no matter how polite you think you word something, the person on the other end might not agree. your tone might not come across as polite, either. the person on the other end is a stranger to you- you don't know them, they don't know you, and you also don't know what their interpretations of confrontation are. a random player coming into your dms to ask why you chose to do something with your own dragon is a tenuous situation at best, and is a grey area for whether or not it toes the line on FR's own Dragon Ownership policy. the person on the other end may see it as you attempting to put a foot in the door to dictate how another player plays the game with their dragon. unless you know that person, and they know you well enough to understand you aren't coming in hot when you ask about why they wrote that bio, you are risking breaking rules yourself. i'm not saying you can't talk things out - you do you - but it's not smart unless you can guarantee that person on the other side will accept your message happily and not interpret it as poor taste or malice.
it's also not your job to determine whether or not someone else's lore is rule breaking, which is the only time where i said in my post you should report. staff has repeatedly - for many circumstances related to harassment and beyond - stated they prefer that if another player has done something you don't like, you should not interact, and instead report it if it's concerning to you.
tl;dr: if it's something you don't like but isn't rulebreaking, don't get involved at risk of potentially breaking rules yourself. if it's something rulebreaking, report it.
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Re: SMR Lore Salt
(Anonymous) 2024-12-19 01:49 am (UTC)(link)no matter how polite you think you word something, the person on the other end might not agree. your tone might not come across as polite, either. the person on the other end is a stranger to you- you don't know them, they don't know you, and you also don't know what their interpretations of confrontation are. a random player coming into your dms to ask why you chose to do something with your own dragon is a tenuous situation at best, and is a grey area for whether or not it toes the line on FR's own Dragon Ownership policy. the person on the other end may see it as you attempting to put a foot in the door to dictate how another player plays the game with their dragon. unless you know that person, and they know you well enough to understand you aren't coming in hot when you ask about why they wrote that bio, you are risking breaking rules yourself. i'm not saying you can't talk things out - you do you - but it's not smart unless you can guarantee that person on the other side will accept your message happily and not interpret it as poor taste or malice.
it's also not your job to determine whether or not someone else's lore is rule breaking, which is the only time where i said in my post you should report. staff has repeatedly - for many circumstances related to harassment and beyond - stated they prefer that if another player has done something you don't like, you should not interact, and instead report it if it's concerning to you.
tl;dr: if it's something you don't like but isn't rulebreaking, don't get involved at risk of potentially breaking rules yourself. if it's something rulebreaking, report it.