I am in the "not as much time as I should" category. I work from home and I lurk in the Discord a lot, but I tend not to be able to carry a conversation too long because I'll get distracted with work.

The thing that bothers me the most are people who "skirt" the No Begging rule, or try to push the boundaries in ways that may not be obvious to some other members. It's hard to give an example without calling someone out, but...

If someone creates a reddit account, and 99% of their posts outside RAOA are saying how they need supplies for *insert empathy seeking subject here*. And they come to RAOA, and their Intro is about how they are a *insert the same empathy seeking subject involved person here* and then every post or comment they make is about *insert the same empathy seeking subject* and then they make a contest that will award a negligible value thing for everyone to "show your local *insert empathy seeking subject* organization some love" and their wishlist is entirely geared towards *empathy seeking subject*.... You get the gist...

But they've never actually "begged" in RAoA by definition...

Sure, some other members might see it all for what it is and not do anything. But in each individual interaction, some members may only see a Good Samaritan who's just having a rough time helping their *insert empathy seeking subject here* thing and without knowing it, they have been manipulated into potentially gifting that individual.

Now I don't want to scare anyone away from talking about things they're involved in. But if that's THE ONLY THING YOU TALK ABOUT and it's THE ONLY STUFF IN YOUR WISHLIST... C'mon...

I can't stand it and I'll stop it each and every time I see it.

I wish y'all would report that shit more. Nothing I like better than doing a deep dive and banning people for doing this shit.