Why Oh Why
I've just been looking at a few recent threads on CT. Is it a wonder so many people have left the forum when quite a few threads end up in unnecessary and unpleasant personal slanging matches. Surely life's to short.
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I don't think it's anything like as bad as it used to be W. There are some threads where folk have genuine disagreements and that's only to be expected on a forum of this type. But the days when personal insults and petty name calling were common are thankfully long gone. Even attempts to hijack threads onto a poster's particular hobby horse are relatively few now.
To me the problem at the moment is more that a small number of posters try to dominate threads by making frequent very lengthy comments, often repeating what they've said earlier in the thread. It seems to be an attempt to browbeat others into submission - not very pleasant (IMHO!)
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Its very true life is too short but i dont think many threads end up in slanging matches really and in most cases its soon forgotten.Yes its true that some can get a bit heated at times but it can depend on what is being discussed.Some subjects can generate
a serious difference of opinion and we all think we are right.There is nothing wrong with good debate but where it can falter is when A starts telling B what he or she should or should not be doing.We live in a free society where we make up our own minds on
the way we should live our lives.There is a big difference between telling someone how you see a certain subject and telling them how they should see it according too you.For me this forum remains a good source of info mixed with interesting debate and personnal
experiences.
peter.
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With reference to the OP
This forum does NOT have slanging matches. It is not that kind of forum.. --- Differences of opinion however are welcome on any forum.
There are a few posters who view any post which does not agree with their own narrow minded views as Sacrilege but that says more about them, than it does about the forum.
This is a nice gentle forum !!
K
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JD, as such a newcomer to CT you won't be aware of the stalking, bullying and sniping that occurred in months gone by. Things have improved but, as others have said, there are still a few who insist on ramming their views down other people's throats and
dragging threads off topic.As you are so new, I'd welcome your views on what you see.
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There is nothing wrong with a fellow member having a different opinion to yourself and healthy debate is good, but once it starts to get personal then its the time to stop the thread
Must admit iv'e never felt bullied ,stalked or sniped at on CT
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I actually think that though the quantity of posts has declined the quality has improved in proportion.
No less that I'd expect.
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Thanks to those who have replied. I will conceed that it has diminished somewhat , however there are still some posters, only a few, who seem to want to argue or contradict other posters just for the sake of it, in my opinion anyway.
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[quote] Must admit iv'e never felt bullied ,stalked or sniped at on CT [/quote]
I've never experienced male pattern baldness but it doesn't mean it doesn't happen
It's quiet because new targets are being sought. I agree entirely with Whitakkerr's OP and more recent post
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Jon, no offence but have you been on CT before under a different name as your posting style is reminiscent of a previous member
No, maybe we went to the same school?
Or dog training class?
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Must admit iv'e never felt bullied ,stalked or sniped at on CT
I've never experienced male pattern baldness but it doesn't mean it doesn't happen
It's quiet because new targets are being sought. I agree entirely with Whitakkerr's OP and more recent post
I nave never understood how someone can be bullied on a forum , it's only words by an unknown person and there is always the choice of not reading that persons posts
Maybe i'm more thickskined , or just thick
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Husky it takes more than words on a screen to bully me too. I found it quite amusing actually but to most readers of a thread the stalking and spite is rather tedious and spoils the general feeling of a forum.
Interesting that it hasn't stopped though. Says a lot
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I've never been to a dog training class
That I can believe. Your pet dog is off the rails.
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Must agree that I have never felt intimidated or bullied on here also agree that if you don't like someones point of view or opinion there is no need to read their posts. Nothing on here bothers me I must be too laid back to be bothered by such trivial matters lol
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In my view being followed around the forum, constantly picked on and having one's views belittled is not trivial.
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+1
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You know the feeling well, Malc! That's one reason I will always defend freedom of choice and believe no one should be belittled for exercising that freedom. That was the basis of the post I Deleted User earlier today in the Prices thread when you were being
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You know the feeling well, Malc! That's one reason I will always defend freedom of choice and believe no one should be belittled for exercising that freedom. That was the basis of the post I Deleted User earlier today in the Prices thread when you were being
criticised.So you are deleting posts now are you?
I don't see why you should be concerned about me deleting one of my own posts, David.
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David, go back and read my words. How much simpler can I make it? I Deleted User the content of one of my own posts. You may have noticed that we have a few minutes to edit after posting.
I suggest you accept my truthful explanation as, by putting your own spin on things and seeing scenarios that don't exist while demanding answers, you are actually proving the point the OP and others have referred to.
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In my view being followed around the forum, constantly picked on and having one's views belittled is not trivial.
Agree with you wholeheartedly TW, I must admit that I have risen to the bait in the past, before realising that I was being just as much a pest as the trolls
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would like to apologise on here to anybody that I may have offended in he past.I now tend to read more than I post, I will always offer help to any that need it, if I am able to. You wil find me in the lower end of the forum these days, less aggression down there, I also spend more time on other forums. CT has got better as far as
posting is concerned, but compared to other forums is becoming more and more troublesome to navigate. I personaly would like to see more of the original posters returning, as CT was, in my view, a better forum when they contributed.Don't feed the trlls, they soon get fed up when no body responds to their purile attempts at disruption
. Will shut up now and carry on reading......
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