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MarcEsadrian -> RE: Being new gives regulars the right to be snide..agree or disagree (10/29/2009 1:26:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: blacklion
Being new gives regulars the right to be snide..agree or disagree
It depends, but generally, I vote nay.
Where does it depend? Perhaps in how ignorant and scathing the newcomer may sound. Those two ingredients seldom win friends and influence people, or more importantly, help to build the tower of collective wisdom. That said, I've noticed some people place too much value in post count and general popularity. I had contributed here for many years under another alias. When I ditched it and started posting again, nearly everything I shared was poked, prodded or questioned in some way by others. Comparatively, with several paddles under my name, what I contributed in the past was often received very well, so this appears to me to evidence a slight bias in viewpoints shared here in relationship to thread count and recognition.
Humans are pack animals that interpret information based on personal context and social hierarchy, and the evidence of this can be seen in pixel text from time to time, too. Newcomer says something pretty brilliant and thoughtful, and it gets buried in the thread. Then, MasterThunderClaw belches out a bland, cynical truism and it's praised as sage wisdom. Meanwhile, another user's comments in the same thread are attacked due to black sheep syndrome. None of that is very productive. I think it's important to focus on what is written rather than the person or the perception of the person. While that may be impossible for humans to do completely, that turns out to be far more productive for all—albeit perhaps less entertaining in the end, I suppose. Therein lies the rub, I suspect.
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