But we tell new people in intro's "jump right in" - perhaps some people just jump in on the wrong foot.
I think we should give people benifit of the doubt and give them a chance. Not everyone is always good at reading the room
Horrible vicious slander thread
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But we tell new people in intro's "jump right in" - perhaps some people just jump in on the wrong foot.
I think we should give people benifit of the doubt and give them a chance. Not everyone is always good at reading the room
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I tend to agree..
CallMeKate
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This is precisely what happened here, and there is nothing that could convince me differently. Sometimes I'm too trusting.... sometimes I'm too paranoid... but if the stench is there, by darn, I'm gonna smell it. I know it's like that for you, too, @hollydolly
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I believe that since @seadoug described the circumstances, we should have given them a chance. Yes, they started strong with what they felt was amusing; if we had known them better, we would have figured it out. I read both Luce's and Hamish's intro threads, so I knew what was going on; however, other people did not. Reading Luce's comments on a few other threads, I noticed an intelligent and empathic individual. It's a shame they were both chased off the forum. They will not return because we have been so judgmental, and I don't blame them.
A few longtime members have made scathing remarks about others more than once, not in jest, and they are still here. Why weren't they put down and chased out? Their posts were reported and deleted by the administrator, yet they remain.
I like the majority of the folks here, but I also believe we need new blood. We need to offer new members an opportunity to stick around. If you dislike what someone has to say, you can easily avoid them.
A few longtime members have made scathing remarks about others more than once, not in jest, and they are still here. Why weren't they put down and chased out? Their posts were reported and deleted by the administrator, yet they remain.
I like the majority of the folks here, but I also believe we need new blood. We need to offer new members an opportunity to stick around. If you dislike what someone has to say, you can easily avoid them.
Nah it's too late for that, growing up is optional, growing old is not.
David777
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They were successful in their psychological game that seems to have been to trick any unsavvy Internet users here, often on safe forums like this they may have trouble with, to expose themselves by provoking them using nonsense, into emotional negative responses. Thus one of several ways trolls sometimes test waters before staying. Well done, and a lesson to members that are not familiar with some of these troll games.
The political forum they came from is an open, barely moderated, painful place with considerable crudity, foul emotions, flaming. There are web users that seek out such wide open boards, to have their fun, playing games. There are even worse dark places on the web where any new person entering that shows the slightest behavior of being naive, is ganged up on to see how they react.
Although some enjoy such open web environments, personally, they are a waste of my time, populated by some emotional, warped people best avoided. Been there, done that.
...David
The political forum they came from is an open, barely moderated, painful place with considerable crudity, foul emotions, flaming. There are web users that seek out such wide open boards, to have their fun, playing games. There are even worse dark places on the web where any new person entering that shows the slightest behavior of being naive, is ganged up on to see how they react.
Although some enjoy such open web environments, personally, they are a waste of my time, populated by some emotional, warped people best avoided. Been there, done that.
...David