Why discussions generate into personal affronts...

aolmrd1241 +1

I'm pretty active on 2 forums, Sony and Oly Compacts, on DPR photo site since 2012. 

It shows up mostly from people who have a strong need to be right, and it comes and goes in waves.

When I first joined, late 2012 when Sony rx100 1" sensor revolution started, my first impression was awful, a few trolls, and people who strongly took the bait, added a lot of negativity. I could skip posts from those people, except, the people who took the bait, and the people who need to be right often do know a lot, so I took the good from the bad.

Then the trolls disappeared, it got quite good for a long time,

then, as a result of newer 'better' models, a few new, quite knowledgeable people joined, but stiff, my way or the highway ... I discovered, peoples professions sometimes set them up, they need/ed to be critical to succeed, then it becomes a life long habit. To the point of telling people not to post their photos.

Oh baby, private messages ensued, ... new understandings were found, .... 

Some of you may have noticed, I try to describe my history/general outlook so my comments can be taken/ignored within some understanding

Eventually all audio forums dry up like lake beds in the Kalahari. Take a gander at Stereophile or Audio Asylum. They’ve become ghost towns. I come from the future where there are no audio forums. I only come back here for the jokes. 🤡

Well geoffkait: whatever the reason, I have found that when you get that out of your system - and you hunker down to more pure HO and experience- led wording, you are a creditable inputer. Don't blush...