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> Meanwhile pissing off everyone who knows them with the Candy Crush "I want to get a level unlock" Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help

by kartan 11y ago

> Meanwhile pissing off everyone who knows them with the Candy Crush "I want to get a level unlock" Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? I used to play MMORPGs and stayed connected - without playing - just to help people in my clan with questions on quests and similar things, as I knew quite a lot about the games. It was time consuming, but it felt rewarding to help other people. What makes so specially bad the Facebook requests?

chc 11y ago
You obviously found playing MMORPGs fun or interesting, even if you grew tired of it. On top of that, you were voluntarily opening yourself up to these requests. Random mobile-game Facebook spam is different, because it's unwelcome and they're asking you to do something you never wanted to do. If these people had instead been constantly coming by your house uninvited asking you to contort yourself into painful positions for their amusement, you'd probably have been less welcoming towards it.
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anexprogrammer 11y ago
> Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? If the messages were going to the Candy Crush community i couldn't care less, as they'd at least then be pushing the messages to people interested in that game. Of course that would completely destroy a community with the volume they push. I'd not mind an ask from guild or MMO community to help out, or even talk about build advice or whatever - if it's a game I played, and I'm in the community I care at least a bit. Asking for help in WoW when I'm in Lotro or vice versa isn't anything other than spam. It's the same as auto-ding plugins - they're damn annoying unless you're 11. I don't care that you level++, please don't tell me. I'm sure most the players don't realise how spammy it is, and often there's a pattern in the UX to heavily encourage the FB push by default/mistake, or get extra gems for sharing.

by kartan 11y ago

chc 11y ago

You obviously found playing MMORPGs fun or interesting, even if you grew tired of it. On top of that, you were voluntarily opening yourself up to these requests. Random mobile-game Facebook spam is different, because it's unwelcome and they're asking you to do something you never wanted to do. If these people had instead been constantly coming by your house uninvited asking you to contort yourself into painful positions for their amusement, you'd probably have been less welcoming towards it.

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anexprogrammer 11y ago

> Why do you get piss off when a friend is asking you for help in a game they like? If the messages were going to the Candy Crush community i couldn't care less, as they'd at least then be pushing the messages to people interested in that game. Of course that would completely destroy a community with the volume they push. I'd not mind an ask from guild or MMO community to help out, or even talk about build advice or whatever - if it's a game I played, and I'm in the community I care at least a bit. Asking for help in WoW when I'm in Lotro or vice versa isn't anything other than spam. It's the same as auto-ding plugins - they're damn annoying unless you're 11. I don't care that you level++, please don't tell me. I'm sure most the players don't realise how spammy it is, and often there's a pattern in the UX to heavily encourage the FB push by default/mistake, or get extra gems for sharing.