Forum intelligence (or lack thereof...)

[DJFyrewolf36]

Thanks guys for restoring my faith in humanity, and giving me a good laugh too!

Thank you Karen for an excellent point. I like to discover new opinions and ways of looking at things, even if I don't personally agree. A healthy debate is good, name calling and flaming is bad. It's hard sometimes, but I try to act as if the people on the other end are PEOPLE and I hope that people would have the courtesy to treat me the same way (although most of the time that isn't the case lol)

On one forum, the spam and flaming got so bad that the mods decided to just purge the database of all posts, useful or not. I thought some modding and deleting of offensive threads could have been a better alternative than an all out wipe because now after the wipe the garbage is yet again piling up.

Although I do notice people being a lot more civil now, maybe they got the message?

[smokey the elder]

I agree; sometimes the debate threads in particular can get heated, because folks have strong opinions on many topics. If people lay off the personal attacks (there's a fancy Latin term: "ad hominem" that I like) it goes pretty well! (Although I do think some folks like to get one another's goat at times; because of the one-dimensionality of the written word it's tough to tell if they're serious or teasing.)

[Laura's Babies]

I agree. This is the best place on the web! I too, have found that on other forums people are so rude and try to pick apart someone elses thought/ideas/opinions. One forum, there is a lady thats seems to look for my posts and criticize what I say, even though on the most part, she admits I am RIGHT... but, it keeps the conversation going, therefore making my point even stronger.. I will tell her "I see we agree again so what is your point?".

Here, most people respect other peoples opinion, even when they don't agree. The thing I love the best here is how helpful people are when you have a problem or a question and nobody laughs at you. There are no bullies here!