06-20-2015, 03:52 AM
A few thoughts:
1. No one is being made to leave this community. Unless you manage to get yourself banned, signing in and signing off are always the choice of the individual.
2. I have seen absolutely no evidence of anyone on this forum "being STS". I've seen people with a wide variety of personal issues and social distortions. I've seen people hurting, crying out for help, or caring so much they don't realize it's overbearing. I've seen people dealing with anger and frustration and confusion, but never have I witnessed the conscious, malicious manipulation of others that defines the negative path. To imply such is insulting.
3. I've been to homecoming many times. There is no "clique of people who've met each other at homecoming" running the forum. In fact, it's rare to get more than two or three forum people at any one homecoming. The only clique of people I see are the people who want there to be a clique, in order to shift the responsibility of maintaining a civil environment onto someone else.
4. Has anyone been on the more mainstream forums where trolling literally does dominate the environment? Where people don't even try to respect and listen to each other? This system may not be perfect, but a whole lot of people are busting their butts, doing the very best they can to try to facilitate a welcome, loving, Law-of-One-focused environment that still embraces diversity and freedom of expression. If you think maintaining that sort of balance is easy, perhaps you should volunteer to help moderate the forum.
I firmly believe that most of the people on this forum, moderators and members alike, are putting their best efforts into making this place the best it can be, yet the moment a difficulty pops up, there's always a group of people willing to start shouting about "how STS" the forum is, how it's full of trolls, how nobody cares, etc., and again that is insulting. If you truly see a problem, try coming up with a solution instead of spitting on the years of work and effort that have allowed this forum to be possible.
1. No one is being made to leave this community. Unless you manage to get yourself banned, signing in and signing off are always the choice of the individual.
2. I have seen absolutely no evidence of anyone on this forum "being STS". I've seen people with a wide variety of personal issues and social distortions. I've seen people hurting, crying out for help, or caring so much they don't realize it's overbearing. I've seen people dealing with anger and frustration and confusion, but never have I witnessed the conscious, malicious manipulation of others that defines the negative path. To imply such is insulting.
3. I've been to homecoming many times. There is no "clique of people who've met each other at homecoming" running the forum. In fact, it's rare to get more than two or three forum people at any one homecoming. The only clique of people I see are the people who want there to be a clique, in order to shift the responsibility of maintaining a civil environment onto someone else.
4. Has anyone been on the more mainstream forums where trolling literally does dominate the environment? Where people don't even try to respect and listen to each other? This system may not be perfect, but a whole lot of people are busting their butts, doing the very best they can to try to facilitate a welcome, loving, Law-of-One-focused environment that still embraces diversity and freedom of expression. If you think maintaining that sort of balance is easy, perhaps you should volunteer to help moderate the forum.
I firmly believe that most of the people on this forum, moderators and members alike, are putting their best efforts into making this place the best it can be, yet the moment a difficulty pops up, there's always a group of people willing to start shouting about "how STS" the forum is, how it's full of trolls, how nobody cares, etc., and again that is insulting. If you truly see a problem, try coming up with a solution instead of spitting on the years of work and effort that have allowed this forum to be possible.
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