Free-chat can make me mad. Here's why. So I was on Animal Jam, with my new friend who had just joined, and she was my new friend in real life. She was black. She mentioned it, and lo behold, some presumably snobby member walked up to us in the pillow room and said, "You know your kind is worse than my kind, right?" When my friend asked what was "her kind", (the member's) the member answered with, "I'm white, of course!" Then I reported her for bullying. Turns out she got banned! Also, racism is never ok. People always think about the extremes and in this case, the member was an extremist. Even if you make a snide comment about how the color of someone's skin makes them act, look, feel, etc. etc., it's still racism! I'm sure we can all agree on that. Along with this, here are some tips to be a decent person on Animal Jam.
- No bragging about anything. No one really cares about how many rares you have, your awesome new membership, or all your achievements. Ok, brag about one of your achievements to your friends once in a while. But if someone sees your achievements, and they give a compliment, say thanks. You don't need to fish for compliments.
- Don't scam, hack, flash trade, or any of that. That's bad, you'll get banned, and you'll hurt another person's feelings. You know I got hacked and I lost all of my NM rares. They took me years on my very first account to get, and when I got hacked, I lost all of them. I disabled that account and can't even bring myself to use it. It might seem fun, but there are consequences.
- Don't put items on your trade and say, "It's only for show." Well wear it! The trade list is supposed to only be for trading. You should put good items, but that means you would like another item for them. Read up on the values of rares for better information. Use the AJ wiki. It will soon become your best friend.
- Don't create drama! There is nothing more annoying than having to listen to the nearest arctic wolf beg for a [Insert Item]. It just creates drama. This is a game, not a soap opera. Please keep it that way. To avoid drama, stick to less populated servers, do your best to stay out of Sarepia Forest, a.k.a Drama Forest, and generally, if it starts to brew, leave. That's all you have to do. Don't stick around and tell them, "Stop! That's so dramatic!" It will only encourage them. Leave, soon they will be all alone. Get on with your life.
- Don't beg for items. It feels so good to have worked hard to get your dream item. Why beg for it? If it's something you want to buy, then save up your gems. Save everyone there patience and don't beg for items.
- In general, just follow the AJ rules. This couldn't be simpler.
