Great question.
I would tell that person that while the TMF is a fun place with lots of great people, don't let it become your primary source of personal interaction. Keep your priorities in order. The job comes before the TMF. Your education comes before the TMF.
Most of all (and this...
My apologies, then. I mistook this thread for one that had a defined reason for being. That not being the case, I now realize that all of the tangential posts weren't hi-jacks after all, but completely acceptable.
Thank you for clarifying, Myriads.
You're the second person who's suggested that my brief history invalidates my opinions or observations. I'm afraid I don't intimidate that easily.
You asked what I meant by favoritism and I think I've explained it pretty well. Pointing out that Myriads is a personal friend of the the girls...
He thanked CrystalLight and Brighteyes1082 for all the hi-jacking they did with their off-topic banter, because it helped keep his message about the tags bumped up to the top of the front page.
That suggests that he wants his tags warning not to get buried into obscurity. A sticky would have...
Well, if you're at all interested in some administrative consistency, you might consider deleting all the hi-jacks and making your original message a sticky.
Of course, if you prefer to show favoritism, simply leave it as is.
I have no issue with this particular instance. That was one lucky 14 year old. Unfortunately the law must remain in place as it is in order to appease over-protective parents as well as to avoid a double standard.
People reacted badly to the first Shempday. People reacted badly to the ACF. People reacted badly to this week's fiasco. Perhaps it's time to reconsider the value of forum-wide pranks? Three strikes and all that.