Here are the posts I was referring to when I said I don't like them.
I will always hate self-meta posting. I also dislike that sort of coy dodging of the question for the first post.
In post 1419, Something_Smart wrote:
no
there is way too much discussion that is orthogonal to anything I want to talk about.
Sometimes.
Dodging questions (although admittedly the last part isn't a huge deal to me. Dodging questions about meta aren't AI)
In post 1428, Something_Smart wrote:
I mean, if I knew, I'd be talking about it :/
The meta discussions are alienating. People seem to be by and large going with the flow and not really doing anything that stands out. And like I'm sure there IS readable content in there but I don't have the skill nor the patience to extract it.
Not a big deal, but I'm just going down Cakez's list here.
I hate this. Snarky and unhelpful posts are a sign of scum in a lot of situations I've found.
This. Just... no. Absolutely not. Even if what's going on around you is complete bunk and not remotely helpful, you can still contribute. This is a sign of a scum that is looking for any excuse they have to avoid the game.
See above. Even if your reads are trash, you make them so that you have
some
footing. (and also so that you can eventually get better at the game). If you're not going to do anything yourself, why would you bother playing?
But this is someone who's played as long as I have, so I doubt the sincerity of this decently.
In post 1527, Something_Smart wrote:
Ideally no. I just need to find something to engage with.
If there's anything you want to hear my opinion on, I'll definitely try to see what I can come up with (though I can't guarantee it won't be "that's NAI").
This was posted 1500 posts in. There was more than enough to engage with.