Thanks for your note.
I am not worried about the attempted abuse, I understand FR has its ways. I’m not sensitive & I do not hold grudges.
I will try to be respectful. To be honest, though, I find any seniority system to conflict with the merit system that I prefer. Still, respect is a good thing.
As for my criticism of the interface, this place rocks! The thing is, I bet a lot of new people, many of them older, are stopping by. The events since the election are bringing us a new paradigm & it might be a great time to see how we could take advantage of new possibilities.
My technique... I had to make my first post sometime. Perhaps the heat sent my way suggests I may have had a point. I thought I started out respectfully, and then I replied in kind. It’s all good.
Thanks!
Don't ever respect someone just because they signed up before you did. If someone is demanding respect because they stumbled on this place before someone else, they're in the wrong IMO. I was trying to say that you should 'respect' the fact that they're comfortable with the place (i.e. touting change in an initial post). It's just human nature.
Unless you find yourself in a system in which the knowledge and experience held by senior members is a necessary prerequisite for the merit you seek. Please remember that you don't know what you don't know.
We don't seek your opinion of our merit. You, were you to be humble, would be better off to seek our judgement of your merit within this community instead of simply that which is in your own head. But you are a n00b so we will watch and learn, too.
Up to a point.
Disagreements are fine. Being an ass is not.
Just sayin'.