I'm not as fast because the tagging pace is slow enough that I'm bogged down with backtags for month old threads that I don't particularly care about anymore. I have an easier time tagging 5 fresh threads 6 times each than I do tagging 30 threads, some of which have been going on forever and are irrelevant to my character's current state of being, 1 time each.
I don't mind that a lot of people are slower, I just wish DWRP as a whole didn't prioritize "backtag friendliness" to the extent that dropping a thread is now the worst flaky sin there is. People used to let threads go when they were meandering, and tbh I never cared. Nowadays you have to keep tagging until one character leaves, ask the other player if it's ok to end the thread (which is pretty cumbersome when you have 30 threads), or post one of those "dfsgdfg I have to let some old threads go sorry orz orz just let me know if you really want to continue one!" plurks.
I get that no one wants to thread with someone who drops important threads all the time in the middle of the action, but I'd have so much more fun if it was acceptable to just fucking let moldy old threads where nothing is happening but casual conversation go without having to grovel for permission to all your thread partners. Especially things like month old network posts.
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I don't mind that a lot of people are slower, I just wish DWRP as a whole didn't prioritize "backtag friendliness" to the extent that dropping a thread is now the worst flaky sin there is. People used to let threads go when they were meandering, and tbh I never cared. Nowadays you have to keep tagging until one character leaves, ask the other player if it's ok to end the thread (which is pretty cumbersome when you have 30 threads), or post one of those "dfsgdfg I have to let some old threads go sorry orz orz just let me know if you really want to continue one!" plurks.
I get that no one wants to thread with someone who drops important threads all the time in the middle of the action, but I'd have so much more fun if it was acceptable to just fucking let moldy old threads where nothing is happening but casual conversation go without having to grovel for permission to all your thread partners. Especially things like month old network posts.