beforreal

if there are other examples of mass ploughing in to assist one person, righteous as they may be, you just let us know otherwise I think you know the base point is salient. dropping cry laughing emojis just makes you look a bit dim

except I said it was a lovely thing? this isnt about cf in a vacuum, things are either fair or theyre not. claiming degrees to it defeats the point many are making about a completely honest system. you don;t have an answer and needed to pivot instead which makes my point for me I'm afraid

posting this on an alt... not trying to inflame, serious question was 100 people on a festival forum all trying for crazyfool in the 2022 resale fair? it was noble, yes. a great act of community– undoubtedly but was it fair? was it moral? is that not precisely the kind of tag-team strategy that would take a ticket out the hands of our imaginary 50 year old solo attendee? spreadsheet assistance on here has existed for many years. @BBC7BBCHEAVEN has it right - others have now nicked an advantage which efests long prided itself in. dozens + dozens of strangers helping one person out is not the dictionary definition of a level playing field. its a way to get a leg up , just like any other... whats good for the goose is good for the gander until you face that hard truth with clear eyes I do not really think a lot of the grousing today about discord/reddit/whats app-using young people breaking big with syndicates and clever tech tricks stands up