This is true, I think, of not just large quests, but larger fiction threads and to a certain extent larger threads in general on forums, not just SV. There's a certain momentum, a certain direction, and when people happen to disrupt it, for better or worse they therefore face a significant amount of individuals who - even if just momentarily - turn themselves to said person directly. If the post is popular, it can gain sudden swathes of positive attention, and can do the opposite as well. Going against the grain, or even just happening to bring something up that others within the greater thread population don't want/like/etc. even if it is innocuous, or even outright hopefully pleasant and well-meant, there can be a thrust of backlash. And it sucks. Heck, it's happened to me before, and the negative responses received at the time certainly didn't make me feel great. This is unfortunate, because while this thread doesn't move as quickly as, say, Divided Loyalties, and can in fact sort of grind to a halt on occasion, it can and does happen. And while I look at the thread usually at least once daily, it can move past me, or I can be distracted by other things. At the same time, it wouldn't be healthy for me to try and micro-manage everything either at all times. All I can hope is that we try to be excellent with one another, despite the fact that sometimes we'll be in bad moods, or depressed, or dealing with other RL things that might affect our attitude while posting. Which, even speaking for myself, is sometimes an issue.
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