answerbag

Lately I've had this little habit of amusing myself with Answerbag. My nick there is an unrecognizable one (part of my desire to create a sekrit online persona.) I just randomly answer stuff on a whim, usually social, depression, sometimes sexual related questions. I haven't really posted questions, don't seem to have much luck with it.

It's an odd site. It's sort of a message board, and sort of a Q&A, sort of a community to meet people, sort of a self-help group... All the answers get rated, and I was boggled when I got a negative rating on something because I (very gently, I thought) suggested that a poster not use "ur" for "your" or "urself" for "yourself".

Actually, it bothered me quite a lot because it tanked my positive % for a while. Arbitrary voting, I think, might not be a good idea. After all, if a person decides they're insulted by you they can just go around negative-voting everything you write. I suppose that's what the mods are for, though.

Dunno if it's something I'll stick with doing, but it's at least distracted me from being depressed now and then. Mmm, but I should get to sleep so I can catch the bus to Montreal early, and more importantly rested, in the morning.