Yeah, agree with all the above. I always try to be calm and rational online and to use language carefully and constructively (but I fail periodically, cuz I'm human, and I admit that up front).
The frustrating thing about taking that route, though, is that people don't seem to want to "hear" that sort of posting, and it seems to get ignored more often than it gets noticed (and/or responded to in kind), while flaming and screaming and wank attract great hordes of people, all eager to make things worse.
There have been days and discussion threads where I feel like I'm standing on a chair in the middle of the proverbial tavern brawl, trying to talk sense while furniture and bodies go flying through the air all around me . . . :P
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Date: 2009-06-01 06:29 am (UTC)The frustrating thing about taking that route, though, is that people don't seem to want to "hear" that sort of posting, and it seems to get ignored more often than it gets noticed (and/or responded to in kind), while flaming and screaming and wank attract great hordes of people, all eager to make things worse.
There have been days and discussion threads where I feel like I'm standing on a chair in the middle of the proverbial tavern brawl, trying to talk sense while furniture and bodies go flying through the air all around me . . . :P