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O/T Tired and fed up!
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Posted by captaink on March 03, 2005 at 12:44:25 from (66.115.214.56):
I started perusing this board about 6 months ago and at that time found it to be quite informative, interesting, and very polite. Almost 100% of the posts were polite even when the thread may have been off topic or the question was one that many of us might call a simple question. Even though the vast majority of the threads here still are great, I have found the past three weeks on this board particularly frustrating. Authors of threads that are off topic (and so marked) but many find to be interesting are being blasted. Forbid it that someone should post even a hint that they are looking for or have something for sale or they are rudely reprimanded for breaking the rules by the “forum Gestapo.” Particularly frustrating to me was when one responder this week did his best to correctly answer the question in the thread only to get jumped on for doing a disservice. The disservice was that there was another (supposedly better) solution for the problem in the question that he failed to mention, even though the question did not ask for alternative solutions and only eluded to the problem. I’m now afraid to express an opinion about how to fix something for fear that if I recommend what might be the best way I will come across as a multi-millionaire trying to coax others into spending lots of money when there is a cheaper fix (even though it might be lower in quality and dependability). If I suggest an inexpensive “try and get by” fix with “bubble-gum and bailing wire” then I’m a penny-pincher that has all the time in the world to do things over and over again if my fix doesn’t hold. If I start a thread by posting a picture of something I have I’m bragging, but if I never start a thread I’m just someone waiting to pounce when someone is wrong. For me this forum has degraded to the point that I’m loosing interest in it very quickly (please keep in mind that there may be others reading it that feel the same way). I can deal with off topic threads and an occasional item listed for sale in the discussion forum a lot easier (just don’t expand them) than responses by those of you that can’t seem to restrain your comments to constructively addressing the subject of a thread (be it off topic or not). If you don’t agree with a response to a thread, offer up your suggestion and let the person that started the thread make the decision as to his finances, time, capabilities, etc. and he can then act accordingly. If a thread is inappropriate here, one response politely stating that should suffice. My wish is that we all settle down and refrain from bantering and bashing one another and get back to politely discussing the ideas and topics that have made this a great forum and stop the bantering and smart remarks that serve no purpose. By the way, for those of you that are muttering at me “if you don’t like it here, leave” all I will say is “be careful what you wish for”. End of sermon.
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