I suppose I can understand the eventual decline of interest in 68k Macs and whatnot, but what I've noticed is that... that really is not the case, there are many people becoming more interested in them.
It's not just the offtopic posts, in fact, I almost don't care about offtopic posts - it's the fact that the general attitude has become more rude. Sure, everybody there is just human - but does that mean we all have the right to be continuously rude to our fellow human beings?
And as Unknown_K mentioned on that AF thread, more than one respectable member has been driven away by some of the younger members.
I'll admit, we have had a few crazies, but what I've discovered is that those crazies are very sane, normal people, just that they react a bit different to the Internet because they don't necessarily understand that somebody online has no real consequence in their real life.
And for me, that's what it comes down to. After being a member of the 68kMLA community for 5 years, the most important thing I've gotten out of it is that it's important to balance my real life with my time sitting in front of the computer.
And that's the big thing that makes me wonder about whether or not I'll return to the 68kMLA, because I know very well that I can fully enjoy my 68k macs on my own, or at both IRC channels, so all is good in my life.
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It's not just the offtopic posts, in fact, I almost don't care about offtopic posts - it's the fact that the general attitude has become more rude. Sure, everybody there is just human - but does that mean we all have the right to be continuously rude to our fellow human beings?
And as Unknown_K mentioned on that AF thread, more than one respectable member has been driven away by some of the younger members.
I'll admit, we have had a few crazies, but what I've discovered is that those crazies are very sane, normal people, just that they react a bit different to the Internet because they don't necessarily understand that somebody online has no real consequence in their real life.
And for me, that's what it comes down to. After being a member of the 68kMLA community for 5 years, the most important thing I've gotten out of it is that it's important to balance my real life with my time sitting in front of the computer.
And that's the big thing that makes me wonder about whether or not I'll return to the 68kMLA, because I know very well that I can fully enjoy my 68k macs on my own, or at both IRC channels, so all is good in my life.
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