I'm not shaming anyone for snitching, I'd just rather see us work out our differences with discussion. If someone doesn't feel that's possible here, or that they'd be looked upon harshly for attempting to do so, then that's just sad.
Here's what it boils down to. Problems with both the Omerta aspect and the #snitchlife aspect.
Ideally, communities are self-policing but not heavily. Through fostering a good set of respected community culture, you shouldn't HAVE to police a community. When things get weird is when one side or the other wants to "spoil" it for the other side, or wants to fuck with regular posters.
Beef and Sandman snitch because us, as a community, have failed to provide a clear guide on what is accepted and what isn't. This isn't unique to us, most communities have their own set of culture and rules that are expected for regulars and, while indecipherable initially to newcomers, nobody's getting the boot for not "getting it" - because we teach.
We need to do better as a community by not trying to spoil anyone on any side's time. Even if it's mark ass mark shit, even if it's a tasteful Yuji Nagata nude photo that has no genitalia.
Some things I'd like to see that I personally feel hurts our community (but this is ONLY my opinion and should be taken as just one person's opinion here):
- Cut down on accusing people of gimmick posting.
Actually that's pretty much it. If I can do that, and I don't think I do, but it's hard to tell if your head is up your own ass, I think this place can improve and foster a positive culture when we all watch what a lot of people feel is a negative show. We come in all tastes, and one man's trash is another's treasure as the maxim goes.