I read this site for years and just recently started posting. The amount of name calling and vitriol I have received because I didn’t toe the line or have a hive mind has been ridiculous. You want to know why people don’t stay? Start looking at the most rabid posters who demand no one have an opinion that isn’t theirs.
Newbee.... /sarc
You are correct about the vitriol. That’s everywhere now. Without clamping down dramatically (which is antithetical to this board’s premise), I don’t know how to fix that. People are nasty now. Maybe a toggle to personally block certain posters? I don’t know.
Everything everywhere seems to be under attack. And quite frankly, few boards survive the loss of their founding visionary.
Well, this site does require a thick skin, nothing wrong with that, best be able to back up what you bring forth.
I concur with your opinion.
Similar to my own. The content and attitudes shown in this thread is a good example of what’s “wrong” with this discussion board. It’s becoming a conservative version of the Democrat Underground.
And, it is the reason I don’t often share knowledge of it to family and friends.
I’d be embarrassed to be associated with some of the “discussions” here.
It’s great as a consolidator of diverse sources of news and information. Not unlike the old Drudge Report in the past. However, too often rational discussion devolves into purse fights.
You give it out too.
“I read this site for years and just recently started posting. The amount of name calling and vitriol I have received because I didn’t toe the line or have a hive mind has been ridiculous. You want to know why people don’t stay? Start looking at the most rabid posters who demand no one have an opinion that isn’t theirs.”
Yes, this site requires thick skin.