@reimesu said in Stranger Danger?:
Frankly, I don't understand how anyone can leave MUshing due to bad experiences and distrust and then complain that those of us who stayed want to be able to know who we associate with on a regular basis. That's a pretty big disconnect, thinking that it's OOC drama to ask for that information. It's not, it's called informed consent. If someone is on the receiving end of the question, that's not OOC drama, it's someone being self-protective due to past incidents, or actively trying to avoid OOC drama.
I wouldn't understand either, if such a thing were actually happening.
Simply asking isn't drama, but the overall concept of some light interrogation and demanding personal information really, in a nutshell, is drama/dramatic/Etc. It's pressuring, and while I understand your argument is greatly valid...all I'm saying is that that the existing need to validate for self-protection is, in itself, an uncomfortable place for a hobby to be. Especially considering that anyone, at any time, is capable of introducing their new 'identity' as being whoever they choose.
I ain't judging. Fuck that.
I just think "what would a completely brand, new, walk-in, never-heard-about person think about getting into the hobby with ___________ ?", and I think the level of drama and fear would just be so weird to someone new. And then I think "shit, I got used to that, so maybe I just got weird." ...or some varying theme of that.
But we should probably get back to the topic (how one approaches the stranger Danger factor) before people get too judgmental.