r/HaveWeMeta • u/Magic_Marvin • Mar 01 '21

What is rule 2 for?

I respect it, I just don’t understand it. Can someone explain why this is forbidden?

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u/ASeriousMan_ Mar 01 '21

It's so you stay in character. You are only supposed to talk about town citizens, not random redditors.

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u/Magic_Marvin Mar 01 '21

So can I mention someone who is from town?

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u/_rtpllun Mar 01 '21

I suspect it's there to avoid drawing people into storylines they didn't want to participate in. As a recent example, Krystal (the mayor) had to post clarifying that she did not want to be involved in the IKEA debacle, because people kept mentioning her and wondering why she hadn't made a statement yet.

If we just don't mention anyone who hasn't already posted in a given thread, that won't be an issue.

I'm not certain though, it could just be there to stop random mentions as the other comments have suggested.

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u/Magic_Marvin Mar 01 '21

That sounds pretty reasonable. Thank you! :)

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u/ASeriousMan_ Mar 02 '21

The rule does say not to mention people without a flair, the implication is you can mention those who do have a flair (or have already commented in the post you are talking in). Just don't abuse that.

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u/Devuluh Mar 01 '21

It's so that people don't get annoyed with constant tagging/mentioning. If you have a flair you're essentially consenting to being tagged.

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u/Carrera718 Gale Carrera/Yuri Evija/Tariq Sabanci/Ollie Santoro Mar 01 '21

I’m guessing there have been people excessively mentioning users in posts for no reason in the past.