Subject: Negativity on the forums.
It has been getting steadily more acrimonious around here over the past few months. I'm just asking people to think "is what I'm posting going to help?" before submitting that reply.
To use the quote button topic as an example... Yes, I have feelings on the matter. Early in the thread, I tried to present them succinctly. As the thread devolved, I left the thread. If you don't like the way a thread is going, ignore it! If you don't like that a thread has been posted in the first place, either ignore it, or, if it is inappropriate for the forum it's in, mark it for moderation. (If you click on the little red exclamation point to report it, there is an "Off-topic" choice. If you think that the post about an eBay auction belongs in the Lounge instead of the sub-forum for that model, flag it as Off-topic!)
If you don't like the non-68k discussion, ignore the Lounge. There's a nice "View new posts except the Lounge" link (the word "Lounge" in strikethrough) right next to the main "View new posts" link. I tend to ignore more than half of the Lounge threads, simply by not clicking on them. But the actual "on-topic" threads, I read nearly every single one.
And while your post may have been 'the straw that broke the camels back' for me, you are not even the worst offender, much less the most frequent. In general, I have no problem with the vast majority of your posts. Maybe you had been having a bad day, who knows; but yes, your post was what prompted my "can't we all just get along?" thread here.
It has been getting steadily more acrimonious around here over the past few months. I'm just asking people to think "is what I'm posting going to help?" before submitting that reply.
To use the quote button topic as an example... Yes, I have feelings on the matter. Early in the thread, I tried to present them succinctly. As the thread devolved, I left the thread. If you don't like the way a thread is going, ignore it! If you don't like that a thread has been posted in the first place, either ignore it, or, if it is inappropriate for the forum it's in, mark it for moderation. (If you click on the little red exclamation point to report it, there is an "Off-topic" choice. If you think that the post about an eBay auction belongs in the Lounge instead of the sub-forum for that model, flag it as Off-topic!)
If you don't like the non-68k discussion, ignore the Lounge. There's a nice "View new posts except the Lounge" link (the word "Lounge" in strikethrough) right next to the main "View new posts" link. I tend to ignore more than half of the Lounge threads, simply by not clicking on them. But the actual "on-topic" threads, I read nearly every single one.