Another former player. I normally don't get involved in these discussions, but I have to say I do agree with this. Most (if not all) of my tags to AJ were ignored entirely, which made things awkward whenever anyone would ask my character if they'd met hers. Do I pretend the ignored tag was a meeting? But if I do, then how did it go? Did they get along? Wait, isn't that godmoding, anyway? Then do I act like my character's never encountered hers, even though they obviously would've? Do I take the ignored tag as being IC and say her character ignored mine? WAT DO. Guess I'll ignore the question and talk about the weather.

I really don't care who does/doesn't reach out to me in a game. People will reach out to whomever they want and I do the same. I just sincerely hope that AJ's improved in the area of ignoring tags from people reaching out to her. If she has, then feel free to ignore this comment entirely - and good for her for making a positive change. If she hasn't, then hopefully this comment can help explain why people get so upset about these things. I can shrug off being ignored, honestly, but I get frustrated when I have to awkwardly cobble up a response every time someone's character gets mentioned in conversation because of it.