Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 76: Salt in the Wound

Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 76: Salt in the Wound

Over the past few years, I have seen many instances of Automationeers entering various competitions and then complaining after their entries were either disqualified for failing to meet regulations, or being rejected in the preliminary eliminations for not being sufficiently appealing to the host - behavior which the hosts consider to be "salty". Even though the host usually makes the requirements clear at the start of each competition, it still keeps happening every now and then. As such, us users seldom tolerate such behavior, especially in long-running recurring challenges such as CSR (Car Shopping Round) and TCC (Themed Car Challenge). A salty user may even be suspended, either temporarily or permanently, for spamming a thread with too many posts that are irrelevant to the topic of the thread.

So to avoid falling into this trap, I have some useful advice: Unless you have anything meaningful, on-topic and relevant to a given thread, don't bother posting it there. Otherwise, you will be considered "salty" and, at the very least, get chewed out for it. In fact, you might risk starting a flame war just by being salty. As for me, I have hardly ever been salty, and have surely learned my lesson by now.