Originally posted by FabianFnas
If I hear a teeny joke, then I let those who enjoys it laugh at it. That is one part of social skill. It is not social skill to tell that people are idiots laughing at teeny stuff, especially if they are teenies. Xantoz does this but then he lacks social skills.
You said "a good part of having social skills is knowing what [b]not to say" and one th m who enjoy such a riddles answer it. Why woyld I destroy the fun for them? I'm not a judge.[/b]
I don't agree with your definition of social skills. It's possible to have social skills and not get along with everyone. Some people prefer a smaller circle of friends.
Calling a spammer an idiot is appropriate, IMO. As if starting up several threads with cheesy riddles wasn't bad enough, the guy had to start/hijack several threads whining that nobody was looking at the riddles and begging people to go look. (Pretend that your hypothetical teeny crowd noticed that you didn't laugh and then followed you around begging you to listen to their jokes again.)
Why do you assume that Xanthos is the only judge? Everyone's free to criticise or praise the riddles as they see fit.
Furthermore, why must criticism ruin things for others? I enjoy esoteric and difficult chess puzzles (retros, proof games, etc.). This isn't going to change if other people criticize the problems. In fact, if I feel their criticisms aren't valid, I can easily respond and show why they're not.