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DaddySatyr -> RE: So are we a bunch of meanies? (11/10/2012 10:31:36 PM)
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I don't think this thread has gone as originally intended and since the bulk of the OP was my words and "accusations", I'd like to clarify something: The OP insinuates that I said "regular posters". I did not. I said there was a "contingent".
Now, I don't think this is agroup of people that have weekly meetings and hash out strategy but I do believe that the mob mentality exists. I also believe that "clique" is an appropriate term; not in the term of a quantified group but in a loose association based upon people that feel that are entitled to behave any way they damn well please because this is "their place".
Also, one more clarification: While I used the term "mean high school girls", I did not mean to infer that it was just females participating; only that the behavior was like that of the younger feminine gender. There are plenty of males that I had in mind that fit that description.
I'll say it again; new people are not going to know us and if we continue to treat them like dirt under our feet, they'll get washed away by the tide of indifference and aggressiveness.
Some of these new people are scared to death. Whether they come off as asshats or not in their initial posts, they may indeed be "savable" but if you've cut their will out before they lose their vanilla cone, you'll never know.
In fact, why not try an experiment where you lay off someone until they lose that vanilla cone. Try to meet their ignorance or arrogance with understanding and instruction. If they still don't get it, after 50 posts then, so be it but what is the loss in trying to err on the side of compassion?
I know that for some, this idea will be a foreign concept but give it a try and you might find that an even larger percentage of newbies stick around and become valued old timers, after a while.
Again: What have you got to lose?
Peace and comfort,
Michael
ETA: Alpha could you please send my posts from that closed thread?
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