I told Raistlin I wouldn't ban him from the EoFF vB3 Beta testing forum because then he'd IM me, which would be even worse. And then he commented on how I don't reply half the time, anyway. To which I responded with my thoughts, which are as follows:

Anyone who has used the internet for more than a year should know that if someone doesn't reply, there's a reason. I think I must be one of the only people who actually uses that 'rule'. Everyone should follow it. If I IM people and they don't reply - there's a reason. They might not want to talk to me, they might be away, they might have a headache, they might be too tired, they might have some kind of issue with their chat program. There are so many reasons, and so long as they don't respond, there's some kind of reason. No point in chatting to someone when they don't feel like it.

This should probably be a thread in EoFF or something. Maybe even an LJ entry? I dunno. But it's still true. I hate having to reply to someone just to tell them that I don't feel like talking and/or can't talk and/or am busy. They always reply again once you tell them. Bastards. Yeah, I think I'll go make this into an LJ entry and a thread now, just to cover all my bases. Lala.