I admit sometimes I use it while I text, but it's rarely and when I'm feeling lazy. What's so difficult about writing "you" instead of "u"? It annoys me sometimes.

I go by different things really, but usually post content is the place to start. If I see someone with two or three post but their post are well thought out, typed correctly, ect, then I'll keep going to see if there's anything else wrong, which usually there isn't. I try not to go by age much because it can be rather deceiving sometimes. I've met fifteen year olds who are twice as mature as some of the adults I've met. Same goes for join dates, they can be deceiving too, with all the inactives we have. I've seen a few recent post actually where the member only had twenty or so post and joined in 03' or 04'.

I don't really care about people's grammar when they post. We're all human beings, and not all of us constantly have the energy to keep it up. Some just don't give a crap, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'll avoid take them seriously.

I mostly look at what a member says, time after time, and how they say it. That's pretty much it. Postcounts, join dates, and grammar, do not earn you respect in my book. Your personality does. That is all.

I think some people can have an unhealthy obsession with grammar. I have met some that would constantly look to correct my grammar, punctuation, or spelling, and act all 'elite' with me. Poor character in my eyes. Not to point fingers here, but just saying I don't like that kind of attitude. It's elitist.

I can type and write, but I don't really care how others type.

In fact, whatever elitist attitude I held on ZU - or in general - has pretty much faded away. I see everyone here as equal - admin or new member. It's another human being, on a forum. That's all there is to it, except friendship and love that is.

I normally don't judge.
But I do judge sometimes.

I judge in peoples posts.
If the post is a negative thought, I judge.
But I usually read a bunch of their posts to get a general idea of what they might be like.

And that's just me.

Grammar and attitude are big for me. And, if a post is just ridiculously stupid, I usually check that person's age. If they're under 12, I usually just ignore it, whereas if the person is older than that, I usually find myself asking them what the hell they were thinking.
Judge seems to be a bit of a harsh word, but i guess it's the correct one.