well funny this one i have posted very similar a couple of times before yet not as well worded admitedly but yet whilst looking back through the vaults for them they seem to of been removed rather odd
i have been using the forums for a good few years now and i have always felt its been a case of if your in with the in crowd which i most certainly ain't and thats no secret i don't like the group mentality and refuse to join in with it its not my bag i prefer to take every person on their own merits and even those i feel take advantage of their in crowd status i still take on board their views and opinions but do feel that they get away with much more than the rest of us
was just about to delete and not post as i way too often do
i'm fed up with starting to type my opinion then think oh whats the point and delete it
surely my opinion is just as important as evryone elses is
then why do i feel all the eyes rolling as they read mine then and see it in the replys
just for once i am going to click submit and to hell with it
just wish i had the eloquance to put things better
The main thing I notice about these introspective type threads is that it makes people write a lot; about how little they wish to write.
Also they can actually become quite interesting, in telling other people how uninterested they are in the forum.
Well I`m not in anyones clique, I look thru the forum everyday and if I feel like posting I do, sometimes like Bouncy I delete it and think whats the point, I don`t get replies to my twopennorth but I`m not all that bothered to be honest, I just say what I say when I say it.
Some threads started by certain people are very contentious and I have found them extremely offensive and even found myself drawn in to replying to them, I`ve learnt my lesson now and stay out of those threads as when quite a few voiced their opinions the circle closed and it was a "oh they are brightening up the forum with their extreme opinions we should leave them alone", well I think we all can have extreme opinions but personally I would word it differently, a little tact wouldnt kill them I`m sure.
I want to read the forum and enjoy it at the end of the day
Like Bouncy I`ve read thru it and was going to delete it, my opinion doesn`t count anyway but there it is.
The AUP is the responsibility of the site management. Its them that makes the final decision. we the punters will use the site, have debates etc. but we only come up against the AUP if we deliberately push to cause offence. in the normal course of the debates, one can safely assume that the AUP is being applied simply because a thread remains open.
There have been several threads which were shut down as they appeared to be likely to arouse the wrong kind of behaviour, although nothing up to that point had actually breached the AUP; it just looked like it had the potential to happen.
Equally, a variety of potential offences have slipped through unnoticed because they were contained in a more subtle conversation, and the thread just rolled off the page; once everyone had tired of it.
So I am not sure the AUP is that effective and therefore I don't think it can be employed as a tool by the punters.
however, you have tried.
Why not post? You most certainly have not been told not to.
Therefore it would not be a wrong'un surely?
At least, that's how the logic would run.
"logic"
lp
I could post it for you...
or a "group conscience" could post it?
hmmm indeeed.
see, this is a demonstration of the very thing that some have stated thier fears of.
lp
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