Re: Tractors!

Posted by paul on December 16, 2004 at 13:58:58 from (66.60.197.22):

In Reply to: Re: Tractors! posted by Indydirtfarmer on December 16, 2004 at 13:22:00:

As I saw it, Allan openned the car door every morning and sat back hoping others would start slamming.... Guess he wasn't quite aware of how this place was set up, historically this site had been more informational than a teen chat room or coffee shop. The old crowd was not used to insults at all, even if meant in a fun way - hard to tell mean-spirited from kidding with typed text.

Today this is a pretty good place again. There was a time, and many many messages, that were not so nice from many people, not just one side. I believe most of those have been erased, and one probably didn't see them.

Don't wish for that past back again, it was not fun.

It's nice if a fresh new thread looks to the future & maybe talks about a hint of tractor or farm issues of the past, instead of this type of thread that is looking backwards & full of insults? It just seems like it invites more bad & ugly feelings. How sad for this time of year.

Not a big deal if a thread strays around all over topics, as converstion is bound to do. Was just extremely different for the way Allan started up any old topic not related to anything, and always with an edge on it - daring others to get ugly, rather than helpful.

That sure was a very different tact for this web site, and one that a lot did not enjoy. There are so many other discussion sites that are designed to be flame-fests, while this is one of the very few that has helpful info on old ag stuff. Seemed a shame to take that away and turn it into just another flame-fest web site.

Allan didn't do so all by himself - he actually seems to be a pretty deceint fellow. But he always started up those threads that really pushed people's buttons like a bull in a china shop, and to this day I don't think he has figured out how much he changed this place from a good friendly place to a really hostile setting there for a while, or why folks were upset with him at that time.

Actually this place has been quite nice again to come visit, and a lot of people were letting their guard down again and getting back to being helpful & friendly & pleasant. And now this thread, so it will all blow up all over again. Sigh.

--->Paul

Follow Ups:

• Re: Tractors! Jay (ND) 19:10:48 12/16/04 (0)
• Re: Tractors! Indydirtfarmer 15:37:13 12/16/04 (2)
  • Re: Tractors! Paul in Mich 20:59:07 12/16/04 (1)
    • Re: Tractors! Indydirtfarmer 03:36:40 12/17/04 (0)
• Re: Tractors! Allan in NE 14:03:16 12/16/04 (0)

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