Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5723322-20150707033610/@comment-24754078-20150707153233

Rainbowsmash34 wrote: Pableeceeo wrote: I agree with most of the points but I want to address 4:

No, it's not the only way they know how to respond (and yes I speak for everyone with this. If they didn't know what to reply with besides "K", then... Sorry?). For example (an unfortunate one, and I do realize it's extreme but it's the best way to put it.), you tell somebody that sadly, your dog died and your gold fish was run over by a car for whatever reason. Now, you DON'T expect "K" as a reply, at all. At the very least you'd expect some empathy, and "Okay" isn't the way you do that.

Besides, the rule aims not the fact that it's rude overall (because it's not.). It aims the issue where people just reply with "K" to serious matters, which is not only rude, it also is disrespectful and careless. Because you can reply "K" to anything as long as it is a joke or because you're talking about something and the opportunity just appears. That's okay. The problem is that when there is an ISSUE or 'SERIOUS' topic and you get "K" as a reply. And that's where the rule comes in. It's not about "K" being a problem. It's how people use it so carelessly and how that is the problem as it offends the people that it was directed to.

Basically the rule is a "Don't be a dick and type an actual reply when serious issues are being put as topic."

Totally respectable and I see what you are saying, but as I said, in this day and age, saying Kay or K is the only way some people are able to respond. Especially for me. I don't have emotions like other people do, so when I respond with Kay, I've let you know that I addressed the situation and that I'm paying attention to your problems. I'm not able to be like, "Oh I'm so sorry for that." Because I wouldn't mean it. You see where I'm going with this? The thing is, you are acknowledging that you are aware of the problem, but the issue comes in by the user not comforting the other, in which case it's better just to not to type anything at all towards them (if you were speaking to someone else, just keep at it.). Because comforting doesn't mean "I'm so sorry for that.", which I fully agree that it's impossible to absolutely mean it, I see where you are going, but for me the issue has to do more with ethical standards, rather than how simplistic the reply is.

My point is: It's not that hard to move your finger off the "K" key and type something a little more complex that IS going to help someone, even in the slighest. "Okay" as a reply doesn't help that much. It's rather disappointing for the one who reads it. Y'know?

Now that my point has been fully explained, I'm off.