why do so many discussions turn contentious?
i am not a Bot, noway they would drink as much as i do… Heavy look close in the red box above the P-51, game warden badge…. he was also an audiophile, etc.. Peace https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7106#&gid=1&pid=10 |
A good recent example where they wreck a thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-experience-with-tekton Second post, Jetter is giving "permission in advance to laugh" tomic601 is taking gratuitous pot-shots at me, fonicsmith and jjss49 are accusing the OP of being a fake "burner account" and believe it or not but it goes downhill from there! I could find lots of examples. You are new so maybe this will bring you up to speed. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-apologies-to-miller-carbon?highlight=apology%2Bmiller%2Bca... Yes the situation is so bad, so many "contentious" people attack me, someone actually felt compelled to start a conversation apologizing to me about it! Read the thread and see. These "contentious" people have no self-awareness. None! Also you have no idea the extent of it. A whole bunch of them think it is okay to harass me with fraudulent complaints against my x-ray license. Not the only one, either. Several people have let me know they were attacked and bullied as well. jw944ts- A question or observation is posted, it leads to a thread of 50 responses, mostly of little or no value, and often leading totally away from the original post...I could have written this myself. In fact I have, dozens of times! The good news is you are not alone. I get PM all the time from people who appreciate the help but not the static and so they avoid posting. Which is a shame, and enables the worst few to maintain the illusion they are what the site is all about. My suggestion is report every single post you see that is off topic. This seems to be working with one of the very worst. Tons of his posts are removed making the threads much easier to read. Everything off topic, report it. Let the perps know their antics are not appreciated. If you would like to see the site improve that is for now all we can do. |
seems like every forum has a certain % who participate because they enjoy arguing. It has gotten worse because a certain % of people embrace a leader who has legitimized childish put downs and name calling. If the leader is celebrated for childish behavior then it is inevitable that some will follow. I don't say that to start an argument as it is a statement of fact. |
