I am starting to avoid this site because of the infighting. There are some posters who post relentlessly all day and all night. It appears almost pathological to me. When posters start to insult other posters because they express a different opinion,it has gone too far. The owner relies on donations to keep the site going. It seems to me it is getting harder and harder to get the money he needs. I have been donating,but I have to tell you, if this continues, I will rethink this. I am not sure banning posters is the answer, but for crying out loud people,why can’t we have civility re our disagreements?
“I am starting to avoid this site because of the infighting.”
I don’t avoid the site, but I’ve learned who some of the posters are and have started ignoring their threads and skipping over their posts. I understand that a person can be enamored by and want to support their candidate, but IMHO the vitriol has become ridiculous by a few against the supporters of a certain candidate.
I think a healthy and civilized discussion regarding the pros and cons of the candidates is great (I think that’s one of the purposes of this great site); however, there are some that don’t want to discuss, they just disparage the other candidate and their supporters. It does get tiresome, but, like I said earlier, I’ve been able to discern who they are and just skip over the threads they start and their posts when I see them in someone else’s thread - keeps the blood pressure down and from me posting something I might regret.
Some old timers have left, others have stopped donating due to the reason you posted. I have quit going to some threads where I know it will be dominated by those “who post relentlessly all day and all night”. Those posters are mainly nubies, are not civil, they use personal attacks, calling posters derogatory names instead of speaking to the issue. In my opinion, some need to be zotted but that is not happening, so it is better to stay away from those threads and those posters.