FB Group - weird encounters
Genuinely had one of the weirdest encounters I've ever had, with anyone, real or virtual, on a DMB Facebook group. In this group, someone posts the first line of a song, and then the other members say the next line, and the next etc....
The first responder posted the next line but with a couple of words in the wrong order, and the next person put a line from the chorus I think. I found this kind of amusing and called it a trainwreck (2/2 attempts wrong is a fairly tame effort, right?), a couple of other people thought it was funny too. I then got the following emails. Am I going bonkers or is this normal?
"Please delete all of your comments
==hey buddy, how come?!
Because it messes up the flow
==hahahaha, really?!
Yea really
==it's kind of a fun discussion
You're the only one talking... bashing other members
==that's not really a fair conclusion though...... are people really that afraid to be wrong now that correcting is seen as bashing?
Life isn't fair
You aren't being kind
We practice kindness around here
==i'm not being unkind! i like kindness - i was making an observation i thought was amusing how much of a trainwreck it was. life isn't meant to be THAT serious, surely?
maybe it is!
I deleted the entire post
==fair enough - deleting the whole thing seems like a decent compromise. yeah good idea! much tidier
But it's people like you that make it no fun
==i say things how i see them, maybe that's a british thing. i'm never knowingly unkind. i'm a good friend of a bunch of people here, they would all vouch for me. this experience has been a bit weird!
Please don't be that way again
==no fun in what way? i genuinely like getting feedback because i don't want people not to enjoy my company (real or virtual)
That wasn't fun... nor was it funny. That's trolling and ruining things for others
==hang on - what bit was trolling? i'm genuinely not sure i understand!
Constantly posting on the thread, calling someone a train wreck... maybe that was something that made her smile... because she knew the words... close enough
==i wasn't calling someONE a trainwreck, i was calling our collective effort a trainwreck
i would never call somebody a trainwreck, that would be horrible!!!
somebody else agreed it had "gone to shit" or something as well, so it wasn't just me who thought it was an effort with room for improvement. i can't remember who said it, i think it was a guy.
and sorry if you felt i over-posted, i didn't mean to!!
I know exactly who it was. Hope you have a wonderful night.
==cool - thanks, you too! peace!
Peace"
I had to share this, has anyone had similar stuff happen? That's not normal is it? I'm actually shocked at how someone can read me trolling and bashing people from a "this isn't going so well" comment. I'm not crazy am I? It was such a weird interaction I need some sort of reassurance haha
If this isn't an appropriate topic of discussion please delete, I'm just quite taken aback!!
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