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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  Yes, I get what you are saying. I really do. But, once you sign up, that IS the commitment and you are obligated to follow through according to the rules. I think the rules even state that. Yes, I have had buddies in the past that didn't do hint threads, and didn't get into it like everyone else did and appeared absent, but they didn't do anything to not follow the rules. That didn't necessarily cheat me out of anything, I just posted clues to lead someone else on and it was quite fun. Sometimes, newbies are just that "new" and the first time is unfamiliar, or sometimes my buddy may have a real life. I just don't know. I think sometimes that's where the GE gets a bad rap, is by someone getting their feeling hurt because they had higher expectations than their buddy provided even thought the rules were followed. I just think we need to be careful about judging someone who didn't do anything wrong. Now, if a rule was broken, yeah, feelings get hurt, and we all do our best to make sure that person feels loved like they should and admin deals with the rule breaker. |
to be quite honest I am not big on the hint stuff myself and don't expect it in return, but LOL I was flabbergasted that someone would sign up and then take two weeks to check to see if they got a buddy, yeah they did not break the rules but please tell me I am not the only one to find that odd or a little bit worrisome. It's funny now but we all kept checking her profile where it shows the last time she logged on and I swear it was on the day she signed up and then finally about two weeks after we got our buddy's name she finally picked her's up, I did learn a lesson though that not everyone's excitement level is the same as your own.